Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has launched a joint operation code-named Operation Puff Adder to check kidnapping and banditry in five states. Adamu stated that the operation is part of measures taken to curb the excesses of criminal activities. This would be carried out in collaboration with the Armed Forces and Department of State Security (DSS).

He said the operation involves massive deployment of well-trained, well-equipped and well-motivated personnel and combined operational assets from the various security agencies aimed at curbing the menace of kidnapping and banditry in the country, especially along Kaduna – Abuja Expressway and in Kogi, Katsina, Niger, and Zamfara states.

The IGP called for the full support and cooperation of Nigerians, particularly traditional and religious leaders, youth associations, market bodies, cultural associations and professionals among others.

On Wednesday, 3rd April, 2019 Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) under its de-radicalization programme spearheaded by the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Prison Service (NPS), National Orientation Agency (NOA), Theologians and other collaborating partners graduated a set of 152 ex-Boko Haram insurgents who undergone 12 months de-radicalisation training exercise at a center under the auspices of "Safe Corridor", located at Mallam Sidi village in Gombe State.

The Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maj. Gen Suleiman Kazaure has threatened to withdraw corps members from Bayelsa state if the security of their stay in the state is not guaranteed.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has notified air travelers that it has directed Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) to temporarily close the airspace whenever there is an indication of thunderstorm or microburst that may impinge the safety of flights. The warning was contained in an advisory circular issued yesterday to airline operators and signed by the Director General of NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman.

The Federal Government has put in place plans to grant amnesty to tax defaulters and permanent waiver of criminal prosecution for tax offenders and other offenses related to offshore assets to those willing to voluntarily declare same to the Federal Government.

The Nigerian Army has debunked its involvement in the alleged conflict between the Executive and Judiciary in Kogi State as being rumored.