There was mild drama at the Sam Mbakwe international cargo airport in Owerri, Imo State on Monday following reports of a fire outbreak at the arrival section of the airport. Tho no report of any casualties yet but it was reported that equipment and infrastructure were said to have been damaged.

 The Federal Government of Nigeria on Sunday has ordered all foreign miners to vacate mining sites in Zamfara state and its environs this is done in a bid to curb the growing cases of banditry in the state and the North West region of  Nigeria.

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Sunday stated that five persons were killed and 30 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack in the outskirts of Maiduguri.

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.