The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has received a total sum of N2.6 billion for election security operations from the Federal Government. According to Dailytrust, the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede disclosed this during a briefing on the service’s preparation for the 2019 elections in Abuja on Thursday.

Following the attack at Rann on 14 January 2019 by Boko Haram insurgents on a military base, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has expressed concern over the interruption of aid delivery to tens of thousands of internally displaced people in the area.

The acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed ADAMU, is set to appoint a new Force Public Relations Officer (PRO), ACP Frank Mba. Mr Mba, a graduate of law from the University of Lagos, was called to the Nigerian bar in 2002.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday 15th January 2019 launched the new ten (10) years E-passport by presenting same to President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice Yemi Osinbajo.

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Peoples Republic of China, on Thursday 10th January 2019 signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Chinese to assist the Armed Forces of Nigeria in strengthening its counter-insurgency capabilities.

Reports from local residents along the Damaturu-Borno State highway indicate that the Boko Haram insurgents have allegedly issued an ultimatum to the residents of Jakana and Mainok towns in Borno state, to vacate the locality or get killed.