The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has disclosed that in the ongoing operation in the Lake Chad region, Borno state, two high-ranking Boko Haram commanders have surrendered to the MNJTF after a heated fight. The spokesperson for the MNJTF, Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi, , made this known in a statement today Tuesday 26th March, 2024. Accordingly, the two terrorists commander, identified as Ibrahim Muhammed and Auwal Muhammed, popularly known as WANKA, belonged to the Bakura Buduma faction who his group were responsible for carrying out some major deadly attacks in various locations around Lake Chad. 

The Federal Government (FG) says the Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has questions to answer over some of his comments regarding the activities of bandits, adding that he has been invited by security agencies. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information, Mohammad Idris, to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday.

Following the matching order by President Bola Tinubu to rescue the abducted Kaduna school children, the Defence headquarters has today disclosed it has rescued the students of Kuriga village, Chikun Local Government Area, kaduna in Zamfara State. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, made this known today that 137 hostages were rescued from the bandits.  

Following the unabated insecurity that has continued to overwhelm the country, Sixteen state governors have so far submitted reports expressing their support for establishing of state police to the National Economic Council, NEC. This was revealed yesterday in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha. The said reports were received during the 140th NEC meeting chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the state House Villa, Abuja. 

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake in fulfilment of his pledge to create a new security architecture to secure mining sites, has charged the newly unveiled 2,220-strong mines marshal to smoke out illegal miners and all those who flout the nation’s mining laws.

Archbishop Gabriel Leke Abegunrin of the Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan has called on the Federal Government to subsidize food items in the open market instead of giving palliatives to a few individuals for cheap political point. The clergy stated this while speaking to newsmen at the Justice, Development and Peace Commission, in Ibadan.