Barely one week after President Muhammadu Buhari blamed the rise in attacks by suspected herdsmen on foreign militia once trained by Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, the United States military Monday expressed great concern over incessant attacks by foreign extremists in Nigeria and other West African countries.

Speaking at the African Land Forces Summit in Abuja, the Commanding General of the U.S. Army, Africa, Brig.-Gen. Eugene LeBoeuf, said insecurity and terrorism in Nigeria and other West African nations have been fuelled by the invasion of foreign extremists in the region.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Mr. Carl Risch, will be visiting Nigeria to review consular operations at the U.S. Consulate in Lagos.

The U.S. Department of State said Mr. Risch would journey to Nigeria, Morocco and Ethiopia from April 15 to 21.

A 53-year-old Italian Peter Nielsen, who allegedly murdered his Nigerian wife and singer, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, and their four-year-old daughter, Petra, at their home at Banana Island, Ikoyi Lagos, was on Wednesday remanded in Ikoyi Prisons on the orders of a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

The Magistrate, Mrs K.B. Ayeye, who gave the ruling, said the accused should be reminded pending counsel from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, in a combined operation with the Nigerien Air Force have launched a coordinated air strike on boko haram Terrorists locations at Arege and Tumbun rago in Borno State, Northern Nigeria. The Director Public Relations and Information, Nigeria Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai on Tuesday ordered the establishment of a standing court martial to try compromised officers who have exhibited political partisanship and breached the code of conduct of the Nigerian Army. The COAS gave the order while speaking at the Chief of Army Staff 1st Quarter Conference in Abuja Federal Capital Territory.

Facebook has suspended a company from its site while it investigates claims it harvested user information under the guise of academic research, in a case with echoes of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Guardian reports that, Cubeyou, a New York-based data analytics firm that offers “fast, easy and accurate consumer insights” to customers, gathered some of its user data with Facebook quizzes developed in conjunction with the University of Cambridge.