The reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) head office building is on fire are false, says the CBN acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor.

According to Okorafor, the rumour started when passersby saw a pall of exhaust from the CBN generator house and mistook it for fire.

“The CBN maintains a total security system that triggers safety alarms in the presence of smoke and so all fire engines and personnel received the alert only to discover that it was an unusual pall of exhaust.

The Federal Government has described the two separate suicide bomb attacks in Adamawa State as tragic and condemnable.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo condemned the attacks in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande.

According to him, the government is shocked and outraged by the suicide attacks on a Mosque and a Market in Mubi which left at least 27 people dead on May 1.

Ebonyi State now has the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) law.

Governor Dave Umahi gave his assent on Monday, at a ceremony at the Executive Council chambers in Abakaliki. The ceremony was attended by his wife, Rachel and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly.

The Speaker , Mr Francis Nwifuru said the law forbids violence against persons, prohibits Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and protects women against all manners of violence, including wife battering.

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has criticised US President Donald Trump’s comments on the killing of Christians in Nigeria.

During a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, Trump said the US will not accept the attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria.

Reacting to the US president’s position, MURIC urged Nigerian Christians to “not allow themselves to be deceived by Trump”.

Nigeria has taken delivery of some military gunships following the arrival of the Antonov aircraft from Russia. The airlift cargo aircraft bearing the 2 additional brand new Mi-35M helicopter gunships touched down at the Nigerian Air Force NAF Base in Makurdi, Benue state at exactly 12.20pm.

At least 14 miners were killed and 13 others injured when armed bandits attacked Janruwa community in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The incident occurred on Saturday when the gunmen invaded a mining site located in the community and opened fire on the miners who were armless.

Locals in the community noted that 14 people were killed in the process.