President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured Nigerians that increasing cases of killings being carried out by suspected herdsmen in communities across the country would soon be brought under control. He said security agents deployed to affected areas would achieve the feat in no distant time.

The Enugu State Police Command has embarked on “Know Your Neighbour’’ campaign and released hotlines as measures to curb crimes. The command released hotlines – 08032003702, 08075390883, 08086671202 and 08098880172 – for residents to report any suspicious person, movement or gathering.

The fuel scarcity currently being experienced in many parts of the country is taking its toll on Nigerians, with the average cost of transportation rising by 23.99 per cent in December, an analysis of a report prepared by the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed.

The report for December 2017 covers bus journey within the city; bus journey intercity, state route, charge per person; air fare charge for specified routes single journey; journey by motorcycle (Okada); and waterway passengers’ transport.

Nigeria’s National Economic Council, NEC, has constituted a committee to collaborate with the Nigerian government to address the issues of impunity and violence resulting from clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The decision to set up the committee was one of the decisions taken at Thursday’s National Economic Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) has successfully destroyed an emerging insurgents’ vehicle workshop in the Sambisa general area. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

Residents of Logo, Guma and Okpokwu Local Government Areas of Benue State, have suffered a set of renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen which have claimed the lives of six persons.

Governor Samuel Ortom confirmed the vicious attacks on Wednesday when he received a former military administrator of the state, Brigadier General Dominic Oneya (rtd), who led a delegation on a condolence visit to the governor, at the Government House in Makurdi, the state capital.

According to the Governor, two women were reported killed in Guma LGA and two persons in Logo on Tuesday, stressing that pockets of killings were still ongoing.