President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for former Niger Delta militants Brigadier-General Paul Boroh (Rtd).

His sack was announced Tuesday in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

Boroh, a native of Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State was appointed on July 28, 2015.

The Unites States has pledged to help Nigeria secure the over 100 school girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Dapchi, Yobe State, North-East of the country. US Secretary of State, Mr Rex Tillerson disclosed this to Journalists soon after he held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buahri on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Spokesman of Nigerian Prisons Service, (NPS), Francis Enobore has stated that the United Kingdom ‎government had yet to formally notify it and the Federal Government of its plan to build structures at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos State, contrary to widespread report. In a statement issued on Saturday, Enobore said the UK must first discuss the specific terms and conditions of the project with the Federal Government before its commencement.

Nigerian airline, Arik Air has explained why one of its airplanes travelling from Lagos to Accra, Ghana, made an emergency landing on Tuesday after the pilot detected a smoke coming from its cabin.

The Airline in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Adebanji Ola, on Thursday explained why the emergency landing was declared noting that the Captain duly briefed the passengers when the incident occurred.

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has announced her resolve to lead a movement that would ensure the release of the recently abducted schoolgirls from Dapchi, Yobe state. Aisha who made the disclosure on Thursday while celebrating International Women's Day, urged Nigerian women to use the occasion to reflect on the ugly situation, offer prayers for the release of the girls and ultimately join her new movement tagged “Leave Our Daughters Alone” in order to demand for the release of missing girls.

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun on Wednesday, disclosed that most of the country’s corruptly-enriched individual “hide under the radar” to evade taxation.

According to the minister, only low-income as well as salary earners whose taxes are deducted at source, pay tax in the country.