The North East Development Commission has disclosed its plan of establishing a mega waste collecting point in Adamawa in its effort to support clean energy and environment. This was made known by the Environment and Natural Resource manager of the commission, Mr Sufyan Mallum during an opening season of a five-days training workshop for 100 stakeholders on climate change in Yola today. According to Mallum, the recycling plant would have the capacity of collection 100 tonnes of waste per day and shall be handed over to the state management when completed for running it.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has chided the presidency that it is insulting to Nigerians for the Federal Government instead of making solid provision that will checkmate the food insecurity; they have chosen to provide grains as a palliative. President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, described the step the federal government is seeking to implement as a joke during an interview on Arise Television today.

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command attached to the Rapid Response Squad 74, have arrested a pastor, Simon Kado; his relative, Jesse Simon-Kado, and their driver, Muhammad Isah, for child trafficking, as revealed by the state Public Relations Officers, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement today. The perpetrators were nabbed on Friday while trafficking 12 underaged children – eight girls and four boys aged between five to 16 years, from Nasarawa State to Ogun State.

The Bauchi State Police Command has declared a vocal Islamic cleric, Dr. Idris Abdul'azeez Tanshi, wanted for alleged contempt of court. This development was made known in a Special Police Gazette Bulletin issued by the authorities of the Inspector General of Police and made available to Journalists in the state command on Thursday, adding that a "handsome reward" awaits anyone with information leading to the arrest of Dutsen Tanshi. According to the bulletin, his last known address was Dutsen Tanshi in Bauch metropolis and he is 63 years old, slim in stature, and normally dresses in Hausa attire.

As a fall out of slamming its membership by the tripartite countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republics, the Economic Community Of West Africa, ECOWAS today through its ministers have convene an emergency meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. The ministers are expected to deliberate on the pros and cons of rejecting the membership of ECOWAS by the trio as well as to examine the mass protest that broke out in Senegal, following the postponement of the country’s presidential elections.