The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has killed a top Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and over 100 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, in Tagoshe on the Mandara Mountains in Borno state on Friday. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), said this in a statement, on Saturday in Abuja. Gabkwet stated that the air strikes carried out on Friday were one of the most successful strikes by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai in recent memory.
He said NAF spotted a group of terrorists in a remote place consisting of three zinced huts surrounded by trees.

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, urged legislators across all levels of government to intensify efforts in combatting gender-based violence. He specifically called for the swift adoption and implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act by states that had not yet done so, emphasizing the need to urgently bridge the legislative gap on gender violence issues.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has disclosed a plan of his administration to double the manpower strength of the Police Force in the country, saying that one police man is currently doing the job of two policemen. Addressing men and officers of the Kwara State Police Command during a one-day visit to the state Command in Ilorin, the state capital on Friday, Egbetokun said that there is shortage of manpower in the Police Force. Egbetokun, who said that the plan to increase the manpower would be gradual, added that President Bola Tinubu has recently given approval for yearly recruitment in Police.

Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has warned young Nigerians travelling abroad to do so legitimately and with proper documentation to avoid obnoxious embarrassment to both themselves and the country. The NiDCOM Chairman made this call when she visited some Nigerians in one of their shelters in Brampton, Canada. 

Wild protest has today taken over most streets in Kano state following the release of judgment by court which sacked Governor Abba Yusuf. Although, the police are trying hard to ensure that the protest does not end in breakdown of law and order in the state, however, the protesters are chanting: “We Want Justice.” The lower court had subtracted about 165,663 votes belonging to Yusuf on the ground that the ballot papers were not signed by the INEC during the election process. 

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked the convoy of the Yobe State governor, Mai-Mala Buni, along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, killing two police officers and injuring two others including a soldier. The incident happened as the governor’s motorcade was returning from the 24th convocation of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State on Saturday. According to an eyewitness, who was on the entourage but spoke on the condition of anonymity, the attackers opened fire on the convoy from both sides of the highway, targeting the pilot.