Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for his sustained efforts at defeating Boko Haram terrorists and bandits wreaking havoc in many parts of the country. Governor Wike made the above commendation yesterday at the Government House, Port Harcourt after the wreath laying ceremony to mark the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration at the Isaac Boro Park. Wike said the best legacies Buhari could leave for the country were the restoration of peace in all troubled geopolitical zones and free and fair elections in February and March.

A Catholic priest identifies as Rev. Father Isaac Achi, has been gruesomely murdered by bandits after invading his residence in the wee hour of today Sunday morning in Paiko Local Government in Niger state. Vigil360 learned that when the bandits invaded the priest's residence, they couldn’t gain access to him because of the security measures he put on his house, consequently, the terrorist out of anger set his house ablaze while he was still in, destroying everything in the house.
Until his death, the clergy was attached to St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church, Kafin-Koro, in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger state.

A fire incident in Araromi spare parts market, Ibadan has depredated no fewer than 25 shops in the early hours of Saturday. General Manager(GM), of Oyo State Fire Service, Rev. Canon Yemi Akinyinka who confirmed the incident stated that the service got an emergency call about the incident around 2.30 a.m, and immediately deployed personnel to the place to dowse the incident.

The immediate past Director General of the Labour Party, LP, campaign organization, Mr. Doyin Okupe has been arrested by the Department of States Services, DSS operative at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. This was made known by one of the Okupe Lawyers, Mr. Tolu Babaleye while his client was on his way to London. According to Babaleye, the secret police after arresting Okupe demanded that he should furnish them with the Court process where he paid the fine option following his conviction by the High court last December in Abuja.

The National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital in a judgment delivered by Justice Damulak has held that the provision of section 127 of the Police Act and Regulation 127 that is applicable to unmarried women police officers getting pregnant while in service but not applicable to unmarried male police officers impregnating females while in service, is discriminatory against the female officers. The above regulation is inconsistent with Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights which abolishes gender discrimination. Recall the former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, dismissed one Miss Omolola Olajide on 26th January 2021, for getting pregnant out of wedlock.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, described the Boko Haram group and its attendant ideology which loathe western education as a "fraudulent plot" designed to destroy Nigeria. Buhari's comments came barely 48 hours after he alleged a "deliberate plot" to destroy the country, which failed.