The President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd.) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme. This is according to a statement signed late Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled ‘President Buhari Appoints Major Gen BT Ndiomu (retd.) as amnesty programme interim administrator.’ According to Adesina, “The appointee hails from Odoni in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and was admitted to the Nigerian Defence Academy as part of 29th Regular Combatant Course.

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith has resigned his position. It was revealed that the Board of the Commission asked Smith to resign following the ongoing crisis with the Nigeria Police Force and he accepted. The spokesperson of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, confirmed the resignation of Mr Smith to Daily Trust on Wednesday. Smith, former Inspector General of Police, has reportedly handed over to another member of the board, Clara Ogunbiyi, a retired Supreme Court justice, who represents the judiciary.

The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday informed a Federal High Court, Abuja, that detained Abuja-Kaduna Train Kidnapped Victim negotiator, Tukur Mamu, was part of an international terrorist network who used the cover of journalism to perpetrate crime. The security agency has stated that its preliminary investigation established the offences of “logistics supplier, aiding and abetting acts of terrorism,” against terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu. The agency, in an affidavit in support of its ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022, filed before Federal High Court Justice Nkeonye Maha, in Abuja, also alleged the investigation established act of terrorism financing against Mamu. Following the submission, Justice Maha, ordered that Mamu be detained for the next 60 days, adding that if not done with its investigation within the period, the agency can come back to the court to renew the detention order.

At least five bandits have been killed, weapons and motorcycles recovered when vigilante groups in Batsari community of Katsina state engaged in heavy gun fight with bandits who came to attack them. It was said the fight lasted for about three hours. Several local sources, who revealed details of the incident to journalists on condition of anonymity, because of concern over their safety, said members of the vigilante group surrounded the bandits after they stormed Batsari Local Government headquarters around 4:00 p.m. conveyed on motorbikes and armed with AK 47 rifles.

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra state has condemned in strong terms, the attack on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy on Sunday night at Enugwukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state. Governor Soludo’s condemnation which is contained in a statement by his Press Secretary Christian Aburime, reiterated his stance on wiping out every act of criminality in the state. He described the attack as the “last ditched-effort of a sinking boat” by criminal elements in the state, while reassuring the people that all security agencies were on full alert to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous attack who would be made to face the full wrath of the law.

The Federal Government (FG) has launched the National Committee Against Torture (NCAT) in a bid to eliminate torture and inhuman and degrading treatment across the country. The Committee is made up of representatives from the Federal Ministry of Justice, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Legal Aids Council, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Army (NA), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), amongst others.