The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday visited Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai, and donated N50 million to the victims of the terrorist attack on the Kaduna bound train from Abuja. The former Lagos State governor was received by El-Rufai and Senators Uba Sani and Suleiman Abdu-Kwri at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House. Tinubu was accompanied by former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima. Others on Tinubu’s entourage include the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and Senator Abu Ibrahim.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has posted Assistant Inspector-General (AIG), John Amadi as acting Deputy Inspector-General (DIG), Department of Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja, and DIG representing the South-East geopolitical zone. Similarly, the IGP also deployed Moronike Adesina as Commissioner of Police of Ekiti State Police Command and both postings are with immediate effect.

Armed bandits on Sunday night, invaded and killed many people in Tsafe town, Zamfara state. According to residents, the bandits who stormed the area, which is the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of the state about 9.30 pm, murdered the son of the state’s commissioner for security affairs and a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Mamman Tsafe.

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufa’i has disclosed that he is considering hiring foreign mercenaries to fight terrorists in Kaduna state that have continued unabated, failure by the federal government to take a drastic measure. El-Rufa’i made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen shortly after he went to the state House to brief President Buhari on the incident of Kaduna bound train attack by the Fulani militia four days ago. The Governor said, he has sworn an oath to protect Kaduna state citizens' lives and properties when he took over the leadership, and therefore he will go to any length to do that.

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ado Doguwa (APC-Kano) said on Thursday that it was time Nigerians were allowed to bear arms to defend themselves.

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Babaji Sunday, has today called on Abuja residents to disregard the rumor being peddled by mischief makers that new bandits have invaded Abuja to unleash mayhem. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, stated this in a statement in Abuja today. She said that call followed a misleading report made around in some section of the media that some number of hoodlums invaded and raided a pipeline extension area in kubwa and snatched belonging from residents of the area, which does not translate into banditry.