President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a sturdy charge to Security agencies to ensure the safe rescue of the over 100 children kidnapped from an Islamic school in Niger state. The president condemned the latest incident as "unfortunate" while directing the agencies to secure their "immediate release", Presidential spokesperson Mallam Garba Shehu said on Twitter on Tuesday. In a statement title, ‘Expedite action towards release of school children, said President Buhari received a briefing on the latest incident of school kidnapping and condemned it.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sacking of top management staff of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) over alleged N3.4bn fraud. The affected staff includes the NSITF Managing Director (MD), Bayo Some fun, 3 Executive Directors (EDs), Jasper Azuatalam; Tijani Sulaiman, and Mrs. Olukemi Nelson. 9 top management officers were also dismissed.

Following the declaration of sit at home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to mark the remembrance of those who lost its life at the civil war that ended 30th June 1967, noticeable fear and compliance of this exercise was seen in a different part of Eastern states.

The Police in Rivers State, has confirmed an explosion in the popular mile 3 market in Port Harcourt on Monday morning. The incident which reportedly occurred around 6:30 am fortunately did not result to any lost of life, but the explosion left many persons injured. A source within the market area gave an account of the incident. He said the unfortunate explosion caused panic in the market as traders and commuters scampered for safety. The police spokesman in the state, superintendent of police Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement on Monday said police officers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) were immediately dispatched to the scene to ascertain what transpired, sweep and also render the market safe.

Amid the insistence by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that its May 29 - 31, 2021, sit-at-home order would hold across the five states of the South East, the Imo Government, yesterday, mandated residents to go about their activities without apprehension. The Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma said it had concluded arrangements with security agencies in the state to contain any eventuality. The Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba, gave the assurance at a press conference in Owerri. He said: “Let me also use this opportunity to make it clear that Imo people should ignore the messages making the rounds in the social media, asking people to stay at home on Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30. “Imo people and residents should disregard these messages as they have no consequence whatsoever. They should go about their normal businesses without any fear of molestation.

President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff following the death of Lt Ibrahim Atahiru in a plane crash on 21st May 2021.