The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, have directed an immediate probe into allegations that a Naval rating, Seaman Abbas Haruna, has been in detention for nearly six years. This was a result of the detainees’ wife speaking on a radio station, where she accused military authorities of unjustly detaining her husband in their custody for almost six years.

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed worry that some Boko Haram leaders serving jail terms at Maiduguri prison that collapsed might have escaped from the correctional centre following a flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri, the state capital. Vigil360 reported how flood from a collapsed Alau Dam claimed lives and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the city including correctional centre.

The federal government has today Friday inaugurated a 16- man member committee for the consequential adjustments of civil servant salaries arising from provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2024, of N70,000, okayed by President Bola Tinubu. Chairman of the committee who doubled as the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, inaugurated the committee on behalf of the federal government.

In the world of social activism, where genuine causes can easily be overshadowed by sensationalism, a troubling trend is emerging: the quest for personal fame over meaningful change. This issue has recently come to the fore with the actions of Omoyele Sowore, a politician, human rights activist, and founder of Sahara Reporters.

Operatives of the Nigerian Army have captured a notorious bandit kingpin, rescued several kidnapped victims in several operations across the nation. The Nigerian Army stated that troops disrupted terrorists’ hideout in Gobarawa Forest, Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State, recovered an AK-47 rifle, 16 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, and five motorcycles abandoned by the fleeing terrorists. Also in Borno State, troops ambushed terrorist’s transiting from Sambisa Forest to the Mandara Mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area eliminated two terrorists.

Borno State governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum, has revealed that about one million people have been displaced by the flood which ravaged the state, yesterday Tuesday. The governor made this remark this morning while speaking to newsmen during distributing of cash and cooked food to displaced persons taking refuge in Bakassi camp, Maiduguri.