Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have on Friday attacked Kwapre village in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing five people and abducting unspecified number of women. The insurgents shot sporadically, injuring some residents while houses and property belonging to residents were destroyed. According to Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakubu, member representing Gombi/Hong Federal Constituency, the insurgents maimed some community dwellers, destroyed their homes and abducted some others.

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has on Monday announced that the first UK COVID-19 variant also known as “B.1.1.7” has been detected in Nigeria.

The United States has blacklisted Nigeria as one of the countries engaging in religious freedom violations. The US Secretary, Mike Pompeo announced this via his Twitter account yesterday, saying his country will continue to act when “religious freedom is attacked.”

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has on Wednesday disclosed that it has seized assets and frozen bank accounts belonging to a Nigerian businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim over failure to pay a debt of N69 billion. In a statement, AMCON said seized assets have been taken over by its debt recovery agent, Pinheiro Legal Partners. These assets include NICON Investment Limited at Plot 242, Muhammadu Buhari Way, Central Business District, Abuja; NICON Hotels Limited building at Plot 557, Port-Harcourt Crescent, off Gimbiya Street, Abuja and the building of NICON Lekki Limited also at No. 5, Customs Street, Lagos.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disclosed that it has not yet zoned its presidential candidate for 2023 general election. Mr Kola Ologbondiyon, the National Publicity Secretary of the party made this known while speaking to Arise TV today.

Nigeria has recorded 381 new cases on Thursday, May 7, being the highest confirmed number of COVID-19 cases in a single day since its first case in February, thereby bringing the total number to 3,526, with 601 discharged and 107 deaths.