The Benue State government on Thursday said there was fresh Fulani herdsmen attack on Umenger community in Guma Local Government Area of the State. The disclosure was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, Terver Akase.
The statement read in part;

John Yusuf, one of the six federal civil servants facing prosecution for allegedly stealing N32.8 billion of police pension fund has gotten a respectable punishment for his offence as the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, sentenced him to six years imprisonment with a fine of N22.9billion.

The court gave the ruling on Wednesday, five years after Yusuf was convicted and sentenced to an aggregate fine of N750, 000 by a Federal Capital Territory High Court presided over by Justice Abubakar Talba, a development which sparked national and international outrage.

Spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Wilson Uwujaren, revealed this in a statement dated March 21, 2018.

Members of 21st Century Youths and Agitators with Conscience, an umbrella body for ex-Niger Delkta Militants have berated the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA and other groups in the region over their threat to cause mayhem in 30days if the President Buhari fails to reinstate Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) as chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP.

UNICEF says schools in Nigeria should be safe spaces and students protected at all times. It made the call in a statement on the return of girls abducted from a school in Dapchi, Yobe, state, north east Nigeria. UNICEF Nigeria, Country Representative Mohamed Malick Fall, says UNICEF is delighted that the girls abducted on 19 February 2018 were returned to their families.