The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) claimed it has so far arrested and repatriated about 450 illegal immigrants from Edo in the first quarter of 2017. According to the State Comptroller of Immigration, David Adi, who made the assertion during presentation of a refurbished Hilux van by the Management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc to the Command, in Benin, those repatriated were mainly from Niger Republic, Mali and Ghana.

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Monday assented to two bill passed by the National Assembly.

Emerging reports indicate that the National Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Alhaji Maitama Sule is dead. He died this morning at a yet-to-be disclosed hospital in Cairo, Egypt's capital city.

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has condemned the deployment of military personnel across over 28 states of the federation, describing it as a state of emergency in peacetime.
The Speaker made the observation on yesterday at a "Capacity/Interactive Needs Assessment Workshop of Security Sector Related Committees in the House of Representatives."

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, said 700 Boko Haram insurgents around the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno surrendered to troops.

The former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana has warned those that consider the Middle Belt as part of the North, in the event that the country breaks up, to desist from doing so as the region will stand alone. The former Minister made this assertion on Sunday while making a presentation at St. Mathew's Church, Diocese of Anglican Communion, Maitama Abuja.