Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, says there is an urgent need for the international community to save Nigeria’s democracy from imminent collapse.

The governor expects the international community to achieve that goal by mounting pressure on the Federal Government to uphold the rule of law and guarantee the integrity of the electoral system, a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, said.

A former Chief of Administration at the Nigerian Air Force headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Alkali Mamu, yesterday told an Abuja High Court on how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) forced him to write a statement against his wish. The Federal Government is prosecuting Mamu over an alleged bribery.

Two lorry loads of sensitive materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission meant for the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State have been allegedly intercepted in a hotel in the state.

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Oye, alleged this on Monday at a press conference in his residence at Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of the state.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has officially inducted into service the first of two Bell 412 helicopters that had earlier been impounded by customs. NAF Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, inducted the first Bell 412 into service during a ceremony on 1 November, according to the NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI).

A female suicide bomber has killed four persons in Duhu-Gulak community in Adamawa State late evening on Monday

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Matters, Brig Gen Paul Boroh (rtd), has urged members of the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), to maintain the existing peace in the region.

Boroh who also doubles as the Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.