The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Muslims across the country to look for the new moon of Shawwal on Tuesday.

Professor Maxwell Ogbulu, the Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, has revealed that the gunmen who abducted students of the institution alongside other passengers have made contacts.

The Nigerian Army, on Saturday evening, stormed a Boko Haram suspected mosque located at Filin Lazio, Hotoro, Kano metropolis and arrested about 10 suspects.

Joint security operatives on Thursday night killed no fewer than eight hoodlums after they resisted an attack on Orlu Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo state from unknown gunmen.

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Saturday launched another attack on Odoro Ikpe Police Station, in Ini LGA of Akwa Ibom State. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed that Nigerians Stranded in the Island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines have not made request for evacuation back home.

The United States has said it has no immediate plan to relocate its Africa Command (AFRICOM) from its current base in Germany to Africa despite the worsening state of insecurity in the continent.

The minister of communications and digital economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has been conferred the most outstanding minister of the year award.