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Nigeria dropped by 5 places in the latest Press Freedom index published by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, has given the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris and the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), till next week Tuesday to explain the rationale behind secret withdrawal of =N=7.5bn from government coffers.
In what seems like solidarity, some Nigerians have raised about N500,000 to compensate an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sunday Erhator, for his professional conduct and restrain when assaulted by a traffic offender, Victor Ebhomenyen, in the Oniru area of Lagos state.
No fewer than 239 people were killed and 44 others kidnapped in separate violent incidents across the country, mostly by armed non-state actors, Premium Times reports.