Commercial activities were grounded for hours in parts of Anambra on Monday as the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra went underway in Abuja.

Former Governor of old Anambra, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is one of the people attending the trial of the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The Federal High Court Abuja, has ordered the Department of State Services, (DSS) to release five worshipers who were arrested at Dunamis International Gospel Centre on July 4 for allegedly wearing t-shirts with inciting inscriptions.

Governor Hope Uzodimma at the weekend declared that Imo State has returned to the path of safety and peace after several weeks of dislocations occasioned by security breaches.

The police in Edo on Monday debunked social media reports that a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ehor Division, CSP Benjamin Benafa, has been arrested in relation to involvement with kidnappers.

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) said 158 projects from different sectors were incorporated into the Public Private Partnership (PPP) project pipeline in 2020.

 Biafran leader, Nnamdi Kanu was not in court Monday as requested by an order of the Federal High Court.

The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has boasted that he can never steal Imo state money urging anyone who will succeed him to probe his administration if he does.

The Muslims Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has said that the incessant kidnapping of students in some parts of the country was a strategy to discourage the pursuit of education.

The Nigerian Army has urged members of the public to disregard `doctored video’ meant to denigrate the professional conduct of troops in the South eastern part of the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart Abuja for UK to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021 to 2025.

Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Ijero local government area of Ekiti state, Babatunde Babade, 45, has been arrested along with two others; Ilesanmi Shola, 35, and Babajide Johnson, 45, for trafficking illicit drug.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the country’s COVID-19 active cases now stand at 4,180, with majority of the infected people in stable condition.

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to Oct. 31.