Former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr John Campbell has revealed that human rights abuse is a major roadblock preventing Nigeria from receiving aid from the United States and its allies its fight against insecurity.

Stakeholders in the iron and steel sector in Nigeria said the major issue at stake in the sector was the investigation of Ajaokuta Steel and NIOMCO between 2008 to date.

The Nigerian Government has received one stolen artifact intercepted in Mexico City, Mexico.

The village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga local government area of Sokoto state, Abubakar Ibrahim, was among eleven suspects arrested in interdiction operations in which Nine Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty (991,320) pills of pharmaceutical opioids and 1,251kgs of cannabis and khat, as well as 46.637 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, were recovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA across seven states.

The National Association of Resident Doctors has said it may call off its strike on Saturday after meeting with federal government representatives in Abuja.

Suspected arsonists on Thursday attacked the administrative headquarters of Aguata Local Government Council in Anambra, setting buildings and other property on the premises on fire.

Operatives of the newly created Special Weapons and Tactics Team of the Nigeria Police have been deployed in various parts of the country.

A pathologist, Dr. Sokunle Soyemi, has informed an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that the first autopsy was conducted at Warri, Delta, on the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, was botched.