The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshall Isiaka Amao, on Tuesday said the Nigerian Air Force has conducted about 3,700 missions in the ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in the North-East, as well as operations against bandits in the North-West in 2021 alone.

The Niger Government said it would collaborate with the Federal Government to deploy drones and other Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment to tackle insecurity in the state.

President Muhammadu Buhari has on behalf of the government and Nigerians, felicitated with former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on his 64th birthday anniversary.

 The Senate has passed a bill seeking to provide a legal framework for the administration of Nigeria’s territorial sea and offshore activities. 

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA)  has advocated the immediate dismissal, arrest, and trial of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed for his egregious falsehood which has now been contradicted by a judicial panel of investigators in Lagos.

A 25-year-old lady, Chioma Okocha, and five men: Ndubuisi John, Haruna Aliyu, Saddam Abdullahi, Bashir Usman, and Usman Ibrahim have been sentenced to a total of 141 years imprisonment for trafficking in Cocaine and Cannabis Sativa by Federal High Courts sitting in Benin, Edo and Abeokuta, Ogun state respectively.

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to intervene in the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following disagreements between both countries.

The Senate on Tuesday observed a minute silence to mourn the death of General Dzarma Zirkusu and four soldiers recently killed by terrorists of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during a raid of insurgents by the military in Askira-Uba local government area of Borno State.