All the released pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school, Tegina,in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger have been reunited with their parents.

The police and community vigilance group have arrested two middle-aged men at Ozalla-Awada in Anambra over assault on some field officers of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) who carried out their legitimate duties.

The Police Command in Plateau has described as fake speculations that unidentified persons have killed 230 Igbos in Jos.

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Jos North Local Government Area with effect from Aug. 30 until further notice.

. Seizes 400.37kg illicit drugs in Anambra, C/River, FCT, MMIA

A narcotrafficker, Ibeh Kenneth Ejike has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for ingesting 87 wraps of cocaine.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Area Command, has intercepted a pistol with its magazine hidden inside a Toyota Camry car.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed reports that the military helicopters fired at a cargo boat conveying people and foodstuff from Port Harcourt to Bonny.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says Nigeria accounts for 24,000 missing people, the largest missing caseload on the continent representing over half of those registered as missing in Africa.