The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says Veterans of the Nigerian Army have major roles to play toward tackling current security challenges in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday confer with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with family of former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, joining Plateau State Government and indigenes in mourning the passing of the renowned politician.

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested thirty-nine (39) suspects for their involvement in series of violent crimes including armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, arms trafficking and cybercrime in some parts of the country.

Governor Simon Bako Lalong style of leadership has come under serious condemnation by a Jos-based legal practitioner, Mr. Emmanuel Menseh Madaki who has blamed him for the increased insecurity in the State.

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has warned that workers who absent from work due to the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), would lose their jobs.