Repentant Boko Haram fighters have called on their former colleagues who are still in the Sambisa forest to surrender their arms to military authorities and embrace peace.
Another suicide attack was averted by the Nigerian Army on Wednesday after three female suicide bombers were shot dead in Bakin Dutse, Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
No less than 100 staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will be suspended following a report indicting them of collecting bribes ahead of the 2015 general elections.
More than 150 inmates escaped from a South Philippines prison after gunmen, suspected to have links with Islamist separatist groups launched an attack on the facility.
There are indications that the remnant of the Boko Haram sect may be holing up in communities close to Sambisa Forest following the successful execution of Operation Lafia Dole by the Nigerian military.
