Niger State Government has urged the Federal Government to use Minna International Airport as alternative airport for travelers when the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja is closed for repair in February.
Troops of the Nigerian army successfully repelled an attack by some Boko Haram terrorists who were believed to be fleeing from the military onslaught in the North East.
Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has called on religious and political leaders in the country to refrain from making inciting statements and giving religious connotation to the crisis between herdsmen and farmers in Southern Kaduna.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Sule Saulawa, a Permanent Secretary attached to the office of the Katsina State Deputy Governor, on a one count charge of Obtaining by False Pretense.
Former Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament and Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has called on the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to have a rethink on its decision to deploy soldiers to The Gambia if incumbent President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down at the expiration of his tenure on January 18.