The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Renoccon Properties Development Limited and its Managing Director, Babatunde Morakinyo, for allegedly laundering $1.29million and N46million.

The Federal Government has lifted the ban placed on the private airline, Executive Jet Services, which flew musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, to Abuja to attend a concert in June.

The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have eliminated and arrested scores of bandits, cattle rustlers, kidnappers, and other criminal elements in the entire North-West zone in recent time.

The Nigerian military has reintegrated 601 ex-Boko Haram terrorists into the society.

They include 14 foreign nationals from Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

The Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, Major General Bamidele Shafa made the announcement on Saturday.

The former fighters were freed at the DRR Camp in Mallam Sidi, Gombe State.

General Shafa said on arrival at the camp, “the clients went through documentation processes to obtain vital background information and were subjected to comprehensive medical screening to determine their health status”.

The military officer disclosed that their DNA samples were also collected and biometrics captured by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for future references.

“The background information serves as a guide for the experts, Local Treatment Team (LTT) to properly place the clients for treatment therapies and vocational training.”

He added that LTT are specialised experts in various fields of deradicalisation and rehabilitation therapies drawn from the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS).

President Muhammadu Buhari has come under fire over the decision of his government to free over 600 Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday.

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Abuja-Kaduna rail service would resume on July 29 despite the on-going Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari has donated food items to the wife of the governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano for distribution to women in the state.

The National Hospital, Abuja, on Saturday said it has so far recorded 10 coronavirus related deaths at its isolation centre.

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has warned that obstruction by trucks will affect the free flow of traffic on alternative routes as the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos is partially closed.