President Muhammadu Buhari is now in Mali for a peace meeting in the troubled African country.

A former Information Commissioner in Nasarawa State, Mrs. Titi-Victoria Monde, 62, is dead.

The Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has reacted to the killing of some aid workers by Boko Haram terrorists.

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, on Thursday denied accusing members of the National Assembly of collecting 60 percent of the contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has vowed to return to his duty sooner than expected, stressing that only God can heal the sick.

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami has been ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to surrender a suspected notorious criminal, Asuquo Mbuotidem Edem to the Ghanaian Government for prosecution.

The Deputy Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Bako Kasim Alfa, has resigned.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has directed Nigerians with expired visas to leave before August 17.

The United Nations (UN) has expressed sadness over the execution of aid workers by Boko Haram.

Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, in a statement, said he was utterly shocked and horrified by the gruesome killing.

Kallon commiserated with their families, friends and others.

He decried the number of illegal vehicular checkpoints set up by terrorists along main supply routes.

The UN described the workers as committed humanitarians who devoted their lives to helping vulnerable people and communities ravaged by violence.

The official stressed that safety has been UN highest priority.

Kallon strongly condemned all violence targeting aid workers and the civilians they are assisting.

He lamented that the checkpoints disrupt the delivery of life-saving assistance and heighten the risks for civilians of being abducted, killed or injured.

“This is tragically not the first killing of kidnapped aid workers. We have repeatedly called for such devastating fate and blatant violation of international humanitarian law to never happen again,” he said.

UN added that nearly 8 million people were in need of urgent life-saving assistance.

Currently, 10.6 million people need urgent support as conflict-affected states battle coronavirus

On Wednesday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 543 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.