Nigeria's National Assembly will send the state police bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent after verifying approval from 28 of 36 state legislatures.
An estimated 14 million voter cards remain uncollected across Nigeria, Vanguard reports, raising concern at INEC ahead of the Jan. 16 presidential election.
Suspected bandits killed seven local defenders, including two CJTF members, during a prolonged gun battle before vigilantes repelled them from a Katsina town.
The Irigwe community buried nine victims, including five children, of a June 16 attack in Southern Kaduna, renewing demands for justice and stronger protection.
Gunmen raided two Adara villages in Kaduna's Kajuru area on Thursday night, killing two residents, wounding four and abducting seven people, including a six-month-old baby.
Nigerian clerics Enoch Adeboye and David Oyedepo thanked President Trump for striking terrorist camps and pressed the United States to take bolder action against terrorism.
Soldiers of Operation Hadin Kai dismantled an ISWAP roadblock near Buratai in Borno, freeing 53 trapped civilians and recovering eight vehicles the insurgents had seized.
The Borno government has put 40 former Boko Haram terrorists forward for Nigerian Army recruitment, alarming officers who question their documents and battlefield loyalty.
Nigeria's National Assembly will send the state police bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent after verifying approval from 28 of 36 state legislatures.
An estimated 14 million voter cards remain uncollected across Nigeria, Vanguard reports, raising concern at INEC ahead of the Jan. 16 presidential election.
Nigeria's federal government says heads of state-owned enterprises who award inflated contracts outside procurement law will face sanctions, in a new directive from George Akume.
A routine patrol in Badagry stopped a motorcycle carrying three girls who police say are trafficking victims, and officers are now hunting the suspected traffickers.