Following moves by stakeholders of the All progressives Congress (APC) to appease the national leader of the party, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the party is reportedly considering setting up a caretaker Committee to oversee the activities of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. The move is coming as the party holds its caucus and National Executive Council meetings on Monday and Tuesday.

One of the leading Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) has rejected the plan by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant amnesty to repentant members of Boko Haram sect, urging him to drop the proposal. The group made its decision known in a letter to the President.

Nigeria’s Surveyor General of the Federation, Mr. Ebisintei Awudu says his office has all inventory of government properties and will assist the Special Presidential Investigation Panel to recover all Federal government property across the country. According to the Surveyor General, the constitutional duty of his office is to provide information on international and interstate boundaries.

The chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Taraba State Chapter, Ben Ubeh, is dead. Rev. Ben Ubeh reportedly died after he was crushed by a truck transporting sugar along Jalingo-Yola Expressway. Residents at the scene of the incident said the accident occurred in Zing community along the expressway in the morning hours of Sunday, March 25.

The Northern Elders' Forum, Arewa Consultative Forum and 16 other political and socio-cultural groups in the North have chided elected political office holders from the region over alleged non-performance. The groups made their position known in a communiqué issued at the end of a crucial Summit of northern groups held on 24th March at the residence of the late Premier of the defunct Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Arewa House, Kaduna.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday addressed the recently released Dapchi schoolgirls earlier abducted by members of Boko Haram sect. The President who received the girls at the State House said investigation was ongoing to determine the circumstances that led to the incident. He vowed to deal decisively with security chief if any abduction occurs again.