The Defence headquarters said yesterday that a Boko Haram Commander, suspected to be a foreigner, was on Saturday killed during the ongoing offensive to rid the terrorists from the North East and that thousands of foreign currencies (Euro) were found on the Commander.

Due to the scarcity of aviation fuel caused by the strike action of oil workers in the country, airlines have rescheduled their flight operations leaving passengers stranded in Abuja.

The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Mr Chris Finebone, said on Monday that the party was satisfied with the outcome of council polls held in the state. The APC won the 22 chairmanship seats, 297 of the 302 wards in the council election held on May 23.

“The attackers went into the village around 4:00 am while residents were still asleep and used machetes to attack their victims,”

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday signed two  bills into laws. 

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati told state House Correspondents that the two bills include the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 and the Immigration Act 2015.