The Nigeria Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested five internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno state on Wednesday, saying there are “bad eggs” among IDPS.

THE Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, indicated on Wednesday that the supposed Federal Government banter with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, which both claimed to be dialogue with Niger Delta militants, was simply a monologue.

The former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, says the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, bribed some members with 25,000 dollars each to sign vote of confidence on him. Jibrin said this in a statement he gave to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday.

Former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, says there is nothing wrong with restructuring the country provided it is done within one Nigeria context. Gowon stated this when Sen. Shehu Sani, the Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday.

Boko Haram terrorist, Mr Lawal Aboi, has surrendered to the Nigerian Army, after saying he became tired of fighting. The terrorist who was intercepted along Damboa-Bale road by troops of the Nigerian Army said he was already on his way to voluntarily surrender to the troops in Damboa because he was tired of fighting for no just cause.

For US Republicans, the taboo of voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election has been lifted, as party dignitaries reject Donald Trump amid one of the deepest controversies of his troubled campaign.

The immediate-past Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie ,yesterday , said the commission supported the scrapping of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to protect the students from being swindled.

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had arrested a high profile suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Mohammed Zauro, at Sabon Gari, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno.

A group of militants have listed alleged needs of Niger Delta communities for President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that if the needs were met that the agitations in the region would be laid to rest.

Boko Haram, a Nigerian Islamist group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, may have a new leader, according to the jihadist group’s online weekly Al-Naba.