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An unnamed Chief Superintendent of Police on Tuesday openly defied the order of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to vacate the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of the state.

Visitors to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, are now required to take a rapid COVID-19 test before they are permitted to enter the seat of power, popularly known as Aso Rock, either to visit the President or any other official.

There is tension in Edo state as scores of persons with some of them dressed in military uniform and suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have reportedly invaded a farming community known as 2nd Abumere Ojigbelu Camp in Ovia Northeast  Local Government  Area of Edo State and chased the villagers away.

Nigerian Air Force ( NAF) has allegedly killed scores of bandits in Zamfara forests including a kingpin, Alhaji Auta.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two minors, who claimed to be up-and-coming artistes, for allegedly stabbing a Redeemed Christian Church of God’s pastor, Babatunde Dada, to death.  

A clergy of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor John Elaigwu Odogbo, has emerged as the new paramount traditional ruler of Idoma people in Benue State.

The 2011 gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Lagos State, Ambassador Abayomi Mumuni, has advised Nigerians to desist from criticizing Pastor Tunde Bakare over the loan he collected to build his cathedral.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says President Muhammadu Buhari is fine despite the fact that some of his aides tested positive for COVID-19.

Special Force Unit from the office of the Inspector General of Police arrested Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law of a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha.

Gunmen have abducted Charles Mato Dakat, the paramount ruler of Gindiri town in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.