Punch
Herdsmen killings: Buhari orders IG to relocate to Benue
President Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately relocate to Benue State to prevent further loss of lives and forestall the crisis in the state from escalating and spreading.
Vanguard
LIBYA: ISIS fighters may be masquerading as Nigerian returnees, security expert alerts FG
President of Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, AISSON Dr. Ona Ekhomu, yesterday, advised the Federal Government and security agencies to be on the alert and investigate returnees from Libya who claimed to be Nigerians, with a view to preventing ISIS fighters from infiltrating the country.
The Sun
We won’t take part in Delta LG poll rerun – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Delta State, on Monday, said it woukd not participate in Tuesday’ s Local Government election rerun in Ughelli North and Ethiope East Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
Thisday
Protect Rivers People or Resign, Amaechi Tells Wike
Daily Times
Killings: Buhari, APC leaders are confused, should be ashamed –Adebanjo
JANUARY 8, 2018 A chieftain of Afenifere, the Yoruba social political organisation, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has weighed in on the recent killings by Fulani Herdsmen in Benue State, declaring that the President is ‘Confused’ and ‘should be ashamed of himself’.
Guardian
Daily Trust
Fayose became governor by accident — Niyi Adebayo
A former governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, says Ayodele Fayose became governor again by accident.
Tribune
El-Zakzaky followers protest in Abuja, clash with police at NASS
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), protesting against the continued detention of their leader, clashed with the police at the National Assembly Complex on Monday.
Leadership
We Didn’t Clear NABDA DG – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, said it has not cleared the director general of National Biotechnology Development Development Agency, Prof Lucy Ogbadu over allegation of criminal impropriety.
The Nation
16 governors offer five hectares each for cattle colonies
The cattle colony project – the government’s antidote to the herdsmen-farmers crisis that has claimed many lives – will begin immediately. Sixtheen governors have offered five hectares of land each for the project.