Mr Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesman, has accused some politicians of masterminding the booing of President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to Borno State on Wednesday. Mr Buhari was booed by residents during a condolence visit to the state over the killing of 30 citizens at Auno on Sunday. In an interview with the Hausa service of BBC, in Abuja, yesterday, Shehu said only miscreants protested against the president’s visit. “I was part of the delegation that entered Maiduguri right from the airport to the palace of the Shehu of Borno. The people came out to say thank you and welcome…

Governors of Southwest, Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Adamu and state police commissioners in the region, yesterday met behind closed doors in Lagos to forge a consensus on the regional security outfit, Amotekun, being promoted by the six states in the geopolitical zone. The meeting, which held at Lagos House, Ikeja, followed plans by the governors to domesticate operations of the Southwest security initiative, code-named ‘Operation Amotekun’, in their various states. At the end of the meeting, the police rallied behind the governors to ensure the take-off of Amotekun. The governors’ meeting with the police top chiefs, hosted…

Nigeria’s military burned down villages and forcibly displaced hundreds of people in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the country’s northeast, rights group Amnesty International alleged on Friday. Nigeria’s military, which has frequently been accused of human rights abuses in its decade-long fight against Boko Haram and more recently Islamic State’s West African branch, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Previous allegations have sparked investigations by the International Criminal Court in the Hague and hampered Nigeria’s ability to purchase arms, a source of frustration for its military’s leaders. However, convictions of soldiers have been rare and the military…

Hundreds of Lagos-bound passengers are said to be stranded in Accra, Ghana, Dakar, Senegal and Cotonou, Benin Republic as poor visibility continued at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. It was gathered that a Lagos-bound Delta Airlines was diverted to Dakar, Senegal and eventually had to return to Atlanta, USA on Wednesday as the weather in Lagos did not improve. Apart from those stranded outside Nigeria, many domestic and international flights were cancelled in Lagos on Wednesday as inclement weather prevailed. While domestic airlines alternated between delays and outright cancellations, foreign airlines such as Turkish Airlines, Delta Airlines, British Airways, Emirates…