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FROM LEFT: MEMBER OF A DELEGATION FROM THE BRETHURST FOUNDATION, DR GREG MILLS; FORMER PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO; ASSOCIATE MEMBER, THE BRENTHURST FOUNDATION, MAJ.-GEN. DICKIE DAVIS; LEADER OF THE DELEGATION, MR JONATHAN OPPENHEIMER, AND PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, DURING A PRESENTATION TO PRESIDENT BUHARI BY THE BRETHURST FOUNDATION, AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday led a team of Colombian security experts to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari, towards sharing professional expertise on security and counter terrorism. Speaking to journalists after the meeting at the presidential villa, Mr. Obasanjo said Nigeria needed to learn how Colombia survived insurgency for more than 50 years.

Snakes washed by flood into Kanke, Kanam and other communities in Plateau have bitten more than 50 people in the last two weeks. The representative of the area at the House of Representatives, Timothy Golu, confirmed the development in Jos after visiting the victims.

The Nigeria Police on Tuesday in Abuja said they arrested two suspects in connection with the October 2 bombings in Nyanya and Kuje, Abuja. Twenty persons died and 21 others were injured in the blasts in the two satellite towns. The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, who confirmed the arrest at the Conference of Senior Police Officers, said that the suspects aged 25 and 27 were from Kogi.

Reports from Okene town in Kogi state say troops of the Nigerian Army are currently engaging some unknown gunmen. An Islamic cleric in the town told PREMIUM TIMES that the gunmen were “terrorists”. He said residents remained indoors as the clash continued. “We are presently in our houses, no any movement at all! Gun shooting everywhere!” the cleric said.