Following the abduction of yet to be identified number of students in a government boarding school in Kankara, Katsina state, former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security in the country.

Mr. Bashir Bape a lawmaker representing the Nguroje constituency in Taraba State House of Assembly has been abducted by unknown gunmen who rode on motorbikes to bear away Bashir.

The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has said that fleeing Boko Haram and ISWAP members from the North are responsible for kidnapping that is ravaging the southwest and banditry in the North West.

President Muhammadu Buhari said that the threat of terrorism and its related crimes have continued to be a major challenge in achieving the Africa of our dream. Buhari said the African continent must work together against all forces to ensure a new course of peace is achieved where stability would be guaranteed where livelihood will thrive.

The Federal Government has announced that the United States has removed the reciprocity fee it imposed on visa applications for Nigerians. Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ferdinand Nwonye made this known in a statement on Friday, saying the removal took effect on 3, December 2020. "The ministry of foreign affairs wishes to inform that the United States government has removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerian citizens seeking visas to the United States," Nwonye said. "The positive development is in line with the removal of excess visa application, processing and biometric fees for United States citizens applying for Nigerian visas by the Nigerian government," he added.

The federal government said on Friday that despite the fake news and disinformation on social media-fuelled the recent #EndSARS crises, it would not shut down the internet or stifle press freedom. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed while speaking with newsmen in Lagos reiterated that the government would not sit down and allow “a reckless use of social media to aggravate our fault lines and throw the country into turmoil.”