The police are not giving up on knowing why soldiers killed three of their officers who were on a covert operation in Taraba State.

Force spokesman, FRANK MBA, in a statement said the police demanded to know the whereabouts of a notorious kidnap suspect, HAMISU BALA WADUME.

He explained that the slain officer’s, Inspector MARK EDAILE, Sergeant USMAN DANZUMI, and Sergeant DAHIRU MUSA were on a mission to arrest WADUME who was said to be indicted in a series of high-profile kidnap incidents in the state.

MBA added that while the suspect was arrested, the policemen were killed by soldiers after which they allegedly freed him.

Nobel Laureate, Professor WOLE SOYINKA has called on President BUHARI to declare a state of emergency as a way to addressing the current state of insecurity in the country.

He made this call in Akure while speaking with newsmen at the Fagunwa Study Group 2nd International Conference.

WOLE SOYINKA also decried the killings, kidnapping and all manner of criminality that had taken the front burner in the country.

Also expressing his worry, Ondo state Governor ROTIMI AKEREDOLU lamented t0he wave of murder in parts of the country noting major roads particularly in the South-West are no longer safe.

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has issued a fresh alert warning Nigerians of imminent increased flooding, next month.

 Director-General NIHSA, CLEMENT NZE, issued the warning during a press briefing in Abuja.

The agency also accused state governments of failing to heed its previous warnings on floods released earlier this year.

CLEMENT NZE however urged state governments to pull down structures built on flood plains.

Former military President, IBRAHIM BABAGINDA says the current administration must stay resilient and focused despite the different opinions about happenings in the nation.

He was talking at his Top Hill home in Mina, Niger state where he played host to the minority chief of the House of Representatives, NDIDI ELUMELU and a few members from the minority in the House.

 IBRAHIM BABAGINDA portrays Nigeria as a difficult and complex nation where numerous sentiments exist.