These are the top five stories to monitor today.

1. Ojo Maduekwe dies

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and a former Ambassador of Nigeria, Ojo Maduekwe, is dead.

 

2. Pro-Biafra elders dissociate from Avengers

The Supreme Council of Elders of the Indigenous People of Biafra has distanced themselves from the Niger Delta Avengers.

 

3. Senate hits back at Presidency

The Nigerian Senate has lambasted the Secretary to the Federal Government, David Babachir Lawal, for saying that only the Senate President and his Deputy are on trial.

 

4. Presidential bodyguard linked to Boko Haram

A bodyguard of President Muhammadu Buhari has been linked to Boko Haram terrorist.

 

5. General Electric to invest in Nigeria

The minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that General Electric will invest over $2 billion in Nigeria.