BUHARI CANVASSES NEW CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY – NATION PG.1&3, PUNCH PG.13, DAILY TRUST PG.5THISDAY PG.18

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the National Security Adviser (NSA) to adopt a new cyber security coordination strategy.

It said the new approach must focus on exploring the internet for economic growth opportunities, enhancement of knowledge and mitigation of crime.

WE WILL FIGHT INSECURITY HANDS DOWN, SAY GOVERNORS – NATION PG.4, DAILY TRUST PG.6, THISDAY PG.10

Governors will fight insecurity with every fibre of their being, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said. The Forum added that the governors would not succumb to those perpetrating insurgency in the country. The Chairman of the Forum and Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, spoke on Tuesday in Minna when he led a delegation to Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello over the kidnappings in the state.

WE WILL MAKE NIGERIA SAFER SOON, SERVICE CHIEFS VOW – NATION PG.3, PUNCH PG.9

The new Service Chiefs on Tuesday vowed to do everything to make Nigeria safer. They spoke during their confirmation by the National Assembly. They are Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear Admiral AuwalGambo; and Chief of Air Staff, Air vice Marshall IsiakaAmao.President Muhammadu Buhari sent their names to the National Assembly on January 27.

WE’RE GOING AHEAD TO RECOVER ASSETS FROM OKOROCHA –IMO – PUNCH PG.7, SUN PG.3&7, DAILY TRUST PG.32, THISDAY PG.45

THE Imo State Government on Tuesday restated its resolve to recovering the assets of the state allegedly diverted by a former governor, Rochas Okorocha. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, who responded to Okorocha’s allegation that the state Governor, Hope Uzodimma, wanted to rule by intimidation, said the former governor, who currently represents Imo West in the Senate, must know the “difference between intimidation and justice.”

POLICE MISCONDUCT RESPONSIBLE FOR #ENDSARS PROTESTS, SAYS EX-IGP – PUNCH PG.13, DAILY TRUST PG.4, THISDAY PG.45

The Chairman, Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith, has attributed the #EndSARS protests to the misconduct of officers of the Nigeria Police Force. Smith, a former Inspector-General of Police, decried the level of misconduct in the police force saying his office was always inundated with complaints from Nigerians.

ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERING: COURT FIXES APRIL 20 TO HEAR KALU’S SUIT AGAINST EFCC – SUN PG.8

Hearing in the suit by former Abia State Governor and Senate Chief Whip, Dr.OrjiKalu seeking to stop his retrial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on same alleged money laundering charges was on Tuesday adjourned to April 20. The adjournment was predicated on the fact the EFCC which is listed as the first defendant in the suit was not properly served with the originating summons.

N700M LOOT: EFCC TENDERS EVIDENCE AGAINST EX- KADUNA GOV.YERO – SUN PG.6

The trial of a former Governor of Kaduna State, MuktarRamalanYero, before Justice Z. B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna continued on yesterday, with the tendering of evidence by the first prosecution witness (PW1), Jonah Abimaje. Yero is being prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over his alleged involvement in the sharing of N700million provided by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election.

HOW CRYPTO-CURRENCY WAS USED IN FUNDING #ENDSARS MOVEMENT –ICPC – SUN PG.7, THISDAY PG.8, NATION PG.3

Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Bolaji Owasanoye, has said the #EndSARS movement was largely financed by crypto-currency, an indication that it could be used to fund insurgency. This is even as the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) said it has averted a $3 million fraud linked to 20 bank accounts recently.