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By Samuel OgundipeNigerian authorities are issuing warnings about planned attacks on viewing centres across the country, charging security personnel to be vigilant throughout the month-long World Cup. In separate alert issued on June 25 and seen by PREMIUM TIMES, the police headquarters and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), both in Abuja, said terrorists were plotting to attack crowded viewing centres.

Less than half of Nigeria's 36 states have made their 2018 budget available online to the public. Of the 15 states that have done so, only 13 states provided full details of the budget, a civic transparency group, BudgIT said on Tuesday. The group, therefore, urged Nigerians to demand that their states make details of their budgets available.

By Andrew AjijahPresident Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commitment of the federal government to bring an end to the killings in Plateau State. Mr Buhari stated this Tuesday in Jos at the Government House during a security meeting with warring factions in the Barkin Ladi violence that claimed over 86 lives over the weekend. He arrived at about 4.14 p.m., and proceeded into the meeting immediately.