The Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak has renewed curfew hours for the North East Region.

A statement issued by the Interior Minister announced in a press release issued on February 22, 2025.

The statement said "The Minister for the Interior, on the advice of the North East Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has renewed the curfew hours on Walewale and its environs in the North East Region from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am, effective Saturday, February 22, 2025".

It added further that "Government calls on the Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them as well as to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace".