ABUJA, March 2 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu
Buhari banned mining and imposed a no-flight zone in the
northwestern state of Zamfara on Tuesday, his national security
adviser said, after the release of 279 schoolgirls from a mass
school abduction. Buhari also ordered a "massive" deployment of military and
intelligence assets to restore normalcy to Nigeria's northwest,
National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno told journalists in
Abuja after a security council meeting.
The government "will not allow this country to drift into
state failure," he said.