In Nigeria, normalcy returned to northeast Bauchi State after suspected Boko Haram members set ablaze the prison in the town and freed inmates, including members of their sect. The state commissioner of police said that the police were on top of the situation and urged residents to remain calm. Gunmen yesterday stormed a federal prison in northern Nigeria's Bauchi State, where members of an extremist Muslim group were held. Many people were feared dead. More than 100 members of the sect had been detained in the Central Prison before the attack by the group.