Troops have repelled coordinated terrorist attacks on multiple military locations in Borno, in which several soldiers were killed.
Dozens of others were injured in the attack.
Mr Tinubu disclosed this when speaking with governors of class 1999 who met with him at the Villa on Wednesday.
Video footage on social media showed residents running to seek shelter.
“These great efforts boosted the morale of the security forces to fight the insecurity scourge effectively, efficiently and with dexterity”.
Mr Umar explained that the two repentant Boko Haram members were arrested for theft.
They were suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated bio-weapon attack, prosecutors said.
So far over 80,000 insurgents have surrendered, with about 16,000 being combatants, according to data from the military.
General Muhammadu Buhari was elected president in 2015, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan whom many Nigerians accused of corruption.
Two years ago the men wanted to murder a critic of Islam, but police prevented the attack, the court said.
