Igbinedion University, Okada, headquarters of Ovia North-East Local Government Area, Edo state on Saturday announced that it is awarding automatic employment to graduates sponsored by the Presidential Amnesty Programme and also those who made second class upper degrees in the 2016/2017 academic session.

The Niger Delta Amnesty Programme was initiated by the Umaru Yar’Adua administration in 2009, as part of efforts to disarm restive youths in the oil region.

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has expressed concern over the resurgence of strikes at vulnerable targets by Boko Haram in the North East.

NLC President Ayuba Wabba, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, described the killings as reprehensible.

“The Nigeria Labour Congress wishes to commiserate with the government and people of Adamawa State over the killing of 50 worshippers in Mubi by a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber.

Bilyaminu Bello, 35, son of Haliru Bello, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party was buried Sunday according to Islamic rites in Abuja, after prayers at the National Mosque.

His death was not natural, as he was allegedly killed in his Maitama home in Abuja by his wife, Maryam Sanda.

Maryam is the daughter of Maimuna Aliyu, former Aso Saving Bank executive.

No fewer than 12,000 young Nigerians are in prisons or stranded in different parts of North African country, Libya.

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) has confirmed and said that 3,887 have been deported since February this year.

Eight days after 149 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya, another batch of 258 were received in Lagos on Tuesday night.

Scores of traders who were relocated to Industrial Cluster, Naze, after the demolition of Owerri main market by the state government, on Monday barricaded the Imo State Government House, Owerri, in protest.

The embittered traders who blocked the main gate to the Government House caused panic in the area.

The Nigerian Police has dismissed as “mischievous”, reports that its Inspector General, Ibrahim Idris, said he was at liberty to have romantic affair with any Policewoman.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, in a statement on Sunday, said the news was pure fabrication and fake.