The leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark has stated that it was criminal equating the ongoing amnesty program in the South-South region with the calls for amnesty for bandits and terrorists in the Northern region. Nigerian elder statesman, addressing reporters on Wednesday in Abuja said, “My first reaction to those who compare the murderous blood sucking bandits from the northern part of the country with the legitimate agitators from the Niger Delta, is that of pity at their ignorance on national affairs and myopicism”.

Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has today dismissed the allegation making round in social media space over resignation of its five-man member handling the presidential petition tribunal, Justice Boloukuoromo Ugo, as fake news and should be ignored. One of an official at the appeal court who did not want his name to be mentioned described the rumour of the resignation as “fake news”, insisting that it was the handiwork of “evil rumour mongers,” saying such thing did not happened.

The Senate has yesterday called on the employers of labour to relax age limit as their requirement for employment in Nigeria. The demand followed the adoption of the motion at the plenary titled; “Age Requirement Pre-condition for Employment in Nigeria, Urgent Need for Intervention” was sponsored by Sen. Abba Moro (PDP- Benue).

Following the knee-jack hike in the price of petroleum product, the Nigerian labour Congress, NLC has threatened the Federal Government that the labour union may resolve to self help Petroleum price on Tuesday, 18th July, 203 jumped from N539 per litre to N617 thereby sending a shock wave into the transportation industry amidst complaints by the general public over steady inflation that is holding the nation economy by the jugular.
The latest increase came in less than two months after the same product was jerked to N539 from the previous N195 per litre after removal of the petroleum subsidy by the government of bola Ahmed Tiunubu.

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) through its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi have reportedly announced the arrested of a 19-year-old student, Nnamani Daberechi, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport for attempting to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, popularly known as Mkpuru Mmiri, which was concealed in crayfish. Babafemi revealed that Daberechi was intercepted on 15th July 2023, during an outward clearance of passengers on Turkish Airlines flight TK 0624 by the NDLEA on his way to Europe for his undergraduate studies.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has questioned the amnesty programmes for terrorists and bandits in Nigeria, adding that it has failed to achieve its purpose and beneficiaries have refused to repent and exploit the opportunity to regroup and continue their nefarious activities. He made this known on Wednesday when the Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, paid him a courtesy visit.