The United Nations said it was “deeply disturbed” by the death sentences handed down in Libya on Wednesday against a son and eight aides of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi. “We had closely monitored the detention and trial and found that international fair trial standards had failed to be met,” the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a statement.

THE Senate, today, named immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State and senator representing Akwa Ibom North West, Godswill Akpabio as the Minority Leader.

THERE was drama Tuesday in the Senate during resumed plenary as 35 Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC and 46 Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday passed a vote of confidence on the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and the entire leadership of the Senate.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed strong support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to probe the immediate past federal government, saying the revelations of mind-boggling corruption that are just beginning to emerge have made such a probe imperative.

The accused pleaded guilty to the charge and the presiding magistrate Fatima Muhammad sentenced him to two months imprisonment or pay a fine of N7, 000 for the offence he committed.