DAVID Cameron, the outgoing British Prime Minister, has made mistakes (who hasn’t?). But at critical junctures – in the past few days especially – he has behaved impeccably and proved that he is the product of a good upbringing and a gentleman.

Expectedly, the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, being the security officer in the state recently disclosed that he has written Save Our Souls letters to the Presidency, Chief of Naval Staff and other stakeholders over the incessant invasion of his state by people suspected to be militants. And so far, no fewer than twenty lives have been lost to the incident while many people have lost their property worth millions of Naira.

Nigeria’s rating on the FIFA world rankings took a tumble nine places down in the July ratings released yesterday.

ABEOKUTA—Nobel Laureate, Professor, Wole Soyinka has recommended jail term for anyone caught or found guilty of corruption, saying such a person should be made to face the full wrath of the law.

ABUJA—An 80-year-old man, Mr. Enebeli Chuka, yesterday, made history as the oldest new lawyer ever produced by the Nigerian Law School. Chuka was among 2,218 candidates, who were successful at the April 2016 Bar Final examinations. He was called to Bar alongside Halima, one of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari.

LAGOS—Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, yesterday, continued trending down as investors lost N53 billion while the market continued to correct itself.

SENATOR Dino Melaye, yesterday, said he was provoked by Senator Oluremi Tinubu into a verbal altercation in the Senate’s closed-door session of on Tuesday and dismissed cautions from her husband, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying he was neither God nor his political patron.

LAGOS—Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Law School, Prof. P.L.O Lumumba, yesterday, in Lagos said that Africa was in a state of confusion, noting that until continent identifies its direction, the next 50 years would have been lost.

ABEOKUTA—SUSPECTED militants have blown up Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipelines at Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, sending residents of the community scampering for safety after a loud explosion.

As the strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress in Oyo State enters the seventh month, it seems the resolution of the face-off is not yet in sight as the other party in the feud, Oyo State Government has demanded an unreserved apology from the striking workers. The workers are on strike over a backlog of unpaid salaries, “false” allegations against their leaders in court and a government policy on alleged commercialisation of secondary education in the state.

The Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced the 2106 Hajj fares for the intending pilgrims from the state. Director operations of the Board, Alhaji Ahmed Labs disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse that the least amount to be paid to perform the 2016 Hajj from the State is N1,020,068.92; the minimum is N1,069,318.92 while the maximum is N1,167,818.92.

A 35-year-old vulcanizer, Kingsley Edosa, was yesterday docked in an Oredo Magistrate’s Court in Benin, for allegedly assaulting his tenant.

A 42-year-old business- woman, Oluwabunmi Balogun, has told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband, Rasak, once attempted to rape their teenage housekeeper.

LAGOS—A 36-year-old father, Peter Kennedy, has been detained by police for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter and aborting the pregnancy.

ASABA—THE Panel of Inquiry set up by the Delta State Government to look into the Aladja/Ogbe-Ijoh crisis, yesterday, rounded up its visit to the disputed areas for identification of claims by both communities with an assurance to do a recommendation that will be acceptable to the two warring parties.