THE Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, has condemned the killing of eight people at Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara, Zamfara State, over alleged blasphemy.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, pledged that he would continue to support everything that would be in the best interest of Nigeria and Liberia.
Obasanjo gave assurance while hosting Vice President of Liberia, Mr Joseph Boakai, on Wednesday at his hiltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

AN Igbo socio-political group, Igboekulie and a civil society organisation based in Anambra State, International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law, Intersociety, have described the reported plan by President Muhammadu Buhari, to seek legislative approval for a wide range of presidential powers to revive the Nigerian economy as unnecessary, saying that he has enough executive powers so far under the constitution to move the country’s economy forward if he so desired.

The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, has condemned what it termed, “the desperation by some politicians of Niger Delta extraction to rope former President Goodluck Jonathan into the formation of the Niger Delta Avengers.”

STAFFERS of Bendel Feed and Floor Mill, BFFM, Ewu, in Edo State have dragged the management of the company and the Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, before the National Industrial Court, Akure, Ondo State, over unpaid salaries and gratuities.