WARRI—Izon-Okosu-Otu, an umbrella body of select Ijaw elders led by Chief Bare Etolor, does not have the locus to discredit Chief Edwin Clark’s leadership to head the proposed Niger Delta dialogue, says Chief Wellington Bobo, the Oroupawei of Gbaramatu Kingdom.

Troubled by the near obliteration of the third tier of government by the state governments, President Muhammadu Buhari, last night, asked the councils across the country to support the amendmentof the law to free them from the clutches of the governors.

National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Bayelsa State branch, yesterday, pleaded with the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, to extend the deadline for the implementation of the speed limiting device scheduled to begin on October 1.

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has relieved the Commissioner for Information in the state, Dr Vitais Ajumbe of his duties. Also sacked from office are the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Enlightenment and Strategy, Mr kelechi Okpalaeke, and Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Justice Odika.

Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole has clashed with some remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in their hideouts, leaving four of the insurgents dead and one captured alive after 15 minutes gun battle around Jororo and Tombaeji villages in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State.