Outrage, yesterday, trailed Monday’s execution of United Nations voluntary health worker, Hauwa Liman by Boko Haram as the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, Amnesty International, AI and International Christian Concern, ICC, urged the Federal Government to take immediate steps to ensure the release of other aid workers and Leah Sharibu still in the custody of the sect. This followed the killing of another health worker, Saifura Khorsa by the sect a month ago.

Catholic  Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, said yesterday he never endorsed presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Abubakar Atiku, for the Presidency in 2019 elections.

Kukah said in a statement that he only facilitated the reconciliation meeting between Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and his former vice, Alhaji Atiku Abukakar at the former president’s home in Abeokuta, Ogun State, last Thursday.

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, issued an Executive Order (EO) against those his administration is  prosecuting in court over alleged fraud from travelling outside the country pending the hearing and determination of their cases.

The choice of a former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi as the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was generally described as a deft move by a cross-section of Nigerians.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday made a volte-face, saying he has reviewed his stance not to back his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar, for the Presidency in 2019. In a swift reaction, the Presidency countered the move, saying no amount of gang-up can stop President Muhammadu Buhari from winning next year’s presidential election.