FRONT for Ijaw Survival and Hope (FISH) has said the brand of amnesty proclaimed for militants by President Umaru Yar’Adua is insulting and markedly different from what Ijaw and Niger-Delta leaders requested from the Federal Government for freedom fighters.

And so while there was a reduced incidence of domestic armed robbery, carnage on the roads had increased, robbers had become more sophisticated and were going for the banks, the ritual kidnap and murder phenomena had escalated and the area boy clique had grown and become an establishment.

The bane of our educational system is that pupils and students study to pass examinations and not learning to understand and apply knowledge practically and productively. Many people think that they study so they can pass a test. But that is not what learning is about.

Gover nor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, has called on the National Assembly to use the opportunity thrown by the review of the 1999 constitution to create more local government areas in the state.

Police have denied that the Boko Haram sect leader was killed while in their custody, saying he died in a crossfire with security forces while trying to escape.