Former Anambra State Governor, PETER OBI, has commended the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, for picking him as his running mate.

ABUBAKAR on Friday confirmed OBI as his running mate after both men met at the former VP’s home in Abuja to hold talks.

Reacting to his selection on his Twitter handle, the former governor promised to work closely with ABUBAKAR, and vowed to ensure that their administration, if voted into power was far away from anything called “lifeless”.

The Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, GBENGA DANIEL in a statement said OBI’s choice was largely influenced by his youthfulness, vast knowledge of global and local economics, as well as being a financial expert.

GBENGA said the ticket will be able to steer the nation back on the path of progress, economic prosperity and unity.

Former President OLUSEGUN OBASANJO has said President MUHAMMADU BUHARI’s hands are too weak to sign the African Free Trade Agreement.

The former President made the statement while speaking at the BABACAR NDIAYE lecture series in Bali, Indonesia held on the sidelines of the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.

OBASANJO spoke on the theme, ‘Global Power Disequilibrium, Trade Wars and Implications for Africa’.

The former president said he hoped that Nigeria will soon have a President who will sign the agreement.

The Federal Government has condemned the killing, describing it as dastardly, inhuman and ungodly.

In a statement issued in London, the Minister of Information and Culture, LAI MOHAMMED, said the government is shocked and saddened at the killing of the aid worker by the insurgents, despite the actions taken by the government and the widespread appeal to save the young woman.

Mr. MOHAMMED explained that since the young women were abducted, the federal government kept the line of negotiations opens all through and it acted in the best interest of the women and the country as a whole.

The minister commiserated with the family of the slain aid worker, saying the government did all within its powers to save her life.

Former DSS chief, MIKE EJIOFOR speaks on issues around the Boko Haram terrorists group.

The lawmaker representing the Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator DINO MELAYE, has petitioned President BUHARI alleging that the Nigeria Police are threatening his life.

MELAYE, in the petition dated October 13, 2018, and addressed to the President chronicled his battles with the men of the Nigeria Police both in Abuja and Kogi.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Amnesty International, European Union, United States Embassy, British High Commission, United Nations, Canadian Embassy, German Embassy, Economic Community of West African States and the African Union were copied.

He urged BUHARI to order the Inspector-General of Police, IBRAHIM IDRIS, to restore his police details withdrawn since April, in order to guarantee his security especially as electioneering had begun ahead of the 2019 general elections.