Twenty-six months after killing her husband, Maryam Sanda was sentenced to death by hanging.
The most discussed issue of the month was the decision of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to sack Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and to declare Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who came a distant fourth during the governorship poll as the Governor of Imo State.
The Federal Government declared the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun launched by the six states of the South West as illegal.
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Investors and marketers in the oil and gas sector have also said the federal government is not clear on whether deregulation has been jettisoned with the announcement last week by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, of N5 cut in a litre of fuel pump price. They urged the government to explain the true situation of things.
After tinkering with the idea for several months, the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration announced in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic that it would no longer pay subsidy on fuel.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said in May that international crude oil price would be used as the basis for determining pump price in the country, and that marketers would be given the freedom to fix the price however they wanted.