The Chairman of the Northwest Governors Forum, and Governor of Katsina State, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, led a powerful entourage of regional leaders to a closed-door meeting with Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman has issued a warning against the newly announced ceasefire between Israel and Iran, saying that any truce lacking a clear and binding agreement will pave the way for renewed conflict within a few years.

Speaking at the Knesset on Monday, the veteran opposition leader and former defense minister criticized the international community for rushing into what he called “difficult and tedious negotiations” rather than securing Iran’s unconditional surrender following Israel’s recent military campaign.

“The final Iranian attacks on Israel, even after our incredible military achievements in the past week and a half, were particularly jarring and bitter.

“Instead of forcing Tehran into full capitulation, the world is now engaged in appeasement with a regime that has no intention of giving up uranium enrichment, ballistic missile production, or its support for terrorism.” Liberman said.

He cautioned that any ceasefire reached without firm, verifiable commitments from Iran would amount to “leaving a wounded lion on the battlefield.”

“A ceasefire without a clear and unambiguous agreement will certainly lead us to another war in two or three years, and under much worse conditions,” Liberman said, echoing concerns from security experts who warn of Iran’s ability to rebuild its capabilities under a weak truce.

While the Israeli government has hailed Operation Rising Lion as a decisive blow against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, Liberman maintained that the absence of a formal disarmament framework renders the operation’s long-term strategic gains uncertain.

Traders at Ariaria International Market, Aba, Abia State, have established a 24-man ethics and quality control taskforce to prevent the influx of fake, substandard and expired products into the market.

The Chairman, Ariaria International Market, Mr. Michael Aniorji who made this known in his office on Monday, said it was to protect customers and consumers from substandard and deceptive practices.

Aniorji said that the taskforce will incorporate officials of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON.

He promised that “if any customer returns a product he bought after discovering it is of low quality or not in good order, the seller can no longer say that he cannot replace it because the buyer has paid for it.”

“Any trader who does that would be made to pay through their nose”, he said.

The market Chairman said the taskforce will scrutinize all food items and drugs being brought into the market to ensure that the fake and expired products do not find their ways into the market .

“Those selling palm oil and vegetable oil are also part of the team to check deceitful trading practices in those areas.

“Our promise and decision was that any trader found selling fake products or who is into deceitful trading practices will forfeit his or her shop and would be eased out of the market”, he warned.

Aniorji, who also said that traders in the market have accepted the proposal to remodel the market, expressed the reservation that the traders have only seen one contractor, whom he said is yet to present papers confirming his engagement to them.

He said the contractor is yet to start work because he has not been introduced officially to the traders’ union.