WORRIED by pressure from States on the Federal Government to handle environmental disasters, the Ecological Fund is set to compel states to render account of the funds released to them from the central purse.

Goodluck Jonathan is a massive improvement on Yar’ Adua in terms of apparent good health. In addition, he obviously has his finger on the pulse of the nation and allows it to help him shape the direction of his governance.

Before the calls came there was the joke we were cracking with Tunji Babalola acting Executive secretary of the NPL who had voted during the elections. We said to him that he also stood accused and was likely to be picked up.

The Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan administrations have all decried what they consider to be the unnecessary and stifling burden placed on the economy by government’s increasing subsidy on the price of petrol.

There is palpable panic and unease in the Armed Forces following last Tuesday’s removal of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Abdurahman Dambazau and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim by President Goodluck Jonathan in what has been described as the most sweeping change of heads of security organisations by any sitting President