AHEAD of the general elections which begins with the National Assembly, Saturday, the Police High Command, yesterday, commenced the deployment of 600 patrol vans, armoured personnel carriers, bomb detonation vans and anti-terrorist equipment in all commands and Abuja with a view to ensuring security during and after the elections.

IN this piece I will focus on government in Africa. In a subsequent piece I will address the implications of the disquisition on government for governance in Africa.

IN Nigeria, allegations of corruption have in recent past placed the role of election tribunal in jeopardy. Election petitions, just like the ordinary day-to-day civil cases, are intended to be dealt with by tribunals consistently, fairly without bias or partiality.

To stem the incidence of malaria infections, the Lagos State government has reached an estimated 60,000 rooms in 15,000 households in the course of its on-going Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) exercise in three LGAs of the state.

Lifebuoy Health Soap, currently the world’s highest selling health soap, has re-entered the Nigerian market from the stable of Unilever Nigeria Plc. The relaunch held last week at the Eko Hotel and Suites was also an opportunity to demonstrate Lifebuoy’s social mission of hand washing with soap for public health.