A legislative advocacy group, Nigerian Peoples Centre for Legislative Advocacy, NCLEA, has appealed to all members of the House of Representatives not to compromise integrity and reputation on whoever would be considered for the office of the speaker.

Some retired national and international athletes in the South East have founded a club to assist in reviving athletics in the region.

All the foreign presidents who came for the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan have left for their respective countries.

A new Speaker and Deputy Speaker have emerged for the Seventh Legislative Assembly in Rivers state. They are Otelemaba Amachreee and Leyii Kwanee, Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.

THE “Transformation Agenda” that I present in this Lecture comprises five “Fundamentals”, three “Transformation Result Areas” (TRAs) and some implementation issues. In Part One, I briefly discuss the five selected fundamentals: electoral legitimacy, peace and security, government policy stability, rule of law, and anti-corruption. Part Two is focused on the three TRAs: (i) rehabilitating education; (ii) fixing poor infrastructure; and (iii) achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They are briefly presented with emphasis on some specific actions that could ensure concrete results within the president’s four-year tenure.