Right from the days of former military president, Ibrahim Babaginda, Nigerians have been made to pay higher costs for refined petroleum products with unending promises of unfulfilled economic promises. However, Sebastine Obasi, writes that as in the days of military, nothing has changed under the democratic dispensation, as the higher subsidy the government promises, the worse the quality of life of the people.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan knows about renewed hope. “I bring to you today, a message of renewed hope and faith in the immense possibilities that lie ahead,” he told Nigerians in his 52nd independence anniversary broadcast.

The police in Jos has arrested a middle-aged man who allegedly planted an improvised explosive device which went off in the central part of the state capital yesterday without any casualty.

MEMBER representing Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency, Mr. Ndudi Elumelu, has called on the Federal Government to urgently save the South-East from being cut off as the ravaging flood from the River Niger was almost submerging the entry point to Niger Bridge.

The Islamic insurgent group, Jama’atu ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, has declared war on Northern leaders, governors and government officials.