We need to admit the truth; Nigeria no longer has an army worth its salt. The Nigerian army of today is a pathetic shadow of its glorious past. This explains why it is proving grossly inadequate at checkmating a Boko Haram army of some 10,000 men. As a matter of fact, ranged against the insurgency in the North-East, the army is now staring abject defeat in the face.

FOLLOWING the resignation of the former Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Tom Ikimi from the All Progressives Congress, APC, a chieftain of the party in Edo Central senatorial district, Chief Francis Inegbeneki, yesterday, urged the former APC leader to quit politics rather than return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

THE Federal Government has expressed reservation at the manner in which some countries have continued to selectively quarantine Nigerian travellers as a result of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, outbreak without any health or scientific basis.

Abuja—Former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, weekend, submitted that it would be illogical to refer the report of the just-concluded national conference to the National Assembly for clause by clause consideration.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholders in the North-West geo-political zone of the country, yesterday, insisted on its earlier endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo for the 2015 presidency.