THE Nigerian military and the security agencies would wish to forget 2014 because of the strange, nightmarish experiences they went through. It was a year things became so bad that people wondered aloud if this was the mighty military that fought the civil war, effortlessly put down other insurrections and became the reliable guard of troubled countries in the West African sub-region and beyond. In the past 50 years, our troops have been in high demand internationally and they always returned with accolades.

A group, Wind of Hope, has offered the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, a fresh platform to debate with President Goodluck Jonathan of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on the political situation in the country, at Chatham House, London, United Kingdom.

THE Bini royal family, yesterday, described as abominable, the seeming cold war among the chiefs of the Royal Court after the comments made by the Esogban of Benin Kingdom and chairman of the Benin Forum, Chief David Edebiri, that the Binis will not vote for President Goodluck Jonathan.

LEADERS of Phase II of the Federal Government Amnesty programme, yesterday, raised alarm over their non-inclusion in the ongoing award of pipeline surveillance contract by the Ministry of Petroleum.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has urged motorists in the habit of obstructing free flow of traffic to exercise restraints by avoiding forming long queues on the main carriage road at petrol stations across state while trying to buy fuel due to scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS.