Capital market stakeholders, yesterday, reacted differently to the payment of dividends in foreign currencies by cross-border companies listed listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

OWERRI—A man believed to be an ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Dr. Ugonna Emereonye, was reportedly murdered in cold blood by hoodlums in his country home at Akatta, Oru East Local Government Area, on the eve of the governorship election in Imo State.

WHEN Boko Haram attacked a school in the town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, kidnapping more than 200 girls, on the night of April 14, 2014, the people of my country were aghast. Across the world, millions of people joined them in asking: How was it possible for this terrorist group to act with such impunity? It took nearly two weeks before the government even commented on the crime.

Respite seems not to be in sight for motorists in Abuja as the ongoing fuel scarcity in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, worsened yesterday, with motorists spending an average of 12 hours at petrol stations in their quest to purchase the commodity.

EVEN if nothing else comes out of the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party in the presidential election of 2015, Nigerians should count themselves lucky once the defeat can lead to the consolidation of our politics by way of giving room for the formation of viable political parties. But this is if our politicians would allow it. From the look of things, however, Nigerian politicians are not prepared to see our so-called nascent democracy grow into something more enduring.