As part of the preparation for the hand over, President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday night met with the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The meeting was held behind closed-doors inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was said to be a private one, hence there was no media presence.

OVER the years, the issue of power generation has been Nigeria’s biggest problem. Since the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1999, power has been in the front burner, without an end to the problem. Past administrations proffered solutions to tackling the hydra in the power sector but have virtually failed in this regard. Interestingly, politicians have had to dwell more on providing solutions to this during electioneering campaigns.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Caretaker Committee, yesterday, told the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, that President Jonathan lied to the Igbo nation about awarding contract for the construction of Second Niger bridge and major federal roads in the South East.

The Joint Task Force, JTF, has recovered 4.2 million litres of crude oil allegedly stolen in the Niger Delta region.

THE more we claim we are building our nation, the more we recline to primordial leanings that expose our pretences, and affirm that politicians are in business just for themselves.

OSOGBO – Barely six months into the second term of Osun state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, the contest among chieftains of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the available positions in the state cabinet seems to be reaching a climax in anticipation that a new cabinet will soon be constituted. It would be recalled that Governor Aregbesola, few days to his second term inauguration on November 27, 2014, announced dissolution of the cabinet that had worked with him for three years.

The Principal Consultant, Lonadek Nigeria Limited, a firm of local content consultants, Dr. Ibilola Amao, has attributed arrogance, self aggrandisement and the celebration of mediocrity, as a major stigma that has continued to threaten the development of Nigerian youth.

The Controller of Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, DC Usman Turaki, has expressed the unit’s readiness to secure the nation against influx of prohibited goods, assuring that it will not abdicate this responsibility for whatever reason.

AN Aba-based industrialist, Chief Emeka Diwe, has called on the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) to fulfil his promise of tackling corruption and shun calls for the removal of fuel subsidy.

UNdoubtedly, one of the monumental uncompleted projects that the Lagos State Governor-elect, Akinwunmi Ambode, will be inheriting from his predecessor, Governor Babatunde Fashola, from May 29, 2015, is the multi billion Naira Lekki-Epe International Airport, located in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ of the state. The proposed international airport being implemented under the Public Private Partnership, PPP, is currently wobbling and facing serious financial challenge as a result of unwillingness on the part of investors.