Cultivated chaos! That is what Nigeria is today.

And that is what Muhammadu Buhari, President and Commander-in-Chief, has inherited. What would definitely compound Buhari’s problem are the number of things he cannot change. As at the time he was being sworn-in, last Friday, all he had were, 1461days to run his first term – one of the four years is a leap year. He cannot change that.

Now that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has formally ended, it is time for us to show interest in how to handle the reckless injury-time appointments he made. Although a renowned legal luminary Prof Itse Sagay has already used the appropriate words to describe the appointments as ‘morally improper and politically immature’, the posture of some analysts that the appointments be dissolved would be simplistic if not more juvenile. This is because a look at the modus operandi of Jonathan’s government does not in any way suggest that his last minute appointments were worse than those made much earlier.

President Muhammadu Buhari says officials of past administrations including ministers and those who served under the Jonathan regime are entitled to their full rights and privileges under the constitution and must not be subjected to any undue harassment and intimidation at the airports or at other points of entry and exit

From March 26, a Thursday, and some 48 hours before the 2015 presidential election, Sunday Vanguard, working in close collaboration with the Publicity Directorate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Organisation, and specifically the Director, Mallam Garba Shehu, we kept tab on the activities of the President and Commander-in-Chief (as President-elect). Yes, there have been one or two interviews with President Muhammadu Buhari, but when you compile the random thoughts of a President-in-waiting, it goes with the Biblical saying that “from the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks”, and it presents a broader perspective because, unlike the structured strictures of an interview setting, these random thoughts were devoid of the sometimes stifling interview setting which makes an individual more guided and guarded in response

Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad Coomasie, a former Inspector General of Police, is also the Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF).

Mr. Ben Murray Bruce, a businessman and philanthropist, is a senator-elect representing Bayelsa East. The media mogul speaks on issues relating to accountability, prudence and transparency in government

Coach Manu Garba has restated the resolve of the Flying Eagles to make history by becoming the first Nigerian team to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

Here we are, at the edge of the precipice, an opportunity so rare but, long awaited. This moment cannot be wasted and cast aside; we have an opportunity, a golden one, too precious to lose. This very moment, I hope we can look back with pride and tell our generations to come that, we all played our part.

Arnold did not put a question mark in the statement above. I introduced it because it seems appropriate for our current situation in Nigeria.

The Forum for Inclusive Nigerian Development (FIND), packaged a symposium with the theme, Diversifying State Economies and Creating Opportunities for All Nigerian Citizens, penultimate week. But before now, FIND had been engaged in several processes with a view to assisting the Nigerian government and people explore fresh and progressive sources of funding for infrastructural development – all these, before the disturbing drop in the price of crude oil

The move to extradite Prince Buruji Kashama, senator-elect for Ogun East and a top member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the United States (US) for trial on drug charges climaxed, penultimate Saturday, when men of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) stormed his residence. The arrival of the NDLEA men at the Lekki, Lagos residence of the politician marked the beginning of a drama that ordinarily should have been reserved for the Nollywood. There were scores of heavily armed NDLEA men to arrest an unarmed civilian. Gates to Kashamu’s residence were brought down by the drug law enforcement operatives to gain entry

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says over 743,000 under-18 children have fled their homes to escape violence perpetrated by Boko Haram in the North-East.

Since her only child was violently taken from her back and flung to the ground at the peak of a bloody clash between loyalists of Ajoriwin of Irawo,Oba Musiliu Ademola, and her husband, which allegedly resulted in the death of six-month-old Azeem, Mrs. Wahab Adijat has been a shadow of herself. Irawo is in Atisbo Local Government area of Oyo State.

Immediate past Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has said that the relative peace in the Niger Delta can only be sustained through a deliberate and genuine effort by the Federal Government to implement major components of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP).

THE police have invited a two- term member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Patrick Asadu, over alleged forgery of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election result sheet.