YOU wouldn’t be off the mark to conclude that President Barack Obama’s greatest nightmare is what to do to preserve his signature law, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), from being overturned by Republican legislators with their majority in Congress; or that he dreads losing momentum in the economic near-miracle he has achieved in America; or how to ensure that a fellow Democrat succeeds him in office. None of these is true.

President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to neighbouring Cameroon tomorrow to consult with his counterpart Paul Biya on Boko Haram’s insurgency, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has said.

A SCHOOL of thought wants to see the old Muhammed Buhari – with swagger and a hardliner against indiscipline and corruption. Another school wants a more pliable and democratic Buhari, the politician-cunning, witty and evasive. We are happy that, from what we have seen so far, he has remained the middle course. There is no path that Buhari embarks upon that will not attract criticism from the people. The best for him therefore, is to work according to his conscience first, followed by the interest and benefits to the nation.

EMBATTLED Senate Deputy President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, broke silence, weekend, in Enugu over the rumpus being generated over the alleged ‘doctored’ Senate Rule, saying that he was not under any police investigation.

THE Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, yesterday, pointed fingers at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that with his body language and actions so far, he was laying ambush for Niger-Deltans.

Some of the protagonists in the leadership crisis which has polarised the House into two factions had in a media briefing assured that the warring factions in the squabble have decided to embrace peace and had adopted the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara’s sharing formula of keeping to the spirit of federal character.

Enugu State election petitions tribunal has upheld an application by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the Enugu East senatorial election, Nwabueze Okafor for issuance of pre-trial proceedings in his case against Senator Gilbert Nnaji of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Nigeria’s external debt stock as at second quarter 2015 stood at about USD10.3 billion, over 10 per cent increase, against USD9.5bn recorded in the first quarter of the year, just as the Federal Government revenue rose to N485.95 billion, up from May figure of N324.7 billion.

THIS subject matter has been on the policy agenda since the General Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, and is still a major decision point for the new General Mohammadu Buhari’s administration. I have noticed that some commentators on this issue mistake deregulation of fuels prices with the deregulation of the entire downstream petroleum sector (which comprises of refining, supply and distribution, supply and distribution infrastructure such as pipelines, depots, terminals, etc, and finally retail fuel stations).

PETROLEUM engineers have argued that the dwindling global oil price has been identified as an incentive to investors in upstream sector of the country oil and gas industry. The Council Chairman, Society for Petroleum Engineers, SPE, Mr. Emeka Ene, made this known in an interaction with journalists ahead of the 39th Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition, NAICE, billed to hold between August 4 and 6, 2015, at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.