It is atypical for an American president to invite a nascent African head of state to the White House, especially less than one month after the latter’s inauguration. To some observers, therefore, US President Barack Obama’s invitation of his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, for a White House parley scheduled for July 20 would seem to be an aberration and a surprise. But an analysis of both leaders’ circumstances suggests that such a meeting is a no-brainer.

Lagos – Following a huge debt burden of N418.2 billion left behind by former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has restated its call on the state government to probe the Fashola administration.

The on-going exercise by operatives of the Lagos State Special Task Force on Environmental and other Related Offences to rid Lagos of miscreants and other criminal elements, has led to the arrest of at least 93 suspects, including 23 teenagers, in Lagos, particularly at the popular Oshodi area of the State.

The letter said, “We are to inform you that before now the Labour Party had reported to the Police that their certificate of registration is missing because Dan Nwanyanwu after leaving the party told the National Chairman of the party that the certificate of registration was missing. In the build up to political activities leading to the 2015 General Elections, Nwanyanwu, for reason very personal to him left the Labour Party and joined the presidential campaign team of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The crisis in the APC was blown open by the divergent positions taken by some prominent party leaders ahead of the June 9 leadership contests in the two chambers of the National Assembly.