China’s development decisions are critically important for Africa. In Lagos, Addis and Johannesburg, China’s surprise yuan devaluation has African analysts scratching their heads.

The presidency on Saturday advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop playing down achievements so far recorded by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The president of Nigeria has always come under intense public scrutiny. His actions, or inactions, often translate into any sense of failures, or the general sense of accomplishment attached to Nigeria.

President Muham-madu Buhari’s, yesterday, reassured the parents of the abducted Chibok school girls of his government’s determination to rescue the girls alive. Buhari, represented by Governor Kashim Shettima at a meeting with the girls’parents in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, said: “We share the agony and sorrow of our abducted girls, as government we are working hard to rescue your girls alive and healthy.

There was panic yesterday morning around the Edepie suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital when some policemen allegedly attached to an All Progressive Congress( APC) leader clashed with the staff of the state Environmental Sanitation Authority led by its Chairman, Mr Oboku Offorji.