It was a sort of triumphant home coming for Arc. Yomi Awoniyi, the deputy governor and governorship running mate of the PDP on Monday when the people of Mopamuro Local Government Area trooped out to receive him and the governorship candidate, Captain Idris Wada at a rally at the Baptist Primary School field, Mopa.

One of the qualities that recommended, even endeared, President Muhammadu Buhari to a majority of the electorate over and above former president Goodluck Jonathan in the last election was that of resoluteness. His first coming as military head of state had left no one in doubt that his mind, once made up, can be as unbending as his steely spine.

THE Abia State House of Assembly has ordered an investigation into the reported putting up of a sign post with the inscription “Fulani Republic” near the 14 Brigade Army Barracks, Ohafia Council Area of the State.

LAGOS—Volkswagen Nigeria has been given seven-day ultimatum to provide information on the status of its vehicles in relation to the emissions cheating software, which has reportedly affected 11 million cars worldwide.

THIS is one of the reasons why reformers fail: perception is indeed everything. I’ve mentioned before that those who speak for President Buhari do him no favours: from his spokesmen to the impromptu zealots and sycophants who make such strange and absurd claims as the President’s “shyness” around women.