A Nutrition Specialist, Dr. Zacharia Fusheini has warned that except urgent action is taken by the three tiers of government to address the menace of malnutrition among Nigerian children, the country would lose 16 percent of its annual Gross Domestic Product, GDP, to stunting, an irreversible complication of Severe Acute Malnutrition, SAM.

I READ with disbelief the title and the recommendation of Owei Lakemfa in the Vanguard, Monday, July 11, 2016 at page 33 that the ‘IGP need not be a policeman’. He recommended that as alternative to sacking police officers senior to newly appointed IGP, a retired judge or a conscientious Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) be appointed IGP and that the post of DIG be made the terminal point for serving police officers.

ASABA—A church building under construction collapsed Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State, killing one, injuring three while over 900 worshippers, including children, escaped.

NIGERIAN Bar Association, NBA, is on the March again. On July 30, and 31, financial members of the umbrella body of lawyers across the country will elect new national officers to run its affairs for the next two years. The new national officers are to be inaugurated at the Annual general Conference, AGC, slated for Port Harcourt between August 19-26. This will draw the curtain on Augustine Alegeh, SAN, led executive which assumed office August 2014.

In Nigeria, the end of an election is invariably the beginning of a war. That is when activities shift from the campaign grounds to the courtrooms; and that begins the process where the collective decisions of the vast majority are vetoed by a microscopic minority. This is pseudo-democracy.

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba as the Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

The pronouncement of the Federal Minister of Education cancelling post-UTME tests for admission into universities has continued to generate reactions from more stakeholders, especially university teachers, administrators, school proprietors and even classroom teachers.

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce is expected to be named the new England manager soon British press reports said Wednesday, tasked with guiding the under-performing national side to the 2018 World Cup.

ABUJA — SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has announced the removal of Abdulmumin Jibrin from Kano State as chairman of the Appropriation Committee.

The pluralistic coloration given to the TRUTH has always precipitated divisions, conflicts, controversies and wars. Hence, the first victim of war is TRUTH. When truth is murdered or suppressed in any collectivity it stimulates the instant death of peace redounding to war.

ABUJA — THE Senate, yesterday, said it would proceed with the screening and confirmation of the 47 ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari last month.

Some civil society groups in Nigeria have condemned a bill before the House of Representatives which “seeks to properly supervise, monitor and co-ordinate Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) in Nigeria.”

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, accused the PDP candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of wanting to be governor for the sole purpose of acquiring immunity for alleged financial crimes.

OSOGBO—Members of the Senate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state will today meet to pick the Acting Vice Chancellor for the institution as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Many have written a lot about the ascension of Governor Yahaya Bello to the governorship of Kogi State. Raging arguments for or against have burnt many minds, many “heads” and many fingers