Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has insisted that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would take over power from All Progressives Congress, the APC, in 2019.

There were indications last night that the embattled former Aviation Minister and spokesman of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, might not be freed from the custody of the anti-graft agency in a short while.

“Oh Chineke God, deliver us from this wahala. Is this what we voted for? The suffering is too much,” lamented Patrick, a commuter in the Apapa-bound bus, in reference to the long queues at petrol stations, often spilling into the road and obstructing the free-flow of traffic.

AS Nigeria’s 95 percent oil dependent economy continues to dwindle, the nation seems to be running from pillar to post to salvage and stabilize the economy. One of those areas envisaged to quickly cushion the effects of the oil price decline on the economy is to cut cost and plug wastes. However, this can not be done without accurate measurement of income and expenditure of the country’s earnings. In equal terms, there is no way accurate measurement can be achieved with the present manually dependent revenue generation and accounting system that is so pervasive among all the tiers of government.

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has described Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt” in a conversation with the Queen of England, Elizabeth II.