YOUR Excellency, your path to the presidency has been long with many twists and turns.

None of us can fully comprehend what you have gone through the past twelve years to reach the current exalted position of the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Knowing what you believe and what you represent, we supporting you from the sidelines can only feel that your presidency signals an unlikely rebirth of our country. Much has transpired to create the space for this political moment in our country’s history.

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WITH the urgent task of resettling the more than two million refugees, mostly women and children on his mind, and at hand, the more urgent one of rebuilding damaged infrastructure such as roads, bridges,clinics, schools as a requirement for their return to their communities, President Buhari leaves for the middle-east on a wee tour of three friendly countries.

THE House of Representatives adhoc committee on Crude Oil Swap Probe Wednesday confirmed the receipt of the illegal companies registered by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ,NNPC, but unknown to the Federal Ministry of Finance Incorporated ,MOFI,.

Following the recent spate of suicide bombings around Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the North-East region of the country, by members of the Boko Haram terrorists, the National President, North-East Peace Youths Development Initiative, NEPYDI, Alhaji Kyari Abubakar, has urged youths from the zone to co-operate with security agents to end the ongoing violence.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook said his company opposed a demand from U.S. judge to help the FBI break into an iPhone recovered from one of the San Bernardino shooters. Cook said that the demand threatened the security of Apple’s customers and had “implications far beyond the legal case at hand.”

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) says it will commence an indefinite strike by 12 midnight today (Feb. 17) if the Federal Government failed to meet members’ demands. The National President of the Medical and Health Workers Union who also doubled as JOHESU National Chairman, Mr Biobebelemoye Josiah, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday advised candidates who had registered for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to print their examination notification slips. The advice is contained in a statement issued by the Board’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made available in Lagos. According to the statement, candidates will have access to the JAMB portal as from Thursday, Feb. 18.

See photograph of a boy in school uniform leading his blind dad to beg for alms on Bill Clinton Drive, Off Shehu Musa Yar’adua Expressway, Airport Road, Abuja. Photo credit: Abayomi Adeshida

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced two men — Seun Omoilodan and Gbenga Kayode – to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye handed down the judgment after finding the duo guilty of a three-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and attempted robbery. She said: “The defendants are hereby convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery.