ABUJA—Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said, yesterday, that no date had been fixed for the reconvening of the National Assembly to consider the budget of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Former Nigeria international and one time Rivers State Commissioner for Justice, Adokiye Amiesimaka is sad over the numerous scandals that have rocked the image of the country.

THE Association for Public Policy Analysis, APPA, has called for a protective framework that would guarantee the safety of e-Commerce Consumers in Nigeria.

ONE of the areas in which Nigeria’s rich potentials has been well-documented is the mining sector. In the 1960s, mining contributed up to 50 per cent to the nation’s economy. But due to the advent of oil, Nigeria lost interest in mining. Solid minerals contributed about 0.3 per cent to our GDP in 2015 as opposed to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Botswana (40 per cent).

Virtually every government in Nigeria was overrun or infiltrated at one point or the other by saboteurs: Goodluck Jonathan himself famously claimed his administration had been infiltrated by Boko Haram sponsors and sympathisers. Government appointees in Nigeria live large and act out a script, sometimes even without the knowledge or endorsement of their principal. They do the bidding of other unseen actors and one often wonders about the process which enables or allows so many strange characters to occupy positions of responsibility.