Now that the Abuja High Court trying the case of forgery brought against the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has adjourned hearing of the suit to September 2016, it may be reasonable to ask if the promised shutdown of the Senate by supporters of these principal officers of the Senate would still go ahead.

Whatever good intentions the framers had in enshrining a sweeping immunity clause in Section 308 of the Constitution, it is now beyond doubt that it constitutes a clear and present danger to the political and moral health of Nigeria.

YENAGOA—A first time encounter with Daniel Odey Udeh, popularly known as “Man of God” diligently breaking stones and patching up potholes on major streets of Yenagoa metropolis, Bayelsa State, one would mistake him for an employee of the state Ministry of Works or Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA. Ironically, his worn-down appearance makes look like someone, who ekes out a living from handouts from motorists, but in truth, Udeh is a Civil Engineering graduate of the University of Jos, UNIJOS.

WALE Adebanwi, a Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of California-Davis recently stopped by at Jazz Hole on Awolowo Road in Ikoyi,Lagos to read from his latest book: NATION AS GRAND NARRATIVE:The Nigerian Press and the Politics of Meaning, to a select audience of some of the richest minds around town.

“I was reading a story recently that there was SME intervention fund in CBN that was grossly underutilized. Why should that be when we have a lot of SMEs looking for funds to develop products? If we want to assist the SME, we must make sure that interest rate on their loans is not more than 5%. That is why Lagos State has used the benchmark of 3% interest rate for the SMEs …”