Finally, something different happened. And that was after much public outcry! Indeed, after waiting patiently for President’s Muhammadu Buhari’s reaction on the humongous act of corruption by two of his principal aides; after being kept in the dark for months by a government said to be fighting corruption over serious corruption allegation around the necks of suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, and director- general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, the president, Monday, sacked the duo, a development received with mixed reactions.

ON this first day of November, 2017, a bill sponsored by the Benue State House of Assembly prohibiting open grazing of cattle goes into operation. The state government has vowed not to back down on the promulgation of this bill in spite of opposition from the herdsmen targeted by it.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has  yet to declare his interest in seeking re-election as Nigeria’s president. There has so far not been any categorical statement from him on the matter.

Going by happenings around us these days, Nigeria, it would appear, has become some kind of theatre of the absurd. Most people now anxiously stay glued to their electronic devices watching out for the latest episode of the tragicomedy that’s now our daily story lines.

AT the Eagle’s Square in Abuja during his inauguration on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari famously said in his inaugural address that he was a Nigerian original who belonged to no individual, group or any section of the country.