On June 10, 2016, Nigerian Army Spokesman, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, informed Nigerians that thirty eight senior army officers were retired based on “service exigencies”.

The renewed hostilities by militants in the Niger Delta and steps being taken by the Federal Government to resolve them have, once again, sparked off debates over the national question.

Since Sunday Oliseh resigned as the coach of the Super Eagles, the team has been without a substantive manager. Following his exit, Samson Siasia was drafted to handle the team in an acting capacity for the remaining Nations Cup qualifying matches, which ended with Nigeria missing out in the competition holding in Gabon next year.

Kerosene is largely the preferred domestic energy supply for the lower class in Nigeria, mainly for cooking. The landmark deregulation policy has led to a steady rise in pump prices which was the consequence of persistent scarcity. As at last week, the retail price had reached about N220 per litre in Lagos and as high as N300 in many parts of the country.

Following the continued downturn of the economy and lack of new opportunities for the employment of the teeming number of youths in the country, there has been an upsurge in the army of street traders in our major cities.

The warning, on Tuesday, 5th July 2016 by the United States Mission in Nigeria of planned terrorist attacks on Lagos hotels patronised by foreigners is one which must not be taken lightly.

Malaria is a global challenge. More than one million new malaria cases are recorded each year. Nigeria bears a huge part of the burden. An estimated 24 per cent of all malaria cases are recorded in Nigeria, making it the country with the largest burden of the disease.

While still faced with Boko Haram atrocities in the North East, Nigerians are faced with heavily armed herdsmen invading farming communities, leaving death and destruction in their wake.

It came as a great shock to learn that 102 years after the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorate to form Nigeria as by the former British colonial masters and 56 years after her independence, one of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria does not have a secondary school.

We are sad but not surprised over reports of death of inmates in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno State as a result of malnutrition.