IT is heartwarming to note that in spite of daunting security challenges facing the nation and its infrastructural deficits the tourism sector has continued to expand its contributions to the economy.

THE recent mudslinging between President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo should provide Nigeria with an opportunity to have a conclusive  look into the matter of how federal funds were spent in the Power sector during the Obasanjo regime.

Having inherited an economy that was rapidly heading towards recession due to falling oil prices and lack of savings, the regime did not help matters when it failed to quickly define a new economic direction. The slow pace of forming the Federal cabinet further dampened the confidence of local and international stakeholders in our economy.

This is quite different from the scenario witnessed with the tobacco manufacturers who, for years, dithered and spent billions to slow down the efforts of regulators to ensure that warnings of the dangers of smoking were inscribed on cigarette packs.

RIVERS State, once again, wore the crimson portrait of a political war front on May 11, 2018 when a long-drawn exchange of gunfire between political gladiators stalled proceedings at the state’s Judiciary Complex in Port Harcourt.