. He was sent to restore law and order in the state. He and his men are supposed to conduct themselves in a professional and impartial manner to instill confidence in the populace, no matter what side of the conflict they belong to.

Boko Haram’s murderous orgies intensified in tune with the massive onslaught against them when President Buhari assumed power in 2015. But in December 2015, Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, ruffled feathers when he announced the “technical defeat” of Boko Haram.

ONE of the high points of the just concluded 30th African Union, AU, Heads of State and Government Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was the special recognition of six member countries by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, ALMA – an alliance of 49 African countries working to end malaria on the continent by 2030. 

The summary of this is that the unemployment level in the country is worse than the NBS report indicated because Nigeria has neither the capacity nor means of recording and computing those that have lost their jobs in all the sectors of the economy.

Nigerians have for long concluded that their country has not been lavishly blessed with good leaders, which is why we are where are today, at the bottom of most global developmental indices and at the top of most indicators of backwardness.