ON Thursday, January 19, 2017, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, informed Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari was going to the United Kingdom to spend part of his annual vacation.

IN spite of other available options being proffered by the Senate, aviation experts and critical stakeholders, the Federal Government has expressed its determination to shut down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIAA) for a period of six weeks to rebuild its runway. Meanwhile, it has also stuck to its decision to use the Kaduna Airport to service air travellers to Abuja during the period.

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has reiterated its standing as an effective regional bloc in the world, following the successful ousting of former Gambian dictator, Yahya Jammeh, without firing a shot or destroying a single structure.

January 17, 2017 has gone down as a dark day, not just in the history of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) but also in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, following the tragic, mistaken bombing of an Internally-Displaced Persons’ (IDP) camp in Rann, headquarters of Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State.

IT is with total disappointment that we received the news that authorities of the Umaru Yar’ Adua University (UMYU), Katsina, have outlawed “any other religious or tribal association” on its campus except the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN).