After spending all the seven months available to him in 2015 just forming his government, 2016 was the first true test of the character and purpose of the President Muhammadu Buhari regime. Faced with a withering economic recession, the war against Boko Haram terrorists in the North East, the return of militancy in the Niger Delta, the upsurge of Biafra separatists, his war on corruption and the menace of armed herdsmen and cattle rustlers, the President had quite a lot on his plate.

ON 9th November 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) following the retirement of the, Honourable Justice Mohammed Mahmoud as CJN, on November 10, 2016 on attainment of the mandatory age of 70 years.

SOME mindless commercial motorcycle operators and miscreants recently murdered the Apapa Zon B Head of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Tajudeen Olatunji Bakare, at Point Road in Apapa Local Government Area of the state.

THE storming of Camp Zero in Sambisa Forest by our gallant troops over the past weekend came as a befitting Christmas gift to Nigerians. An elated President Muhammadu Buhari issued a statement congratulating our forces for their bravery and described the feat as “victory” over the Boko Haram Islamist insurgents.

IN October 2016 when the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources launched its new roadmap for the Oil and Gas Sector tagged, “The 7 Big Wins”, the industry appeared set for new development trajectory.