We view developments in Kaduna State arising from the ban on the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as the Shi’ite-Islamic sect, with grave concern.

IT is somewhat reassuring to learn that the Directorate of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme (NYSC) is not contemplating slashing the monthly allowances given to members of the Corps who are serving the nation outside their areas of origin.

Every member of the Buhari administration who has spoken about the current recession has assured Nigerians that the recession will end “very soon”. Unfortunately, (typical of government in our climes) no one has defined the time frame meant by very soon – leaving the officials an escape route in the event that nothing happens for a year or more.

On Sunday October 2 , 2016, Nigerians saw what they had not seen in more than a generation in Nigeria’s local football scene: the last day of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) ended on a triumphant note that got the Shehu Dikko-led Nigerian Professional League Management Company (LMC) applauded across the nation.

On 30th September, this year’s World Heart Day, the increase in recent times, of confirmed and suspected cases of cardiac arrests, heart attacks, strokes and other heart-related disorders came into sharp focus. Heart disorders are making a steady and deadly rise in Nigeria. Everyday, we read reports of persons “slumping and dying”.