Worrisome indications emerged in the past week that the Federal Government might have placed what was described as “prohibition by trade” on the importation of mini electricity generating sets, more popularly known as “I better pass my neighbour”.

Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) removed Nigeria from the list of polio-endemic countries. It was a major milestone in the drive to eradicate polio after a year of not recording a single case of polio in any part of the country.

AFTER months of procrastination, the Senate and the House of Representatives have finally constituted their committees. The setting up of the committees is the signal of the readiness of the National Assembly to settle down for business.

FOLLOWING on the heels of the successful peace pact between the presidential candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Goodluck Jonathan, and the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari in the run-up to the 2015 general elections, a similar deal for peaceful polls has been brokered for the candidates of the eighteen contending political parties in the Bayelsa governorship poll, which comes up on December 5, 2015.

WITH the December deadline for the total elimination of the Boko Haram Islamist terror group in the North East closer than ever, the picture of the progress made so far has remained cloudy. In spite of almost daily reports of recovery of Boko Haram-held territory and the destruction of their camps, the terrorists continue to […]