At last, the Nigerian Army has started making good its plans to screen and bring back into the service, some categories of its personnel sent home or otherwise sanctioned as a result of serious misconduct, such as desertions, acts of cowardice, insubordination and even mutiny committed at the height of the war on the Boko Haram jihadist insurgents.

After sitting for a total of 14 legislative days since their June 9th, 2015 inauguration, the Nigerian Senate and the House of Representatives have proceeded on a six-week recess. This is the fourth time the Federal Legislature is shifting its sittings in less than three months of being proclaimed by the president.

Recently, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced at the end of its 2015 Combined Policy Meeting that it had adopted a policy whereby surplus applicants to a university for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) will be re-distributed to other universities with lower number of applicants than their capacities.

THE National Peace Committee, led by former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, with the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah as its main engine room, played a very commendable role in helping to ensure we had a peaceful and successful transitional elections in 2015.

Today, Nigeria will be celebrating her inaugural Diaspora Day. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to lead activities for this fiesta, which is going to be an annual event.