THE Presidency has emphasised its resolve to embrace dialogue with Boko Haram Islamist terrorist fighters if they agree to negotiate. However, according to presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari will bargain with the jihadists “from the position of strength”.

IN the last one month or thereabout, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lost three high profile court cases.

PROF. Attahiru Jega, whose tenure as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ended last week has etched his name on the positive side of Nigerian history. He led the country through the least litigated presidential elections in his five years stewardship of the country’s Election Management Body.

FEELERS from the Federal Ministry of Works indicate that a bill to create a special fund for the construction and rehabilitation of federal roads nationwide will soon be forwarded to the National Assembly for promulgation into law. According to the Director of Federal Highways in the Ministry, Alhaji Shehu Dankano, the bill, when it becomes law, will go a long way in reducing the nightmares motorists go through on many roads in the country.

SQUABBLES, even fisticuffs, are considered “normal” in legislatures all over the democratic world. Here in Nigeria, issues of power and money sharing are constant factors behind every open confrontation among our lawmakers.