IN May 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, mistakenly remitted $150, 000 in the process of paying $15, 000 to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, being its financial obligations to all member federations. Upon the discovery of the error a few days later, IAAF requested Nigeria to refund $135, 000.

AS President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to unfold his ministerial nominees for onward transmission to the Senate for screening and possible approval it should not surprise anyone that it is generating keen interest among Nigerians.

IT would seem that heavy criticism of the major political parties for their prohibitive cost of nomination forms for elective offices have fallen on deaf ears.

This absentee governance syndrome projects the image that elected officials feel too big to live among the people they govern, educate their children within their jurisdictions, attend the same hospitals and use the same infrastructure or lack of it within the community.

Perhaps it is too late to expect President Muhammadu Buhari to deviate from the path perfected by his predecessors and toed by himself in 2015 – keeping the portfolios of his ministerial nominees secret until they have been cleared by the Senate.

RECENTLY, the new Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, working together, were able to initiate reconciliatory moves between Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir Muhammadu Sanusi.

IT is gladdening to know that, at last, the Lagos State Government is taking the lead in tackling the long-desired need to upgrade the attitude of health sector workers for better service delivery.

The Nigerian team led by Coach Paul Aigbogun was eliminated from the tournament on Monday, June 3, 2019 after playing four matches in which it won one, drew one, and lost two.

On Wednesday, June 5, 2019, paramilitary squads, notably the neo-Janjaweed Rapid Support Forces, RSF, trying to quell protests that continued even after the ousting of President Omar Al Bashir’s 30-year regime, opened fire directly on the protesters.

Following the expiration of the eighth National Assembly consisting of the Senate led by Dr Bukola Saraki and the House of Representatives headed by Hon. Yakubu Dogara, a momentous era of feisty Legislative – Executive relationship came to an end on Thursday, June 6, 2019, as President Muhammadu Buhari formally dissolved it in line with constitutional provisions.