A good campaign slogan is like a good fortune: concise, clever and crisp. The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, found one in the slogan Change, which was to drive home the party’s campaign for the change of what was considered as the difficult situations Nigerians believed they were living under in the years before the historic May 29, 2015, handover from the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State believes Nigerian leaders must take tough decisions to grow the economy. Ambode spoke at the maiden edition of the National Forum on the Economy, held under the theme, National Economy: The Way Forward, held in Lagos, last week. The governor’s speech:

Though it has been approved by the National Assembly, three months after it was presented, the 2016 Budget estimates can only come into effect only when assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. But looking at the unfolding events, this appears to be a mirage. Yet, Nigerians are facing what could be called a grave economic situation. Why the delay in the presidential assent to the Appropriation Bill? What has gone wrong? This piece tries to find answers.

WORRIED by the pains Nigerians have been going through in the last couple of weeks following the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, which has led to long queues at filling stations and panic buying, the Senate, last Tuesday, played host to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu.

The sense of insecurity in Kaduna metropolis especially among the relatively well-offs, has pervaded into far rural areas of the state.