PRELATE of Methodist Church Nigeria, Archbishop Sunday Ola Makinde, is a household name even before he mounted the saddle at the Wesley House, Marina, Lagos after the expiration of the tenure of Archbishop Sunday Mbang. Last Thursday, he played host to some journalists in his office where he bared his mind on the state of the nation, admonishing that the nation must tread softly and tackle the festering menace of Boko Haram with dispatch.

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, says a national conference to address Nigeria’s structural problems may be the best way to tackle the Boko Haram challenge.

This is an exclusive report on the hunt for members of the now dreaded Ahlan Sunnah Lid Da’waati wal Jihad Yaanaa (brothers), popularly known as the Boko Haram sect and how security agencies are going about their job. The report also reveals the engagement between former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and the Directorate of State Security, SSS, and the meeting between the former and President Goodluck Jonathan, last week. It is revealing and explosive.

After over five weeks since he was sworn-in as President and Commander-in-Chief, President Goodluck Jonathan finally constitutes the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, signaling the commencement of real governance. The question is, will this team deliver for Jonathan and Nigerians?

THE power and efficacy of a popular engagement by a people in strategic self-development, though quite challenging and requiring enormous resources and sacrifice, is not as dependent on material capital as we Africans have constantly been told and have come to believe.