AS the USA confronts the spectre of another bruising Presidential election this year the emerging contenders have initiated acrimonious primary contests for the tickets of the two major parties. On the Republican side the emergence of Donald Trump, real estate tycoon and TV reality show host, has surprised the “grand old party’s (GOP’s)” establishment with the vehemence and durability of his supporters and the extent of his popularity.

The Department of State Security (DSS) have claimed that five Fulani herdsmen were abducted, killed and buried in a mass grave by members of IPOB in Abia state a few days ago. It also claimed that there were up to 50 more bodies in the grave and that they are all Fulani.

The petrol queues were long. A brisk trade was going on everywhere by people selling petrol on the road side in kegs. Tessy, driving her Mercedes 230E, needed petrol and stopped to buy from the keg vendors. As she opened her door, one young man jumped into her car on the driver’s side, five other men were opening other doors trying to get in. Tessy had the presence of mind and luckily had actually not turned off the engine of her car. She put her foot down on the accelerator.

In this summary, I make comment on the important issues raised by the Supreme Court in that case.

broadcaster, CNN certainly wowed its global audience with the video it exclusively obtained of Nigeria’s abducted schoolgirls that were abducted my Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014 to the consternation of the entire world.

Like a troubadour traversing the land, we set forth at dawn, leaving Beijing for Shanghai, China’s economic nerve center.

Nigerians can confidently attest to the annihilation of the Boko Haram insurgents and near complete triumph of federal troops in the war against terrorism in the North East and elsewhere in the country, since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office as President and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

In September 2014, a 19-year-old woman whom I will call Aisha was celebrating a friend’s wedding in a small village in north-eastern Nigeria when Boko Haram attacked. The fighters killed the groom and many of the male guests. They abducted Aisha, along with other women, including her sister and the bride.

Today, the Senate passed a motion on the two year observance of the abduction of the 276 Chibok School Girls that were taken at gunpoint from Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2012.

Like many Nigerians, I am eager to see our justice system work. I want to see a situation where criminal cases are speedily adjudged with increased efficiency by the courts, followed by the conviction of members of the political and non-political class if found guilty.

MOHAMMED Hayatudeen, the intelligent and well focused founding chief executive of the defunct FSB Bank, a few years ago made a passionate appeal to the Nigerian political leaders which unfortunately fell on deaf ears. Hayatudeen told the political class that the country would leapfrog developmentally if they see the six geopolitical zones as development centres rather than platforms for pushing sectional and divisive interests which at the end of the day leave the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian people shortchanged. Not even the media or development-oriented organisations helped to spread the Hayatudeen gospel.

The Amnesty programme benefits all The Presidential Amnesty Programme finds it expedient to write you this open letter in order to correct the impression you created in your Easter message to some Ex-Agitators of the Niger Delta. Please among others, refer to Page 12 of the Wednesday, March 30, 2016 edition of the VANGUARD Newspapers titled “Lawmaker flays selective implementation of Amnesty Programme”

Typically, Amnesty International (AI) has issued a release calling for thorough investigation on the incident of the Army/Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) that took place in December 2015.

IT is common knowledge that Professor Wole Soyinka’s parents were from Ogun State. His father hailed from Isara, an Ijebu community while his mother was an Egba woman. Even though ours is a patriarchal society, the Nobel Laureate has always described himself as “Ijegba”, a word coined by him from his Ijebu and Egba roots. However, the Ijegba man has lived in Lagos and made it a home like many Nigerians and foreigners alike.

Celebrities appear to be getting famous on social media by the day. Call them social media celebs and you wouldn’t be wrong, this new class of stars are raking in both money and fame by just sharing stuff on our social media handle. But being social a media celeb is it all fun and games?