MEMBERS of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Abia Polytechnic, Aba chapter, yesterday disrupted the 24th  matriculation ceremony of the institution.

The Middle Belt Conscience Guard, has commended the Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen TY Buratai over the composition of a panel of inquiry to investigate allegations made by a former defence minister Lt. General T.Y. Danjuma on the farmers, herders clashes in some parts of the country.

It has been a journey of stunning discoveries walking with Governor MA Abubakar of Bauchi State, these past months.Stated hyperbolically, some of the discoveries amount to “culture shock”.

OVER the years variegated theories have been created and bandied about Pele the rare prodigy of erudition, Pele the hysterical lover of Pelecentric image-mangling narratives on prominent sons and daughters of Ijaw – theories ideated to give believable verdict on the anatomy of this young man who serially sees himself as a loose cannon deliriously inspired to change the known narratives on personalities like Isaac Boro, Feke, Tompolo, Ezaigba and many others, all in a dedicated pursuit of his pathological iconoclastic vision of society.

At page 13 of the Vanguard Newspaper of Monday 9th April, 2018, Chief Dan Orbih was quoted as saying that there are no water projects being executed by the Edo State Government in collaboration with the European Union.  In his characteristic haste to wail and accuse the performing government of Governor Godwin Obaseki of all sorts of imagined crimes and lapses, he said the ongoing and highly profitable engagement of the Edo State Government with the EU was fraudulent.

The problem stems from misinformation on the part of the government. At a time, they stated that Boko Haram had been degraded. Later, they told us that it had been technically defeated. So, the public is wondering why a government that said it had defeated the sect, needs $1bn to fight the same sect it claimed to have defeated.

By an unwritten agreement, majority of Nigerians have consented to power rotation of elective offices, both in political and community affairs. This agreement is to engender equity, fairness, balance and geo-political spread. Political parties have began to adopt it as a strategy for winning power when it comes to elections at all levels.

Every day, we spare time to pray for our beloved ones, mostly family members. Once in a while, we find time to express appreciation to a boss, who perhaps offered us a job and we say thank you to a medical doctor for a successful surgical operation even though we foot the bills.

The first tweak was the Over-The-Counter limits, having prescribed cash handling charges on daily withdrawals above five hundred thousand Naira (N500,000.00) as against the initial One hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150,00) for individuals and three million Naira for corporate bodies (N3, 000,000.00) as against the initial two million Naira (N2, 000,000.00) for corporate bodies.

I also want to encourage other states to borrow a leaf from Ugwuanyi by ensuring that their plans and projects are targeted towards achieving the goals of SDGs