IT had been a hard choice; Africa electing a new chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) to run the continental body. The option had been forced on her after the chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the former liberation fighter from South Africa resisted pressures to stand for a second term; opting to contest the Presidential elections in her country.

Looking at the eyes of the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity-Femi Adesina when he was in the company of the top government officials that saw off President Muhammadu Buhari when he was going on vacation to London last week, one could notice that the Presidential Aide did conceal a certain emotion which he didn’t want to betray. His mood and the true reflections of what might be going on his heart was vividly captured by the DailySun published the following day after Mr. Presiden’s departure when Femi was looking towards the direction of his Principal at a distance as he matches towards the Presidential aircraft. While speaking to the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) correspondent, the SA (Media & Publicity) later requested the nation to pray for the President. His sober looks underscored the seriousness of his request-Call for prayers for Mr. President.

UNLIKE some loquacious set of people who ventilate negative feelings against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in the media, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman/ CEO of INNOSON Group has a strong belief that this administration is well –intentioned and poised to change things for the better. As one of Nigeria’s leading industrialists, and pioneer auto mobile manufacturer his businesses are bound to thrive within the framework of the federal government’s diversification and industrialisation policy.

LAST week, I chanced upon the news of an Edo-based newspaper, bestowing the ‘Edo Personality of the Year 2016 Award’ on Dr. Chris Osa Ogiemwonyi. Ogiemwonyi emerged the unanimous choice for the maiden edition of the award, according to the newspaper.

POWER – as a synonym of electricity – is a mystery in Nigeria. Even the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, seems to be aware of this, as shown by one of his remarks at a recent forum in Abuja organised by NEXTIER, a power think tank. The forum, with the self-explanatory theme of “2016 Power Sector Review and 2017 Power Policy Direction,” brought the minister into a broad-based interaction around this theme with stakeholders in the power sector.