MMM are not smart. After President Buhari cleared Babachir Lawal what they should have done is immediately apply to him for clearance! After all, our President is the best clearing agent in Nigeria.

Last December, the Nigerian Army demanded a retraction of the what it described as the “unwarranted and serial provocative, unauthorized, libelous and defamatory publications against the person of Lt. Gen. T.Y. Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff and Nigerian Army counter insurgency operations in the North East” from the publisher of the Premium Times, an online medium. Convinced that the publication could not be justified the Army threatened to sue for libel. In a detailed reply to the letter the counsel to the Premium Times, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, called off the bluff of the Army. Apart from rejecting the demand for a retraction he asked the Chief of Army Staff to apologise for threatening to violate the constitutional rights of his client’s staff to life and freedom of expression.

There are several units within the FGN that appear to be working hard. Sadly, most of them are working in “silos” and solving fringe problems

Like a good sports captain, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle CON, FCA, has not only exhibited courage but also consistency in governance as well leadership of the State Executive Council.

He asserted that the devastation to human lives and livelihoods by the terrorists in the North East was severe, with more than an estimated 20,000 persons killed, over 2.4 million persons displaced and billions of naira worth of personal and public assets destroyed. “Many humanitarian intervention efforts, national and international, have worked over time to assist in coping with the task of bringing succour to the IDPs in and outside the region, with most of these efforts aimed at providing short-term emergency assistance and relief to the victims of the violence and displacement,” he had stated.