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.