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At least 87 bodies were found in Burundi's capital Bujumbura  on Saturday Dec. 12th , a day after the government said an unidentified group carried out coordinated attacks on three military installations. The violence is linked to President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term in office, which many Burundians and foreign observers had opposed as unconstitutional and in violation of a peace accord. The treaty ended a civil war in which 300,000 people were killed between 1993 and 2006. "The final toll of the attacks yesterday is 79 enemies killed, 45 captured and 97 weapons seized, and on our side eight soldiers and policemen were killed and 21 wounded," Colonel Barataria, Burundi Army spokesman was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.

About N900 billion would be required to make considerable progress on roads critical to national economy and linking the states, THISDAY has learnt. Also, substantial budgetary allocation would however be required in 2017 and 2018 to ensure they are all completed.

Godwin Adindu The reports came in quick succession, announcing that the revered Catholic Church, may have abdicated its role of spiritual guidance to make a hurried foray into the landmine of politics. Not as an impartial arbiter but as a biased player and partisan ally, openly aligning with and firing from the frontlines for the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State. It was a very well package dummy and sold  very brilliantly that even the very elect and the very intelligent were almost deceived.

Obviously a very critical sector on which the country’s projected economic growth is largely hinged on, the minister however said on the short-term plans for the sector, that there was a significant budgetary under-provision for 2015 which could not measure up in undertaking extant projects that are in the sector.

The domestic linkage between and among Bakassi, Biafra, and Boko Haram is the uncertainty over Nigeria’s future, created by the three of them and that is hardly reflected on by policy makers and the Nigerian elite. In contemporary international relations, observers are always quick to note that since the end of World War II in 1945, there has been no new World War. They quickly admit that the world is only witnessing pockets of internal conflicts in some countries. This observation cannot be disputed. However, the new truth is that efforts have not been made to explain why the internal conflicts are on the increase and why the making of a new  World War cannot be a resultant from centripetal factors and methodology.

Following the unprecedented violence that heralded the governorship election in Bayelsa state, the Nigerian Army on Saturday paraded 17 suspected political thugs and recovered arms and ammunition arrested during the last election in the state.