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Like most people are already aware that the only constant thing in life is change. But suffice to say that change will not be effectual if there is nothing to show for it at the end of the day. Thus while some are celebrating the victory, others are licking their wounds in defeat and hoping for a better outing next time. But in all these, the nation must move forward. And for the country to mobe forward, the majority of the people will like to see a manifestation of change in greater magnitude and quantifiable measures. Most Nigerians have since got to know that the greatest problem militating against the material and social wellbeing of the nation is CORRUPTION that has become so pervasive that it was possible for a sitting president to seek to rationalize it by making the demonic distinction between "corruption and stealing". It cannot be worse than that!

THE moral decadence of Nigeria’s political class is playing out in the ongoing mass defections from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to the victorious opposition All Progressives Congress. No sooner had Muhammadu Buhari of the APC triumphed over President Goodluck Jonathan than the floodgates opened for prominent PDP stalwarts looking perpetually to the spoils of office to jump ship. Buhari and the APC now have a historic mission to break with the prevailing predatory system that has foisted parasitic political elite on the country.

Zimbabweans took to streets Friday in the capital Harare to express their anger over the xenophobic attacks in South Africa which have so far claimed the lives of five foreign nationals, including at least one Zimbabwean. South Africa, where about 3 million Zimbabwean diaspora live, has been grappling with the resurgence of xenophobic violence since last week after residents of the port city of Durban started attacking foreigners, their homes and businesses. The anti- foreigner violence has since spread to the city of Johannesburg, amid calls by that country’s leadership for calm and immediate end to the violence.

Eleven persons were killed by the Boko Haram insurgents in a part of Gwoza town, a military source told our correspondent on the telephone to Maiduguri on Friday. The source said the victims were civilians, who were recently rescued by soldiers during the recapture of the town from the Boko Haram militias. According to the source, the civilians had, during the long reign of the insurgents in the Borno town, stayed on the mountain but were evacuated by the military on the liberation of Gwoza.

Nigerians resident in South Africa have been directed by the Federal Government to remain indoors up until the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country are put under control. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting he attended at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the directive was communicated to them by Nigeria’s mission in Pretoria. The minister said,   “With the discussions I have been having with Nigeria’s Head of Mission in Pretoria, no Nigerian has so far been affected.

Buhari, who will also become the Grand Patron of the NOC from May 29, has been invited to the IOC headquarters by Bach. President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, has congratulated the President-elect, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on his victory at the poll and also extended an invitation to him to visit the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the National Assembly rejecting amendments to the 1999 Constitution was received with shock by some members who openly expressed surprise at the reasons given by the President to veto the bill. The letter was read on the floor of Senate on Wednesday by the Senate President, David Mark. Consequently, the Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (4th Alteration Bill 2015), Senator Ike Ekweremadu, announced that his members would hold a two-day retreat to review the development. The retreat, which started on Wednesday, would end on Thursday (today).