President Buhari has highlighted what his administration is doing to protect citizens from the onslaught of criminals, such as insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and politically motivated killings, which have worsened under his watch.
How President Buhari’s statement, not attack on NDA, dampens the resolve of the armed forces to defeat terrorism.
Gov. Makinde pointed out that the government is rather poised to go after criminals no matter their position in the society.
However, the Chief of Army Staff lauded the troops for their perseverance and will in fighting the insecurity bedeviling the nation.
“The calls for restructuring have not been heeded. Constitutional provisions on federal character have been ignored and even symbolic gestures to make all groups feel that they are part of the Nigerian family have been scorned as though they are a sign of weakness,” Atiku Abubakar says at the public presentation of the book, Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the National Assembly has a bill that will address the funding of defence.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed grave concern over the continued silence of President Muhammadu Buhari since the earth shaking revelation that Abba Kyari, his Chief of Staff, has usurped his constitutional powers as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
NSA Monguno explains why he fired a warning memo to Service Chiefs to desist from taking further directives from Chief of Staff Abba Kyari.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has taken on a former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on his damaging allegations against him and his administration on the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls by terrorists in Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria.
The rampaging Boko Haram jihadists have sacked Marte Local Government Area in the bleeding Borno State of Northern Nigeria. Chairman of the local government council, Ali Shettima, says the area is totally deserted.