Boko Haram: Murtala Nyako, Ibrahim Gaidam blast Edwin Clark, Akpabio

Following the call for a full scale state of emergency declaration which will replace the Governors of the affected states in the North-east with sole administrator by the an Ijew National Leder,  dwin Clark, the Governors of Adamawa and Yobe state, Murtala Nyako and Ibrahim Gaidam, on Sunday expressed their displeasure over such a call by Clark.

The three North Eastern states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno have been under emergency rule declared by President Goodluck Jonathan since May 2013 with the democratic structures in the state remaining despite the emergency rule. But Mr. Clark has asked President Jonathan to heed his advice and appoint the sole administrators with immediate effect.

As a result of the called by Clark, Messrs Nyako and Gaidam issued a joint press statement through their respective spokesmen, Ahmad Sajoh and Abdullahi Bego, blasted him for liken the security situation in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States with the situation in Ekiti state when an emergency rule was declared in that state during a previous administration.”

Security Meeting: Why Boko Haram May Not Release the Abducted Over 100 Students of Borno Girls' School

The National Security Council on Thursday gave strict marching order to the Nigerian Army to rescue the Boko Haram abducted girls from Government Girls' School in Borno state.

However, as military plans to rescue them intensifies, all indications shown that the dreaded Islamist sect is strangely desperate to use the over 100 students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State it abducted last week as human shield. The military operation is being co-ordinated by the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, who has been shuttling between Abuja and Maiduguri in the last one week.

Boko Haram: Opposition Governors Shun Meeting With Jonathan

The opposition governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were conspicuously absent when the meeting convened by President Goodluck Jonathan started by 2.00pm at the First Lady Conference Room in the State House, Abuja, on Thursday.

Jonathan had on Wednesday summoned all governors and National Security Council to a meeting over rising security challenges in the country.

President Jonathan, Pope Francis brainstorm on inter-faith dialogue

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Pope Francis yesterday at the Vatican discussed the promotion of inter-faith dialogue in Nigeria and other parts of the world to foster greater global peace and security.

Speaking to journalists after his private meeting with Pope Francis, Jonathan described inter-faith dialogue as a cause to which the pontiff was very committed.

The president said his administration was already working in close collaboration with Cardinal John Onaiyekan who was the team leader for the effort towards strengthening inter-faith dialogue in Nigeria.