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Benjamin Kalu, the spokesman of the house of representatives, says President Muhammadu Buhari may appear before the lawmakers on December 10 or 15, to explain the federal government’s efforts to address security challenges across the country. Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Thursday, Kalu said no president in the history of the country has appeared before the federal lawmakers to answer questions on any issue. On Tuesday, the lawmakers in Nigeria’s House of Representatives summoned…
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The Nigerian military says the country’s civilian government will decide if mercenaries will be hired to assist the military in the fight against Boko Haram. Last week, Boko Haram slaughtered 40 farmers while working on a rice field an incident that led to renewed calls for the country to hire mercenaries to assist in the fight against Boko Haram. Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, had earlier made the call when he hosted a federal government…
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Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the President of Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, has said the union is yet to call-off its 9 months strike but rather consultation is ongoing as regards the union’s response to the government offer of last Friday. On Friday, the Federal Government agreed to exempt ASUU from the IPPIS and also increased the academic earned allowance to N70bn. This and some other issues were the major bone of contention between ASUU…
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Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says the nation’s service chiefs will remain in office as far as the president remains satisfied with their performance. Shehu, who featured during an Arise TV program on Monday night, describe the clamor for the sack of the service chiefs are “out of place”. During the TV interview, Shehu opined that the tenure of the service chiefs does…
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In the face of rising security challenges, Oby Ezekwesili, former Nigerian minister of education, has called for an independent mental and physical assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health to determine his ability to govern the country. In a series of tweets, Ezekwesili said Nigerians need to know the capability of the president to carry on his duties, adding that the current state of the country has become too grave to be overlooked. I think that…