A public affairs analyst, Tunde Badamosi, says the declaration of emergency rule in three northern states was a last resort for President Goodluck Jonathan. Mr. Badamosi who was on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily, maintained that the President's action became inevitable having reached out to them for dialogue but the sect members responded by declaring war. He said the President was under ...

A legal practioner and public affairs analyst, Ikechukwu Ikeji has faulted the manner in which President Goodluck Jonathan has handled the declaration of State of Emergency in Adamawa, Yobe and Adamawa states. Ikeji, who was fielding questions on Channels Television’s morning flagship programme, Sunrise Daily, argued that the president should have sent a Gazette of the declaration before going ahead with th ...

A Public Affairs Analyst, Tunde MacAlabi has said that politicians are responsible for the problems in the country because of their insincerity and selfish motives. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily, Mr MacAlabi said according to reports  politicians arm young and unemployed people in some of these areas and have in turn used this weapons against the people, “there is a lot of r ...

A Professor of Political Science, Femi Otubanjo has said that the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan was long overdue and the right step in dealing with the growing insecurity in northern Nigeria. While speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily, Mr Otubanjo said the north eastern part of the country especially Borno and Yobe states were beginning to regress into ...

A public affairs analyst, Achike Chude has said though the recent declaration of state of emergency on troubled states was commendable, President Goodluck Jonathan should have gone a step further by sacking the governors of these states. Mr Chude disclosed this while responding to questions on the emergency rule declared on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily. Th ...

Lawyer and public affairs analyst, Fred Agbaje has said that the imposition of state of emergency on some troubled northern states is comparable to a military coups d'état. Mr Agbaje, who was a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise daily, said President Goodluck Jonathan did the right thing by not suspending constitutionally elected officials while declaring the emergency rule. He howe ...

The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Dan Nwanyanwu has called on the Federal Government not to suspend the dialogue and amnesty programme extended to the Boko Haram sect. Mr Nwanyanwu, who said this while responding to questions on the recent emergency rule declared on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by President Goodluck Jonathan to contain the insurgency in the north, said the Presidential Committee ...

A lawyer, Kenneth Odidika on Wednesday said that corruption is so widespread in Nigeria that the default mode of the citizens of this country is fraud. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Odidika said the declaration of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states following the incessant violent attacks in these areas is a good move by President Goodluck J ...

A Professor of Criminology, Femi Odekunle has said the declaration of emergency rule in three northern states by President Goodluck Jonathan should have included Kano. Mr Odekunle, who was a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said the president took the right step by declaring emergency rule in an area occupied by some people who are waging war against the state. He said, “I ...

A Nigerian journalist with Blue Print Newspaper, Jibrin Ndace, has accused security agencies in Nigeria of underrating the insurgents in Nasarawa State and failing to have tangible intelligence report on the area before deploying agents. Mr. Ndace who was on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, describes the killing of 20 police officers by an cult turned militia group, Ombatse, based i ...