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 ...

A security expert, Max Gbanite has said Nigerians have failed the law enforcement and military agencies who are fighting the current insurgency in the country. Speaking on Channels Television's breakfast show Sunrise Daily, Mr Gbanite said from the 2013 budget, the Ministry of Finance has given the security agency 20 percent of the funds to secure the nation. He said Nigerians have failed the military agenc ...

The Special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta and head of the Presidential Amnesty Committee, Kingsley Kuku has denied allegations of treason leveled against him, owing to comments he had made at a function in the United States. Mr Kuku had allegedly said that “There would be dire consequences in the Niger Delta should Goodluck Jonathan fail to secure a fresh term in 2015.” The statement ...

Right activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana on Monday said the presence situation in the country is nothing short of a full blown war. Mr Falana, who was a guest on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, said a situation where a clash between terrorists and security operatives led to the death of over 187 people; where unknown cultist ambush and slaughter over 40 police officers; and ...

The Special Assistant media to the executive secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) Mr. Olajide Oshundun has said that they were not aware of any bad treatment of the Nigerian pilgrims who went to Israel. Mrs Efunbola Coker, who was on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily on Thursday described her trip to Israel has ‘horrible’. Mrs. Coker who disclosed that she paid the ...

President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP); Mr. Chibuzor Asomugha, has explained that the recent industrial action embarked upon by academic staff the nation's polytechnics was due to failure of federal government to fulfill the agreement reached with the union in 2009.  He added that there are also issues which the union has been holding talks with the government on for almost two years, ...