APC Seeks Probe Of FG-Boko Haram Ceasefire Deal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an independent inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the apparently fake ceasefire deal announced by the Jonathan administration on Oct. 17th, now that the sect's leadership has described as an impostor the man with whom the phantom deal was negotiated.

The opposition party's concern came as the number of Mubi residents fleeing from  the conflict to a camp at Damare in Yola, Adamawa state is said to have risen to 9000.

In a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Nigerians will like to know how the Jonathan administration got swindled by an impostor to accept a phantom peace deal.

SOURCE - Thisday

Ezekwesili Gives FG 24-Hours Deadline for concrete Results on Rescue of Chibok Girls

It's been over six months since the kidnap of the 218 Chibok girls, it's been a tiredless wait for the govt to produce concrete results .

  The co-Convener, Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group and former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday called out the Federal Government.

In continuation of the daily tweets she reels out on twitter through her handle @obyezeks, she said the federal government should not allow another 24 hours to pass without tangible results in terms of rescuing the girls.

Pouring out her frustrations that despite the purported ceasefire between the Boko Haram sect and the government in which part of the deal was the release of the girls, she called on the government to live up to its promise.

Her tweet reads, "Our ears are all out today for the good news promised. Another 24 hours should not pass without "Tangibility" to FG rescue of our Girls."

FG, Boko Haram Reach Ceasefire Agreement

In a landmark decision, the Federal Government has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Boko Haram terrorists.

This was announced friday by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh at the end of the two-day Coordinating Conference Cameroun-Nigeria Trans-Border Military Operations at the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), Headquarters, Abuja.

Badeh said that the latest ceasefire agreement with the terrorists will not affect the accord reached with Cameroun for joint security border operations.

He further directed all the military Service Chiefs to comply with the new ceasefire agreement, which was said to have been signed in far away Saudi Arabia.

He said: "Without any prejudice to the outcome of our three days interactions and the conclusions of this forum, I wish to inform this audience that a cease fire agreement has been concluded between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Ahlul Sunna Li Daawa Wal Jihad.

"I have, accordingly, directed the Service Chiefs to ensure immediate compliance with this development in the field."

  Regarding the missing Chibok girls, their release and possible ceasefire. See more tweets below

 

Oby Ezekwesili reacted to this positive news see her tweets below

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Pres. Jonathan to decide whether he will rerun with VP Sambo- PDP

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, says President Jonathan will be the one to determine if he would still like to run with his Vice, Namadi Sambo in the 2015 general elections.

Metuh said this at a press conference yesterday September 21st in Abuja. He also said that President Jonathan is yet to respond to the decision the party members took on Thursday September 18th where he was adopted as the sole Presidential candidate of the PDP

"The President is yet to communicate to the party or to the entire country because he is not only the President of the PDP, he is the President of Nigeria and I cannot inform you of decisions that have been taken in terms of what will happen because subjective opinions is not part of my job. I believed a lot of people are trying to speculate on Jonathan/Sambo ticket but why don’t we wait until when the President declares?
But I must inform that part of the reasons the PDP has not mentioned that, is because it is a winning team. What the President has done he has done it very well and he's the winning team. I believe that there is no need to magnify or attempt to import any difference between the President and the Vice President. They have worked so well. The Vice President has continued to be the second most loyal Vice President in the history of this country so I believe that he enjoys the confidence of the President. In the 2015 elections if the President accepts to run we will be able to take it to the next level.” Metuh said

FG denies hiring Stephen Davis as Boko Haram negotiator

The Federal government has denied claims by Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, that he was hired by the Nigerian Government to negotiate for the release of Chibok girls.

Speaking through the Coordinator of the National Information Center, Mr Mike Omeri, today Sept. 5th in Abuja, FG said the decision to hire a negotiator would be made public whenever they decide to do so and that they have no plans to question those alleged to be Boko Haram sponsors by Stephen Davis

"For now nobody has been hired by the government to negotiate on its behalf with Boko Haram. Anytime the government decides to do so, it will make it known to the public. The government is still investigating the allegations made by the alleged negotiator. However, the government has no plan to question anybody because of those allegations made by the Australian,” Omeiri stated.