President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday took a swipe at those criticising him on the insecurity situation in the country, saying that they were not patriotic. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had on Monday written an open letter to Mr Buhari accusing him of not doing enough to tackle the increasing rate of insecurity in the country among other challenges. But receiving National Executives of Buhari Campaign Organisation, BCO, at Presidential Villa Abuja, the President said that those criticising the isolated cases of insecurity in the country were not patriotic Nigerians. According to him, countries around the world were facing one security…

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has thrown his weight behind ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, for pointing out the country’s security and socio-political maladies affecting the nation. In an open letter written by Mr Obasanjo to Mr Buhari on Monday, the former advised the later to act fast before the country is thrown into anarchy. Affixing his position to Obasanjo’s, Mr Jonathan during his condolence visit to Mr Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, in Akure, Ondo state capital, averred that insecurity is getting worse under Buhari. His words, “The issue of security must be approached from a different dimension. We cannot continue the…

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mr Emeka Anyaoku, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to eschew sectional practices and focus on eliminating Nigeria’s ethnic and religious fault lines. Anyaoku’s comments came at a book launch in Abuja on Tuesday. Over the past week, Mr Buhari has faced condemnation from prominent voices like Messers Olusegun Obasanjo and Wole Soyinka - with both warning of impending disaster should the president fail to recalibrate his responses to lingering insecurity and economic woes. “Every diverse federal country throughout the world achieves political stability and socio-economic development through successfully managing its national diversity,” Anyaoku said while delivering…

Catholic bishop of Sokoto, Mr Matthew Kukah, has warned against blanket demonisation of herdsmen, especially of the Fulani stock, warning that such actions could be preamble to a breakout of violent confrontation against the Fulani. The bishop said hate speech often precede any genocide experienced in history. Kukah spoke Tuesday at a colloquium on fake news and hate speech organised by the Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for African Studies, an arm of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). He said Nigerians “have to be very careful” before the situation degenerates beyond control. He likened the uproar and profiling of the Fulani…