FOUR THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS EVENING 1. BOKHARAM: WHRE IS THE MISSING JET? A Nigerian Air Force Alpha jet on an operation against the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has been declared missing. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, in an electronic mail on Sunday, said the jet, marked NAF 466, disappeared from the radar on Friday and that the plane with only two crew members on board “left Yola at about 10:45am on September12, 2014 on a routine operational mission and was expected back by 12 noon same day. “Since then, all efforts to establish contact with the aircraft have not yielded any positive result.” T. B. Joshua, had during a service on Sunday morning, claimed that Boko Haram attacked the six-storey building with a mysterious jet. According to a top official of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency said the plane that was seen hovering around Egbeda was on a special training of some Air Force personnel on the use of a newly acquired landing equipment called Instrument Landing System. Was the jet hijacked or shot down by the insurgents who are believed to have anti-aircraft guns??? 2. REPS RESUME 1BN SECURITY REQUEST AFTER a 56-day break, members of the House of Representatives will tomorrow reconvene to debate the $1 billion request from President Goodluck Jonathan to combat Boko Haram and security problems in Nigeria. House Committee Chairman on rules and business, Rep Albert Sam-Tsokwa,PDP, Taraba, who revealed this yesterday stated that apart from the president’s loan request, the House would devote the whole of Tuesday to attend to matters of urgent national importance. Sam-Tsokwa stressed that while the lawmakers were on break, a lot of issues emerged that required their attention, hence the House would have to look into them immediately. The lawmaker said due to the renewed attacks by Boko Haram, the House would have to expedite action on the request made by President Jonathan. “So many things happened during the break and these are matters of urgent national importance, which have to be critically and urgently attended to. So when we resume on Tuesday, we will devote the entire sitting debating on such issues”. On the request for a $1 billion to checkmate insurgency by President Jonathan, Tsokwa explained that “with the happenings around us, the House will accelerate consideration of the matter. The matter was referred to relevant committees and we will be expecting their report immediately plenary commences on Tuesday. “ 3. SCHOOLS ROW - 22 SEPTEMBER REVIEW Preparatory to the Tuesday resumption, the House committee on education will today meet with members of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, parents association and other stakeholders in the health and education sector to review the September 22, 2014 resumption date for private and public primary and secondary schools in the country. Following the change of resumption date from October 13 to September 22 by the federal ministry of education, the House leadership had last week mandated its committee on education to review the matter, considering the fact that the outbreak of Ebola virus has not completely been abated in the country. Chairman of the House Committee on Education, Aminu Suleiman said last week that the committee had set aside today to interface with relevant stakeholders in education and health sectors so as to present an informed recommendation to the floor when the House reconvenes tomorrow. Recall that the House had supported those calling for the postponement of schools’ resumption date. 4. BUHARI MUST GO THROUGH PRIMARIES The All Progressives Congress has said there will be no automatic ticket for a former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and other presidential aspirants in the party. This was coming amidst allegations that some leaders of the party had been planning to give automatic ticket to Buhari, a development that was said not to be favoured by Abubakar Atiku, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Senator Bukola Saraki’s groups within the party. But the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the APC would not give automatic ticket to Buhari. “We won’t give automatic ticket to anyone, including Buhari. It is not in our constitution. All the candidates will undergo primary,” Mohammed told one of our correspondents on the telephone on Sunday Share your thoughs!!!!
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:51:14 +0000
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