Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Presidential Villa over the state of insecurity in the country.

The Ooni who spoke on behalf of other traditional leaders in the region also decried the insecurity in the south-west region of the country caused by those he described as bad eggs and not necessarily Fulanis.

Speaking with State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the monarch noted that the drum of war is sounding loud across the country.

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has called on the intelligence community in Africa to tighten the loop against illicit financial flows, just as he attributed rising security challenges to sponsorship by those who profit from illegal financial activities.

He gave the task at the opening session of the 16th Conference of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) in Abuja.

President BUHARI attributed the rising security challenges on the continent to sponsorship by those who profit from illegal financial activities.

A colonel, a captain, four soldiers and a villager have been killed when Boko Haram fighters struck on Maiduguri-Damaturu Road near Jakana community in Borno State.

It was gathered that the terrorists waylaid some commercial vehicles along the road near a military checkpoint and using them as a cover to open fire on the soldiers.

A villager was killed in the gunfire while two others were injured; five soldiers said to be at the checkpoint also died while trying to repel the terrorists’ attack.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, FEMI FALANA, has said that the election petitions in Nigeria should be handled by retired judges.

In a communique, the human rights activist argued that the judges serving in the courts have been overburden with national assignments and have left their jurisdictions, hence leaving all matters pending in their courts.

FALANA further stated that a review should be carried out regarding preferences given to election petitions and appeals, adding that in certain neighbouring nations, election petitions are not handled by regular courts but by constitutional courts.