Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
No statement was issued at the end of the meeting which lasted for about an hour.
Details of the meeting were not disclosed and neither Obasanjo nor Buhari spoke to newsmen.
Following the recent resort to the use of horses for attacks by Boko Haram militants, military authorities have banned the use of horses in the entire Borno State.
According to military spokesman, Col Tukur Gusau,
“Military authorities have banned the use of horses in the entire Borno state to stave off Boko Haram terrorist attacks. "
With pressure from the military intensifying against them, the militants have in past few weeks resorted to horseback attacks.
It is reported that the Shehu of Borno has expressed his support for the ban by instructing his traditional chiefs and subjects to comply with it.
Henceforth, unauthorized persons using siren in the country will be arrested.
Force Public Relations Officer, ASP Olabisi Kolawole to NAN on Tuesday that the police would act on government circular on the use of siren.
She said that though indiscriminate use of siren has reduced, the police will not relent on its effort to enforce the law.
According to a 2012 directive, the federal government listed the following categories of persons as those authorized to use siren;
The President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker, their deputies, state governors and service chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, General Officers Commanding , Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), and Commissioners of Police.
President Muhammadu Buhari says the military has made huge progress in the war against insurgency.
Buhari said on Monday that the military has gained so much ground that the militants are now restricted to Sambisa forest.
"If you really bother to find out, a lot of progress is being made," he said.
The president had in August given his new service chiefs three months to end the insurgency.
Boko Haram terrorists have killed about 15,000 people and displaced many more during six years of insurgency.
The Nigeria Immigration Service has revoked all passports issued to former governors and ministers while they were in office.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Comptroller General of the service, Martin Abeshi on Monday.
The Service also directed all former federal and state law makers, their aides and retired heads of government agencies to return their passports.
“These categories of persons are hereby informed that these passports which were previously held by them have been revoked and should return them to the Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters Sauka Abuja with immediate effect.
“Failure to comply with this directive will amount to an offence under the Immigration Act 2015. Such unauthorised possession will be impounded at our control posts on arrival or departure, ” the statement said.
To stem the rampant abuse of the documents, the presidency had in August directed the NIS to withdraw all diplomatic and official passports from persons not entitled to them.
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that it is a constitutional duty for heads of state and government, governors, ministers and permanent secretaries to declare their assets.
He said this in Accra, Ghana on Monday while fielding questions from journalists.
He noted that he has declared his assets four times since 1975 and urged Journalists to use the relevant laws to dig up his four separate declarations.
Buhari challenged the newsmen to do investigative journalism rather than harass him over his declared assets.
"Right now, all heads of state and government, governors, ministers, permanent secretaries will have to declare their assets because it is a constitutional requirement.
“In Nigeria, it is a constitutional issue and that is why I am blaming you gentlemen of the press. If you really want to do investigative journalism, you don’t have to worry me at this stage; I have declared my assets four times.
“When I was governor in 1975, I declared. After being Minister of Petroleum and as a member of Supreme Military Council, I declared. When I was Head of State and now as a President, I also declared.
“I have declared my assets and all that I have four times, and you (the media) have the right to go and demand for my declaration. Instead, I am being harassed, " he said.
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