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Nigerian journalists are facing fresh threat reporting conflict in the country.  Following a string of ethnic  conflicts  in some parts of the country, journalists reporting the events are being threatened with death and arson, the Journalists for Democratic Rights, (JODER), a media rights group said yesterday.  JODER in a release on Tuesday signed by its Assistant Programme Office, Mr. Akinwale Kasali said free speech which is one of the principles of democracy is facing renewed threat from masked individuals probably backed by some organized interests. The group said it recorded another major threat against media institutions and peaceful coexistence on March 24, 2017  while monitoring media coverage of conflict in some selected radio and TV stations. The group said “We call on the Nigerian Police to investigate what appeared as an organised threat against peace and some media institutions for wrongly perception of media role in the coverag...

President Muhammadu Buhari just resumed work today. He submitted a letter to the National Assembly notifying the legislature of this development. According to a press release by Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the President, media and publicity, the president resumed official duties this morning after his vacation, "in compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)," adding, "The President has formally transmitted  letters to the Senate and the House of Representatives, intimating the National Assembly 'that I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from Monday, March 13, 2017, after my vacation.' "  This development cancels rife speculations that the president is yet unable to resume official duties but would return to UK where he has been receiving treatment over the weekend .  

President Muhammadu Buhari just resumed work today. He submitted a letter to the National Assembly notifying the legislature of this development. According to a press release by Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the President, media and publicity, the president resumed official duties this morning after his vacation, "in compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)," adding, "The President has formally transmitted  letters to the Senate and the House of Representatives, intimating the National Assembly 'that I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from Monday, March 13, 2017, after my vacation.' "  This development cancels rife speculations that the president is yet unable to resume official duties but would return to UK where he has been receiving treatment over the weekend .