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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 .  

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday presided over a meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat as part of the Federal Government’s efforts aimed at enhancing food security. Those who attended the meeting included four state governors — Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa); and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi). The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh; and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, also attended. Bagudu later told State House correspondents that the meeting reviewed the government’s wheat programme and what could be done to increase production. He said, “This is the meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat and we reviewed the wheat programme and what we can do more to support states in order to increase production of wheat. “We also want to ensure that our farmers who have responded to the call are supported in terms of g...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said results of the series of medical checkups he carried out in the cause of his medical vacation had shown that he needed longer period of rest. He said this necessitated his staying back in London, United Kingdom longer than initially planned. The President said this in a four-paragraph made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. Adesina did not disclose how long the President’s “longer period of rest” will take. He however thanked Nigerians for their prayers and good wishes while assuring them that there is no cause for worry. The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari thanks millions of Nigerians who have been sending good wishes and praying for his health and well-being in mosques and churches throughout the country.   “The President is immensely grateful for the prayers, show of love and concern.   “President Buhari wishes to reassu...

Just as Tonto, her name means warrior, the beautiful Nollywood actress channels being a warrior queen in latest pictures she released to celebrate her son's first birthday anniversary. The profoundness of the symbology is underscored by the rocky relationship she currently is embroiled in with her husband. Tonto Dikeh moved out of her husband's house recently following allegations of infidelity and domestic violence by Oladunni Churchill, her hubby. The two former lovebirds have been  battling it out on social media.

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has said President Muhammadu Buhari, who he met with at the Abuja House in London on Wednesday night, is healthy. According to him, there is no cause for alarm. Saraki, in a statement he personally signed, which was sent to  The PUNCH  through the Media Office of the Senate President, said Buhari was “himself” when he met with the President. The statement read, “Delighted to see that President Buhari is doing well; was cheerful and in good spirits. “The President I saw today is healthy, witty and himself. “The President’s absence and imminent return shows that there is no vacuum in government and our system of democracy is working with all organs of government fulfilling their mandate. And let me use the time-tested cliché, there is no cause for alarm!” Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, had travelled to the United Kingdom on Wednesday to meet with Buhar...

There are indications that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and a former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, are making moves towards clinching the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 election. Investigations by our correspondent showed that both politicians had been discussing with the leaders of the party with the hope of gaining their support for the ticket. It was gathered that Atiku, though a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, was already tinkering with the idea of returning to his former party if he would not be allowed to contest the ticket in his current party. He is said to be considering other options on the premise that President Muhammadu Buhari might want to run for a second term. In the event that he would not, the President would also be expected to “anoint” his successor in the party. Though Atiku had denied plans to leave the APC, sources in the PDP, however, said Atiku’s hand could be felt i...

It is being lauded as the best thing to have happened between the two groups in a long time. The new President General of Ohanaeze Chief Nia John Nwodo led a powerful delegation of the group on a historic visit to the Pan-Yoruba organisation,Afenifere at the weekend in Lagos.  The meeting was significant as being the first outing of Nwodo to any socio-cultural group in the country since his election. Nwodo, received by an equally powerful group of Afenifere led by Chief Ayo Adebanjo representing the Afenifere leader,Chief R.F Fasoranti, said the decision to make Afenifere his first  place of touching base arose from the fact that it was the first organisation that  openly congratulated him and followed with phone calls from its prominent leaders . Afenifere on the other hand reiterated it's congratulations to Nwodo for his choice to lead Ndigbo at this crucial period. The meeting of long associates was full of reminiscences, back-slappings and reflections on common ...

Nigerians in the United Kingdom demand for a five-minute speech from President Buhari to reassure a tensed polity back home of his well-being. The protest is being held in front of the Nigerian High Commission in London. More to follow...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari just wrote to  the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing the Congress of his desire to extend his leave  in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors. According to Femi Adesina,  the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, President Buhari had planned to return to Abuja on the evening of 5 February, but had a change of plans upon the advice of his medical doctors in order to facilitate the completion of the test cycle before returning to Nigeria. The notice has since  been dispatched to the Senate  President, and Speaker, House of Representatives. "Mr. President expresses his sincere gratitude to Nigerians for their concern, prayers and kind wishes," Adesina said in the statement.

It was the day Nigeria hosted this year’s edition of the West African Conference on Security Communications and Public Information Management (WAFCON 2017). It was a gathering of leading international experts, who had converged to discuss the various approaches to fighting terrorism in Africa and how to manage information during crisis.   The project was a brainchild of the Peace & Conflict Resolution Resource Centre (PEACREC), the promoters of Military, Police and Paramilitary Public Relations Officers Forum (MILPOPPROF). MILPOPPROF is an association of public relations managers of security agencies, who make up primary stakeholders of the forum. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies, public information managers, the civil society, media organisations, the judiciary, emergency response groups, non-governmental organisations, corporate affairs managers, the academia and consumers of security services constitute its secondary stakeholders. “A team of officers...