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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has invited the United Nations to help negotiations to exchange the kidnapped schoolgirls from Chibok for detained leaders of Boko Haram, a government statement said Thursday. Buhari’s […]

When an American journalist and author, Anya Schiffrin, was working on her book, Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Journalism From Around the World, she thought it was expedient for her to exclude from it […]

There is concern about the political future of Buhari and APC. As it stands today, barring any miracle, Buhari could either be the first incumbent Nigerian president to lose a party ticket at the primaries […]

The two associations denounced by the #BringBackOurGirls campaign on Monday made contradictory claims about contacting the #BBOG group before embarking on a controversial fund raising programme. In separate discussions on the matter, one of the […]

Apall of darkness fell upon the third arm of government recently when the Department of State Service (DSS) in a Gestapo-like fashion, invaded the homes of some senior judicial officers and arrested them. This unprecedented […]

Boko Haram has expressed its willingness to negotiate the release 83 more Chibok girls, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said Sunday, days after the release of 21 abducted girls. In an interview with Reuters Foundation, Mr. […]

It is the anticipation of many, that the OGP process will provide an opportunity for Nigeria to incrementally, but systematically, to transit from ‘transparency’ as a slogan to a brave new world of citizen-empowered change. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari gave assurance to Nigerians in Germany today that his administration will be unrelenting in prosecuting the anti-corruption war. He declared that his administration will continue to “to be very hard on corruption’’, […]

I have just read Reuben Abati’s ‘The Spiritual Side of Aso Villa’. When I first received the text of the article from a friend, I protested vehemently that it could not have been written by […]

Nobody should ask me to clap for President Muhammadu Buhari because DSS operatives raided the homes of seven or eight judges in the dead of night last weekend. Rather than clap, I’ve been afraid – […]

Public communication is one of the most delicate challenges that people in public life face, either in the corporate or the public sector. Many people suddenly find themselves in high places, and they become a […]

The first lady’s candid assessment of her husband’s administration sends the right signals to the Nigerian society, particularly young girls and women. It redefines the supranational contours of the roles of a first lady. It […]

About 21 senior officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria were on Wednesday sacked in a major shake-up. Those affected, including directors, general managers and deputy general managers, were reportedly handed their termination of […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the raid on the homes of judges by the Department of State Services (DSS) was done according to law. Between Friday and Saturday, the homes of some […]

CONFUSION in the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) as all directors have been relieved of their jobs while many general managers have been demoted. Tribune

In fighting corruption, you don’t pick, choose and don’t politicise, otherwise it will lose its essence. However the judges’ case goes in the end, it has already detracted from Buhari’s anti-corruption posture and his government’s […]