Arewa Consultative Forum, the Northern Elders Forum and over 16 other Northern Socio-cultural and Political organizations on Saturday organized a crucial summit at Arewa House, Kaduna. The groups in a communiqué issued after the summit berated elected officeholders from the region over their inability to address pressing challenges affecting the region especially insecurity and poverty.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari received the released Dapchi girls on Friday in a meeting after the release of the girls by Boko Haram militants at the State House presidential villa, Abuja. "We entered into negotiation solely to make sure that no single girl was hurt. This strategy paid off as the girls are being released without any incident," Buhari said to reporters at the presidential villa in Abuja.

The Director General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, gave insight into how the Service negotiated the release of 105 Dapchi school girls. According to premiumtimes, Daura made the disclosure on Friday while presenting the schoolgirls to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House presidential villa Abuja.

THE Presidency has offered reasons why it will not stop criticizing the administration of Former President Goodluck Jonathan. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande in a statement issued on Saturday said the current administration would continue to talk about the

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has announced plans to hold a public discourse on contemporary politics and good governance in Nigeria. In a press statement signed by the party, the discourse themed: ‘Nation Building: Resetting the Agenda’ will hold on Monday, March 26, 2018 in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed the readiness to offer amnesty to members of the Boko Haram sect that are willing to drop their arms.

President Buhari said this at a meeting with freed schoolgirls who were previously abducted from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State by Boko Haram terrorists.

“Federal Government is ready to rehabilitate Boko Haram militants who are ready to lay down their arms,” he said.