Nigeria, May 25 -- I have watched with bemusement an online medium which is fast becoming a synonym for dis-information and mis-information rolling out an agenda seeking to discredit me.

For the sake of my partners and the many people who support my work in many ways and the young journalists that I mentor, I have decided to put the record straight.

I do NOT currently own a property in Kaduna, although I was born there and spent, at different times, parts of my life there.

Like every Nigerian I have a legitimate right to apply for land and property anywhere in Nigeria in line with laid down rules and regulations which are open and transparent.

I decided, at the beginning of this year, to apply to the Kaduna State government for either...