Nigeria's Communications Minister Isa Pantami has dismissed reports that linked him to Boko Haram.

The minister criticised media outlets that published the report.

"My lectures against the doctrines and all other evil people have been available for over 15 years, including debates that endangered my life against many criminals in Nigeria," he tweeted.

Mr Pantami has already written to the publication that first wrote the story.

He said all other major outlets that published the story would "meet his lawyers in court":