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After many years of guarding oil pipeline installations, the Nigerian Army finally made its first high-profile arrest. It turned out to be a journalist! Investigative journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Fisayo Soyombo became the face of the Army’s eventual success in apprehending oil thieves. Of course, they regularly announce arrests of […]
Continue ReadingA far-reaching condemnation has attended the detention of Fisayo Soyombo, founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), by the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Soyombo, a renowned investigative journalist celebrated for exposing corruption and systemic failures, has been held for three consecutive days. The detention has sparked nationwide […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been observing with keen interest the National Assembly’s recent efforts to solidify President Muhammadu Buhari’s offer of Niger Delta-like amnesty to ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members. Buhari first made the offer in March 2018 while receiving 107 of the 111 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Dapchi, Yobe State, two months earlier. The following month, the military established […]
Continue ReadingQuite a lot of political neutrals have been sympathetic to David Lyon, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. Lyon had completed the rehearsal for his Valentine’s Day swearing-in as Governor when the Supreme Court invalidated his participation in the election and ordered the Independent National […]
Continue ReadingThe Comptroller general of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed has denied claims of planning to arrest investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, who exposed the rot in Nigeria’s criminal justice system. Commenting on the documentary which exposed “drug abuse, sodomy, bribery, pimping and cash and carry operations” in Ikoyi prison, Ahmed said those found guilty of the […]
Continue ReadingIn August 2018, one month after I ‘moved’ into a rented apartment, Ikeja Electric sent me a power consumption bill in excess of N22,000. This was daylight robbery; I knew there was no chance I’d have consumed a quarter of that — because even though the apartment was mine, it also wasn’t. What Ikeja Electric […]
Continue ReadingThere are many things I wanted to write about from last week, but I can’t, otherwise I’ll end up in jail. Since the Department of State Services (DSS) charged Omoyele Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters, to court for “insulting” President Muhammadu Buhari, among other allegations, the message from the presidency has been loud and clear enough: Insult […]
Continue ReadingThe last 10 days have been very damaging for Nigeria’s already-battered international image. The spark was Obinwanne Okeke, once remembered for his listing by Forbes among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans of 2018 but who is now an emblem of dirty wealth, following his arrest by the FBI over an $11 million advanced internet […]
Continue ReadingThere is something baffling about the fascination of Nigerians with the lesser of two figurative evils. In fact, the twin-devil concept is popular in Nigeria beyond politics, as exemplified by the widely-applied saying: “The devil you know is better than the angel you don’t.” In 2015, Nigerians went to the polls torn between the devil […]
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