Last week, Nigeria was faced with what Yoruba call egbinrin ote. When afflictions come in multiple, they become a plague. A plague is almost synonymous with Yoruba’s egbinrin ote. Literally, egbinrin ote is leaves of conspiracy. When you pluck a single leaf out of the branch of a tree of conspiracy, another leaf sprouts immediately to replace it. Any attempt …

Segun Olatunji, the General Editor of an online publication whose abduction and detention by men in uniform, acting Gestapo-style, raised a lot of dust, has resigned his appointment. Olatunji resigned because he disagrees with the decision of his employers – the owners/management of First Media Network Limited, publishers of FirstNews newspaper – to retract the story that had led to his travail …

The General Editor of FirstNews, Mr. Segun Olatunji has resigned hours after the publication of an apology to the Chief of Staff of President Bola Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. Olatunji, who spent 14 days in the custody of Defence Intelligence Agency, Abuja for a report on Gbajabiamila, said he resigned for his safety and that of the family. The report, …

Major media bodies and civil society organisations (CSO) have condemned the recent arrest and detention of the Editor of FirstNews newspaper, Mr Segun Olatunji, and demanded a thorough investigation into the incident. The media bodies and CSOs that made the call include Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN); Nigerian Press Organisations (NPO); Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON); Nigerian Guild of …

The kidnapped Editor of FirstNews Online Newspaper, Segun Olatunji, on Thursday, recounted his ordeal at the Defence Intelligence Agency following his abduction by military men on 15 March 2024. Olatunji regained his freedom on Thursday after spending nearly two weeks in the DIA detention, while his family and colleagues worried about his whereabouts. After keeping mum throughout, military authorities, on …

The Nigeria National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to facilitate the freedom of an abducted journalist, Segun Olatunji, from his captors. The Editor of FirstNews, Olatunji was whisked away from his home in Lagos by armed men in two unmarked vans 12 days ago. It was learnt that the men, two …

Authorities of the Nigeria Police Force have commenced investigation to unravel the whereabouts of the editor of FirstNews, Mr. Segun Olatunji, who was abducted from his Lagos home last Friday. Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while responding to inquiry on what the police is doing to secure the release of the …