Olusegun Adeniyi, Author at The News Chronicle

Where is Murtala Nyako?

Olusegun Adeniyi Mar 04, 2021

On 16th April 2014, the Northern Governors Forum met in Kaduna to discuss the security challenge facing the region at the time. Three days later, Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd), then Governor of Adamawa State, released a memo he presented at the session titled ‘On-Going Full-Fledged Genocide in Northern Nigeria’. In the poorly written, long-winding memo, […]

Blood in the Banking Halls

Olusegun Adeniyi Jun 11, 2020

In most countries, including those with high crime rates, men of the underworld avoid killing police personnel because it would bring too much trouble. In Nigeria, criminal gangs not only engage police in frequent combat, they sometimes target them for an attack before carrying out their nefarious activities. The situation is so bad that on […]

On Gbajabiamila’s ‘Coronavirus’ Bill

Olusegun Adeniyi May 07, 2020

The ‘Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020’ sponsored by the Speaker, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila and two other members (Pascal Obi and Tanko Sununu) was last week rushed through first and second readings in the House of Representatives. Rather curiously, members were not provided copies of the legislation until motives of the sponsors were called into […]

China, COVID-19 and African Anger

Olusegun Adeniyi Apr 16, 2020

Following a meeting in Beijing last Thursday, the ‘Group of African Ambassadors’ wrote a joint letter to Chinese authorities to express their displeasure with the growing “discrimination and stigmatization” of people from the continent. Without a single report that African nationals have violated Chinese government anti-pandemic regulations, the ambassadors said, “we have received disquieting reports […]

Lockdown in a Feeding Bottle Economy

Olusegun Adeniyi Apr 10, 2020

As we practice social distancing, it is important to practice mental distancing as well. This means staying away from certain categories of people: Quack doctors who claim they have a cure for coronavirus; fake prophets who tell tales of how they saw this virus coming and can end it; conspiracy theorists who argue that this […]

COVID-19: And Here We Go Again…

Olusegun Adeniyi Mar 05, 2020

The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi, Email: olusegun.adeniyi@thisdaylive.com “From 1 January through 9 February 2020, 472 laboratory-confirmed cases including 70 deaths have been reported in 26 out of 36 Nigerian states and the Federal Capital Territory. Of the 472 confirmed cases, 75% have been reported from three states: Edo (167 cases), Ondo (156 cases) and Ebonyi […]

When Judges Become Our Electoral College

Olusegun Adeniyi Feb 27, 2020

While blaming the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for “the problems associated with candidates’ selection process” in the party, the Director-General of the Progressives Congress Forum, Mr Salihu Lukeman added that democracy in Nigeria is now anchored not on the choice of the electorate, but on “what can be regarded […]

The Debt We Owe Nigeria

Olusegun Adeniyi Dec 19, 2019

That so many of our professionals are leaving Nigeria for societies where things work and where they believe their families can be assured of a secure means of livelihood is a normal human aspiration. I understand the frustrations arising from government failings and dwindling opportunities pushing this drift, especially for our young men and women. […]

Sowore, DSS and National Security

Olusegun Adeniyi Dec 12, 2019

In my phone conversation with SaharaReporters publisher, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, shortly after he was released on bail by the Directorate of State Security (DSS) last Thursday evening, he informed me of the court appearance scheduled for the next day. What he could not have envisaged was the unfortunate courtroom drama that has become an international […]

Yari and The Sign of the Times

Olusegun Adeniyi Nov 28, 2019

In 2006, Professor Jerry Gana—who started as Minister between 1999 and 2003—served as Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo. But during the period when many of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) politicians tried to outdo themselves on the ‘Third Term’ agenda, Gana stayed out of the fray. That did not go unnoticed by […]

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