Olusegun Adeniyi

Editorial Board Chairman at This Day (Nigeria)

Journalist, Writer, former Presidential Spokesman and Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters

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Senate approves ₦124.2bn Police Trust Fund Budget

1 week ago | theconclaveng.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

The Senate has approved ₦124.2 billion budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) for the 2024 fiscal year, aimed at enhancing the operational capacity of the Nigeria Police Force. The approval came after the presentation of a report by the Senate Committee on Police Affairs during plenary on Wednesday.
26 Years of Democracy by Iberiberism

1 week ago | thisdaylive.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

By Olusegun AdeniyiOn 30th May 2018, then Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha added a new word to the vocabulary of politics in Nigeria.
On the Trail of Plateau Killers

2 weeks ago | thisdaylive.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

By Olusegun AdeniyiMy daughter, Ifeoluwa, called on Monday to ask why I was in Jos. I explained that I had been appointed as a member of a fact-finding committee on the incessant attacks on communities in Plateau State and the inauguration was scheduled for the next day.
Reflections on Leadership in Freetown

3 weeks ago | thisdaylive.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

By Olusegun AdeniyiWhen I was ushered into his office at about 5pm on Monday after what had been a long day for him, President Maada Bio was still treating files on his table. But I was curious to know more about something I had seen in the documentary of his life that had been aired during the ceremony to mark his 61st birthday earlier in the day.
Ogban, INEC and Election Riggers

1 month ago | thisdaylive.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

By Olusegun AdeniyiIn a landmark judgement that could deal with those who lend themselves to electoral malpractices in Nigeria, the Court of Appeal in Calabar last week upheld the conviction of Peter Ogban. The professor of soil science at the University of Calabar was the returning officer in the 2019 Akwa Ibom North West senatorial election, which he attempted to rig in favour of the man who is now our Senate President: Godswill Akpabio.
Multi ‘Zero-Party’ Democracy

1 month ago | thisdaylive.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

By Olusegun AdeniyiIn his book, ‘From Opposition to Governing Party: Nigeria’s APC Merger Story’, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu (now of blessed memory) discussed the delicate negotiations that eventually culminated in the registration of the APC. Each of the merging parties and groups came with their own proposals, especially regarding the party’s acronym. “Each emerging partner wanted the new name to be as close as possible to its old name.
CBEX Ponzi and ‘Miracle Money’

1 month ago | thisdaylive.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

By Olusegun AdeniyiLong before the late Sergei Mavrodi arrived on the Nigerian financial scene in November 2015 with his MMM pyramid scheme, his reputation as an international fraudster preceded him. As far back as 2007, Mavrodi had been convicted in Russia for defrauding 10,000 investors.
Scores of Boko Haram suspects arrested in Lagos - CJTF

1 month ago | theconclaveng.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

File photo: Nigerian TroopsScores of suspected Boko Haram members have been arrested in Lagos State, the Commander of the Civilian Joint Task Force in Lagos, Mr Kumar Sanda, has disclosed. Kumar made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at an award ceremony in Lagos. He underscored the CJTF’s ongoing efforts to prevent the infiltration of Boko Haram insurgents and bandits fleeing the North into Lagos.
Wanderers in the North FEMI ADEOTI COLUMN Daily Sun, Thursday, April 17, 2025

1 month ago | newspotng.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

AdvertisementBy every benchmark. We have no business belonging to their North. All odds are against us. We are not cut out for their North. All indices that define a boundary do not work in our favour. Not even one bit. The list is legion. Talk of rivers, topography, mountains, hills, valleys, vegetation, et al. Naturally, all these are more than sufficient. They effectively cut us far away from their North. What other proof? What other evidenceWe ought to be comfortable with our kith and kin in the West.
When Native Doctors ‘Mint’ Money

1 month ago | thisdaylive.com | Olusegun Adeniyi

Breaking News By Olusegun AdeniyiThe superstitious belief that instant wealth can be conjured by herbalists or ‘native doctors’ has sent an inordinate number of innocent people to their untimely death in Nigeria. But how desperate or gullible must someone be not to understand that if these ‘native doctors’ could create money by performing rituals, they themselves would not be so poor?