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BREAKING: Police raid Premium Times, arrest publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi

The Nigeria police have raided the head office of online news medium, Premium Times in Abuja. According to a report on the website of the outfit, its publisher Dapo Olorunyomi, was arrested alongside the paper’s judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu. The report said, “Plain-clothed officers conducted search at the office shortly after 5p.m. Thursday, and said they were... Read More

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September 21, 2016

The Media Blog: Dapo Olorunyomi steps (just a bit) aside at Premium Times

This didn’t make as much of a splash as it should have. Understandable sha – it’s Nigeria after all, where the present has very little knowledge of its provenance. Dapo Olorunyomi is one of Nigerian journalism’s true greats. Almost every important milestone of the past 20 years has his footprints all over it – until... Read More

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