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Sahara Reporters
March 28, 2017
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“Sahara Reporters, Stephanie Otobo, Senator Dino Melaye and you” | Watch the latest edition of The Real Conversations with Omojuwa

by Dolapo Adelana Social media commentator, Japheth Omojuwa says it will be foolish for anyone to live his or life based on standards from social media. Speaking on the latest episode of The Real Conversations With Omojuwa, on his YouTube channel, Omojuwa, who spoke about some trending topics in the nation’s polity, such as Apostle Suleman... Read More
The News Blog
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March 28, 2017
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The Thread: “The gods are angry with us” “Uncle Dino is high” | Nigerians are dumbfounded by Dino Melaye

It’s official: Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West constituency, has antics for days. He has kept the media space entertaining with his responses to the allegation that he is not a graduate of any University, never mind seven as he claimed. Just take a look at this video Dino made after the Vice Chancellor of... Read More
Opinion
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March 28, 2017
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Does Senator Dino Melaye have 7 degrees or is he a 7-year old?

Hopefully, the people of Kogi west have properly acquainted themselves with this certificate scandal that has called to question the 7 academic degrees that Senator Dino Melaye, their representative in the Senate, claims that he has. And surely, larger public must not fail to pay close attention to the raging madness at the higher echelons... Read More
Thinking Through
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March 26, 2017
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“This is Lagos State. We don’t care about court orders” | See our top 10 quotes from the past week

Senator Dino Melaye has had the most stressful week of all but it definitely cannot compare with the kind of week that the survivors of the UK terror attack have had nor can it compare with the hardship that thousands of the now displaced residents of the Otodo Gbame fishing settlement in Lekki have suffered... Read More
Thinking Through
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March 26, 2017
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Melaye is no different from Babangida and his killer squad | Sowore vows to fight to death

by Dolapo Adelana Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters has said he is ready to die to ensure Nigeria takes it space back from those he described as “drug dealers, certificate forgers, money launderers, political manipulators, and assassins”. Sowore stated this on Saturday night via his Facebook page while reacting to a statement by Senator... Read More
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Dino Melaye
March 25, 2017
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Thought Experiment: What if Dino Melaye really does not have any University degrees?

The publishers of the online news medium, Sahara Reporters have opened a can of worms and if anyone had told us on Monday that the grammar spitting and 7 degrees-hot Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye never completed University, we’d have walked right up to Osbourne Road in Ikoyi as a means of expressing our utter surprise. Who’d... Read More
Thinking Through
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Dino Melaye
March 24, 2017
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“I see Sowore in befitting prison uniform” | Dino Melaye says in petition to the IGP

by Dolapo Adelana Senator Dino Melaye has said publisher of online newspaper, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore will go to jail. The senator made the assertion on Friday via his social media posts where he posted a petition dated March 24, 2017, he sent to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. In one of the posts,... Read More
The News Blog
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March 23, 2017
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Certificate scandal: I have been left psychologically and emotionally traumatised, Melaye tells court

by Dolapo Adelana Senator Dino Melaye, has said the certificate scandal brought up by online news medium Sahara Reporters has caused him psychological stress and emotional trauma. Melaye, who represents Kogi West in the Senate filed a N5bn libel lawsuit against the outfit said he would provide his certificate as evidence. In the suit he... Read More
The News Blog
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March 22, 2017
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Certificate scandal: ‘Dino Melaye to file N5bn libel suit against Sahara Reporters’

by Dolapo Adelana Senator Dino Melaye is set to file a N5 billion libel suit against an online media platform, Sahara Reporters, Vanguard reports. Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District is lodging the suit over what he termed alleged defamation of character, wrongful accusation, among other charges. According to his media office, the suit will... Read More
The News Blog
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March 20, 2017
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Did Dino graduate before he was born? | 3 other questions we have about Senator Melaye’s latest scandal

Sahara Reporters has literally “come again” as they say. Today the subject of their exposure series is Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West. According to the online news medium, Senator Dino Melaye did not meet the requisite points that would have enabled him graduate from his geography programme at the Ahmadu Bello University when he... Read More
Thinking Through
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March 20, 2017
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“I will not be surprised if Sahara Reporters say I’m not a Nigerian” – Dino Melaye

by Dolapo Adelana The Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district Dino Melaye has said he would not express any shock if online news medium Sahara Reporters one day disclosed he is not a Nigerian. Melaye, stated this on Monday via his Twitter account. The news medium had early Monday alleged that Melaye did not graduate... Read More
The News Blog
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March 20, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Melaye should come and explain how he graduated from university before he was born

Let’s take a quick cue from Sahara Reporters and pretend like this Flash news they’ve just shared on Twitter about Senator Dino Melaye’s university graduation is genuine. So, what we understand from this flash report is that Senator Dino Melaye was a student at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria but never graduated as he claimed. ... Read More
The Legislative Blog
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March 14, 2017
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The Thread: Elnathan John and Kayode Ogundamisi draw swords- and blood- over Journalism ethics

What happens when a lawyer and writer of satire addressess your matter? Expect nicks. Elnathan John and Kayode Ogundamisi had a drawn out duel over what constitutes journalism ethics and what it means to “speak for Boko Haram”. It all began with this video Sahara Reporters put out, and unfortunately it did not end with... Read More
Opinion
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March 3, 2017
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Paris Club refund scandal: We’ve no plans to arrest Saraki – EFCC

by Dolapo Adelana The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied reports that it planned to arrest President of the Senate Bukola Saraki over his alleged involvement in the Paris Club refund scandal. An online news platform, Sahara Reporters on Thursday reported that the anti-graft agency was ready to arrest Saraki and a former MD of his... Read More
The News Blog
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February 25, 2017
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BellaNaija remains at number 1, Zikoko slips out of the top 10 | The YNaija online (web) ranking

Eat Drink Lagos vaults into the top ten, seeing a boost in buzz over the past week in particular, likely the result of a controversial restaurant review. Konbini and Zikoko both drop out of the top 10, the novelty factor of both having long worn out, and due to there being no signs of a... Read More
Featured, The Media Blog
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February 21, 2017
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Opinion: I stand with James Onanefe Ibori

Anthony  Ademiluyi The corruption issue is one of the crafty strategies that the Caucasian imperialists have used to keep this country divided. Nigeria as the most populous black nation on earth is of strategic importance to the neo-colonialists and so it is in their best interest to perpetually keep this nation divided. In my bid... Read More
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February 17, 2017
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Opinion: Tukur Buratai, Fatai Owoseni are agents of ancient evils

by Bayo Oluwasanmi   Like many Nigerians, I am emerging from the shock of the recent outbreak of ancient evils in the form of harassment and arrests of journalists, reminiscent of President Muhammed Buhari’s days as military dictator and head of state. The latest attack on free press was carried out by both the Chief... Read More
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January 25, 2017
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Pius Adesanmi: A note to the Nigerian Guild of Editors

by Pius Adesanmi If the judgement of one of yours is to be believed, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is a credible actor and voice in whatever is left of Nigeria’s anti-corruption effort. If the discretion of one of yours is to be taken seriously, Dino Melaye, the fellow who represents me in the Senate, is... Read More
Opinion
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January 25, 2017
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Pius Adesanmi: Can Nigeria overcome corruption? Will Nigeria survive corruption?

By Pius Adesanmi The optimistic, overconfident Nigerian who offered me a “no shaking yes” to both questions was only able to do so because he successfully outed me as I tried to remain incognito and maintain a low profile at the hotel pool in Lagos. Retreating incognito to a hotel in Lagos to assess our... Read More
Opinion
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January 24, 2017
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The Thread: The tweet fight between Sahara Reporters and The Nation Nigeria

We bring you the fight of the night: two media houses- Sahara Reporters vs The Nation Nigeria- battling over credibility, and to a larger extent, supremacy. *rings bell. Let the fight begin: FLASH: Bola Tinubu's @TheNationNews story that @unilag_1962 students arrested for attacking V. Chancellor is a lie. @PoliceNG attacked them pic.twitter.com/TAl2GfVA5Z — Sahara Reporters... Read More
Cover Stories, Opinion, Thinking Through
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January 12, 2017
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The YNaija Ranking: BellaNaija is number 1 on our top 50 online media (web) ranking

BellaNaija holds the top spot in this category for very obvious reasons. Over the years, BellaNaija has grown in leaps to become a leader in the online media space in Nigeria, by staying true to its original purpose. Bella Naija remains the go-to site for diverse content ranging from news to entertainment to fashion and... Read More
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January 12, 2017
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Sowore demanded N100m from me – Fatodu

UK-based Nigerian journalist, Lekan Fatodu who facilitated the arrest of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore says he would take him to court for criminal defamation. Speaking with The Cable, Fatodu said he fell out with Sowore a friend of 20 years when he demanded N100m bribe from him. “I am charging Sowore to court, I am pushing a... Read More
The News Blog
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January 11, 2017
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UDPATE: Sahara Reporters publisher, Sowore transferred to State CID

Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters who was arrested on Wednesday by police has now been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos. Sowore, who wrote on his Facebook page accused Lekan Fatodu, the man who orchestrated his arrest of colluding with the Lagos Police. He said, “After the police “intervened”... Read More
The News Blog
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September 6, 2016
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The Media Blog: When it comes to top-banner ads, Premium Times is the new LIB

We never seem to talk about folks like Premium Times and Sahara Reporters when we speak of online media revenue models. Maybe for good reason, seeing as grants are a major part of their model. Which is legitimate of course. The kind of important, dangerous journalism they do (and the extra-judicial journalism, for want of... Read More
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June 6, 2016
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Report: Buhari also has a ‘terrible cough’, may have surgery in London

According to Sahara Reporters, President Muhammadu Buhari’s illness may be worse than Nigerians have been told. The President on Monday, travelled out of Nigeria to the United Kingdom to treat a niggling ear infection, which he has already received treatment for in the country. But the online platform reports that the President’s condition could be... Read More
The News Blog
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March 17, 2016
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‘They are people of certain classes’ | CBN defends appointment of Buhari’s nephew, 90 others

The Acting Director of Corporate Communications of the Central Bank of Nigeria,  Isaac Okorafor has tried to explain the alleged nepotism of the apex bank which is reflected in the secret recruitment of the wards of some national leaders. News outlet, Sahara Reporters had uncovered the secret recruitment of some relatives of President Muhammadu Buhari,... Read More
The News Blog
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March 16, 2016
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Senator Akpabio, Sahara Reporters lock horns on Twitter (READ)

An epic war of words erupted on Tuesday night between former governor of AKwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio and New York-based news outfit, Sahara Reporters. The rift started when the news outfit- through its Twitter handle- alleged that Akpabio has links to the embattled Lekki Gardens which is under probe by the Lagos state... Read More
The News Blog
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December 29, 2015
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‘I won’t dignify Sahara Reporters with a response – Musiliu Obanikoro

Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister has responded to the allegation by Sahara Reporters that he is outside the country to avoid being caught by Nigerian investigators. Sahara Reporters, a New York based news agency had stated that Obanikoro is hiding in a Gwinnnet Count, Georgia, where he reportedly bought a home in 2014. The report claimed that... Read More
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