Michael Orodare

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Noel Njoku
Family, friends mourn Noel Njoku, 48-year-old Nigerian delivery driver shot dead in America

Noel Njoku, the 48-year-old Nigerian driver, shot to death while delivering food in the Mitchellville…

Has Twitter agreed to open an office in Nigeria? We asked the tech company. Here’s what they said

Twitter has reacted to reports claiming it will open an office in Nigeria in 2022…

Abba Kyari hushpuppi
Does Abba Kyari deserve a second chance?

I’ve never really been a fan of the Nigeria Police Force. It’s perhaps the only…

Hushpuppi
News Analysis: Why the Hushpuppi saga may not end soon 

The world over, when crime suspects are arrested, what follows is their trial and conviction.…

Guilty Plea: ‘I don’t comment on cases he personally handles’ – Hushpuppi’s lawyer, Louis Shapiro, tells Neusroom

Louis Shapiro, the Attorney representing alleged internet fraudster Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas in the United States,…

Hushpuppi
Wire fraud, money laundering and four other charges will be dismissed if Hushpuppi abides by plea agreement – DoJ tells Neusroom

The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for Central District of California has said it may…

Abba Kyari: Nigeria’s most celebrated cop is indicted in global fraud scheme. He faces same sentence as Hushpuppi

One of Nigeria’s most celebrated police officers, Abba Kyari, credited with leading some of Nigeria…

Michael Orodare Conflict Reporting
Michael Orodare: Conflict Reporting in a volatile, unstable, complex and ambiguous environment 

On Thursday, July 22, 2021, I was one of the panellists at a two-day Capacity…

Obituary: Sound Sultan – The Singer who used his music for education and social commentary

Whether it was using his music to address social issues, correct the ills of society,…

Priye Iyalla-Amadi: The woman who fought law preventing issuance of passport to married women without husband’s consent

On June 1, 2009, the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, delivered a…

Sound Sultan
Sound Sultan: Here’s all you need to know about Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma that has no known cause 

Cancer, the world’s leading cause of death, dealt another terrible blow to the Nigerian music…

10 prominent Lagos families who are descendants of freed slaves

After the transatlantic slave trade was abolished in the 1800s, liberated slaves called ‘Saro’ moved…

NYSC Civil War
How Nigerian civil war led to the establishment of NYSC

In May 1973, three years after the civil war, General Yakubu Gowon established the National…

Igbo Landing: How enslaved Igbos drowned themselves in American creek to resist slavery in 1803

In 1803, a group of enslaved Igbo men walked into a creek in Georgia, U.S,…

Honeywell FLour Mills
Nigeria’s leading FMCG company shares story behind its record growth amid COVID-19 pandemic

Despite the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, Honeywell Flour Mills Plc recorded some of…

Nnamdi Kanu arrested, trial adjourned till July 27 – Malami tells Neusroom

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), told Neusroom…

Chidinma Ojukwu Neusroom
‘Everything about Chidinma changed rapidly’ – Neighbours share details about suspected killer of Usifo Ataga 

The mood on Akinwunmi street, in Alagomeji, Yaba, on Friday morning, June 24, 2021, was…

Oliver Stolpe
Oliver Stolpe, UNODC’s country rep, to join MTN ASAP conversation on drug abuse 

Oliver Stolpe, the Country Representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)…