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Hit enter to search or ESC to close Features Back to Neusroom Neusroom Features Special reports and features from the Neusroom Team Four Hours Inside Old Bailey Criminal Court. Here’s What I Saw At The Ekweremadus’ Sentencing 8th May 2023 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare, who travelled to London in the United Kingdom to witness the sentencing of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and Dr Obinna Obeta over organ harvesting charges, writes about what he saw in the court. Read Story ‘Maximum Shishi’: How OAU’s Agelong ‘Mob Justice’ Tradition Claimed Final Year Student’s Life 3rd May 2023 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare traces the history of Obafemi Awolowo University’s ‘mob justice’ tradition which many alumni claimed has helped to curb cultism in over two decades. Read Story IWD 2023: MTN Celebrates 27 Leading Nigerian Women in ICT 8th March 2023 A Special project by MTN Nigeria in commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day themed ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’ Read Story We Asked Artificial Intelligence To Predict Nigeria’s Future As Citizens Elect New Leaders. Here’s The Result 22nd February 2023 A Special Voters’ Awareness Campaign By Neusroom With Creative Support From X3M Ideas Read Story Peace Anyiam-Osigwe: Obituary of the Visionary Lawyer and Filmmaker Passionate About Giving Voice to the Voiceless 19th January 2023 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare writes about Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, the visionary lawyer, writer and filmmaker who founded the Africa Movie Academy Award (AMAA) and died at 53. Read Story How Fraudsters Are Opening Fake Business Accounts To Defraud The Public 2nd December 2022 Neusroom’s Yusuf Omotayo writes about how fraudsters are able to create fake business accounts to dupe thousands of Nigerians. Read Story How Fraudsters Are Creating Fake Addresses On Google Maps To Defraud Nigerians 1st December 2022 Neusroom’s Yusuf Omotayo writes on fraudsters are opening fake addresses on Google Maps to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians when they go online to look for information about businesses. Read Story Karl Toriola – Portrait Of The Telecom Guru And MTN Nigeria CEO Disrupting The Status Quo 30th October 2022 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare writes about Karl Olutokun Toriola, the CEO of MTN Nigeria, leading Nigeria’s largest corporate organisation by revenue outside of the oil industry Read Story Gideon John – Displaced By Insurgency. Choked By Flooding. The Story Of 25-Year-Old Nigerian Rice Farmer Who Lost All 25th October 2022 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare writes about how Nigeria’s worst flooding in a decade is choking the livelihood of many young Nigerians devising innovative ways out of the country’s economic woes. Read Story Idowu Ajagbe: How Killing Of Okada Rider Who Volunteered To Deliver Ransom To Ogbomoso Kidnappers Threw His Family In Despair 13th September 2022 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare writes about how the killing of 40-year-old Idowu Ajagbe, through his selfless service, has thrown his wife and four children into despair. Read Story Olugbenga Owolabi – He Left Nigeria In His 20s, Abducted And Killed On His Return In His 50s. The Horrific Story Of Ogbomoso Hotelier 13th September 2022 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare writes about the 55-year-old Nigerian-American businessman killed in Nigeria on his return to invest in the country. Read Story Daniel Bamidele: Punished By Buhari For Reporting A Planned Coup. Then Babangida Executed Him 3 Years Later For Not Reporting Another 1st September 2022 Neusroom’s Yusuf Omotayo writes on the story of Major Daniel Bamidele executed for not reporting a coup despite being arrested three years earlier for reporting one. Read Story When Celebrities Become Tools To Defraud Nigerians 16th June 2022 Globally, celebrities are fast becoming influencers as companies leverage their status to advertise goods and services. In Nigeria, scammers have found a way to use celebrities to get to unsuspecting Nigerians to defraud them. Read Story I Visited Ojukwu Bunker, The Hiding Place Of The Biafran Warlord During The Civil War. Here’s What I Found 14th June 2022 Neusroom’s Emmanuel Azubuike writes about his visit to Odumegwu Ojukwu’s bunker during the civil war. Read Story June 12: I Sat With The Father Of Richard Ogunderu, The Teenager Who Hijacked A Plane In 1993. Here’s What He Told Me 12th June 2022 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare writes about Richard Ogunderu, the teenager who, alongside three other young men in their 20s, hijacked a Lagos-Abuja plane to protest the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Read Story I Attended The Funeral Of Dr Chinelo Megafu. Here’s What I Left With 28 April 2022 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare writes about Dr Chinelo Megafu, the 29-year-old dental surgeon, killed by terrorist on Abuja-Kaduna train. Read Story PREMIUM Azuh Arinze – The resilient reporter with a knack for exclusives and hard-to-find scoops 27 March 2022 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare writes about Azuh Arinze, the resilient reporter, editor and publisher with a formidable network of Nigeria’s who’s who. Read Story Sodium: The Story Of Abisoye Fagade 10 March 2022 A Neusroom exclusive interview with Abisoye Fagade, CEO of Sodium Group and a leading governorship aspirant in Oyo State. Read Story PREMIUM 20 Years After Ikeja Bomb Explosion, I Sat With Families Of Victims. Here’s What They Told Me 27 January 2022 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare revisits the story of victims of Ikeja bomb explosion that led to the death of over 700 people, on January 27, 2002. Read Story PREMIUM One Year After: I Spent An Hour With Pelumi Onifade’s Family. I Left With A Shattered Heart 3 November 2021 Neusroom’s Michael Orodare visits the family of Pelumi Onifade, a year after the 20-year-old journalist was shot dead by Nigerian Police in Lagos. Read Story PREMIUM Bamise And Elizabeth Ajetunmobi – Who Are The ‘Bankers To The Less Privileged’ Accused Of Masterminding One Of Nigeria’s Biggest Investment Frauds 22 October 2021 A Neusroom special profile on Bamise Ajetunmobi and his wife Elizabeth, MD and Chairman of Imagine Lenders, in the middle of a multi-billion Naira investment fraud scandal. Read Story PREMIUM Abisoye Fagade – The Marketing Communication Executive With A Keen Eye On Political Office 23 October 2021 A Neusroom special profile on Abisoye Fagade, the CEO of Sodium Group who dreams aloud of the day Oyo will become Nigeria’s second economic hub. Read Story PREMIUM How Nigerian Micro-Credit Loans Are Making Women Poorer 9 October 2021 Most Nigerian micro-credit loan services claim to provide access to non-collateral funds to women to alleviate their poverty. In reality many of these women sink into a vicious circle of debt that makes them poorer. Read Story Obituary: Martin ‘Sounds’ Mabutho – The Larger Than Life Marketing Genius Who Made Nigeria Home 19 September 2021 A Neusroom Special on Late Martin Gaone Mabutho, MultiChoice Nigeria’s Chief Customer Officer who drove his team with an unfathomable suave and vigour. Read Story Obituary: Sound Sultan – The Singer Who Used His Music For Education and Social Commentary 22 July 2021 A Neusroom special on Olanrewaju Abdulganiu ‘Sound Sultan’ Fasasi, the talented creative who blessed the world with his multiple gifts. Read Story PREMIUM Omolara: How The Life of A Promising Entrepreneur Was Cut Short By Alleged Medical Negligence 25 June 2021 Omolara Omoyajowo was a promising young Nigerian entrepreneur working towards establishing multiple businesses when she died. The death of the orphan has sparked outrage and raised questions about Nigeria’s health sector. Read Story PREMIUM TB Joshua: The philanthropist and preacher who suffered rejection until his death 22 June 2021 Neusroom’s special obituary on Temitope Balogun Joshua, the philanthropist and preacher who became more popular for his many controversies. Read Story PREMIUM Oba Funsho Adeolu: The Account Of The Controversial Ritual Involved in Burial of Beloved Actor and King 21 June 2021...