Tag: Segun Olatunji

Segun Olatunji: Hero Or Villain?, By Bolanle BOLAWOLE

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Now, the more painful aspect of retractions is that the story being retracted may be correct substantially (if not in full) and the person being apologized to may not in the least deserve it.”   Segun Olatunji, the General Editor of an online publication whose abduction and detention by men in uniform, acting Gestapo-style, raised a lot of dust, has resigned his appointment. Olatunji resigned because he disagrees with the decision of his employers – the owners/management of First Media Network Limited, publishers of FirstNews newspaper – to retract the…

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Segun Olatunji Resigns As FirstNews Apologises To Gbajabiamila

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ My life is not safe. Truth shall prevail soon, but please pay one year salary you owe me – full details of Olatunji’s resignation letter ▪️ Report we published on Gbajabiamila contained falsehood and fabricated stories – FirstNews ▪️ A new case study in Nigeria’s journalism, reactions trail journalist’s resignation, newspaper’s apology   The General Editor, First News Media, Segun Olatunji, has resigned from his appointment. This came as the newspaper published a story with which it apologised to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila Olatunji,…

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Abducted Journalist, Segun Olatunji, Narrates Ordeal In Military Detention

Abibat Babalola

FirstNews editor Segun Olatunji, who regained his freedom on Thursday after 14 days in military detention, has recounted his ordeals in the hands of his abductors. Mr Olatunju was abducted from his Lagos home on 15 March by the military, taken to Abuja and held incommunicado until his release. While in detention, the journalists’ unions and his organisation relentlessly demanded his freedom. Shortly after his release, Mr Olatunji gave a vivid account of his ordeals at a joint presser organised by the International Press Institute (IPI), the Nigerian Guild of…

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