FEATURES

The Anatomy of a Microscopic Interview: A Note to Rufai Oseni

Daily Dispatch October 8, 2025

By Anietie John Ukpe There are few spectacles more tragicomic than a man who has mistaken a microphone for a microscope. Rufai Oseni, a graduate of Animal Anatomy and now inquisitor-general of Arise TV, provides one such spectacle daily. Watching him conduct an interview is like watching a

COLUMNS

Between Lere Olayinka and Rufai Oseni…

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 7 September, 2025). “What is the difference between journalists on one hand and broadcasters, presenters, radio and television personalities, news anchors and talk-show hosts on the other?” You must be familiar with the […]

NEWS

Ex-convict status disqualifies you from TV interviews – Lere blasts Oseni Rufai

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2025

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has launched a scathing attack on Arise TV anchor, Rufai Oseni, labeling him an “ex-convict” unfit to interview Nigerians on television. In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Olayinka alleged […]

COLUMNS

Neutrality Or Advocacy: The Impossible Choices For Nigerian Journalists In A Failing State

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2025

By Akin Olaniyam “Comment is free, but facts are sacred. “Propaganda,” so called, by this means is hateful” – CP Scott In trivialising the interesting exchanges between Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communication and social media to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike and Rufai Oseni of Arise TV, the media […]