By Dr Tom Ohikere

The clarification by the management of the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) that Distinguished Senator Dino Melaye truly graduated from the institution did not only lay to rest the malicious and self stretched allegation of certificate forgery against him but it also showed how jaundiced the media has become in the contemporary democracy.

A controversial online News medium, Sahara Reporters had alleged that Senator Melaye did not graduate from ABU, alleging that, the Kogi West Senator did not pass some core courses which could have qualified him for graduation. Senator Melaye has since sued the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore to a federal High Court sitting in Abuja for alleged defamation of character and cyberstalking.

Senator Melaye is demanding 5 billion naira for damages. Surprisingly however, some main stream media also joined the Mêlée of self-tagged investigative journalism aimed at denting the image of distinguished Senator Melaye and possibly silencing him from ventilating his mind while carrying out his constitutional assignment as a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Punch in its Sunday edition being 26th March, 2017 alleged that its investigation into the certificate forgery allegation took a new dimension as it said, Senator Dino’s name was not found on the ABU Alumni’s website thereby lending its voice to the belief that Dino did not graduate from the school. This has further proven the dearth of investigative journalism in Nigeria and endanger nascent and reduce the trust that people have in the media.

However, some analysts have said that, the certificate scandal could be traced to the Senator Dino’s stand and his outspokenness on some issues of national importance which is perceived in most cases to be variance from the prism of the power that be. A point of order was subsequently raised by Senator Ali Ndume calling the attention of the upper chamber to the alleged certificate forgery as reported in a section of the media which necessitated the Red Chamber to mandate its committee of Ethic and Privilege and Public petitions to investigate the case. The committee which was headed by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, met on Monday with Senator Melaye and the Vice Chancellor of ABU, Prof. , Ibrahim Garba in attendance.

Meanwhile, On his part, Prof Ibrahim who sighted the school’s record, said Senator Melaye successfully graduated from the school with a third class in Geography. As the time Senator Melaye was studying Geography in ABU, geography department was still domiciled at the school’s faculty of Art before it was later moved to the faculty of Science after a deliberation on the scientific nature of geography by the school authorities. This explains why his certificate reads BA in geography.

However, while addressing the committee, Senator Melaye tendered several documents before the hallowed committee to substantiate his stand that he truly and successfully went through ABU and has his certificate to that regards. Among the document tendered by Senator Melaye included, his admission latter, the acceptance letter, his final year result, his statement of results and his NYSC discharge certificate. Still for the records, senator Melaye who is presently pursuing his 2nd degree of masters in law enforcement and criminal justice, after acquiring masters in international affairs and diplomacy.

Before now, ABU, Zaria has sent his transcript to University of Jos for advance diploma in law, security and conflict management. He is also presently rounding up another masters degree in policy analysis in university of Abuja, he has since completed his course work and presently working on his thesis for defense. Having failed in his malicious attempts to nail Dino to the wall of disgrace, Sahara Reporters and his cohorts are now wallowing in their self inflicted pains and are still finding it extremely difficult to nurse their wounds. Rather than being ashamed of his biased reports, and for unnecessarily heating up the polity, Sahara Reporters who always claims of being an Omnipresent Media house still went ahead to discredit what ABU’s VC said. It is only with Sahara Reporters that a department’s exams officer of a university has powerful voice than the Vice Chancellor who by laws is known as the Chief Executive of the school.

The truth is, Sahara Reporters has overstayed its welcome in our country and it is high time appropriates authorities regulate the activities of the media and probably shift off the non professional among them otherwise, it will reach a point whereby the same media that was used to fight for the return of our democracy will still be the same arsenal to kill the democracy. It has become a whipping stick in the hands of the power that be to attack those who see things differently from the view of its paymasters, otherwise, how would Sahara Reporters whose Publisher studied Geography and Planning think that, an individual can forge a geography certificate from a prestigious university, such as the Ahmadu Bello University and get away with it?

This also showed how fake the so-called journalistic investigation of this era has become. I am a not graduate of ABU, Zaria, but one thing we have known ABU for over the year is its precious integrity. ABU’s glory over time is in the integrity of its certificate. And the pride of ABU over the years lies in the joy that each of its graduates can always be proud of its certificate not minding the class of the degrees. Let me put the record straight without equivocation that Senator Dino never says he served in 1999 but posted a photo of his final year set of 1999/2000 Academic session set in NYSC camp who were posted to Kaduna for service. It suffice it to say that, Senator Melaye presented his NYSC discharge certificate on Monday while addressing the aforementioned senate committee but it should also be noted that Senator Melaye’s NYSC discharged certificate did not read 1999 as those who are in the business of blackmailing are alleging.

A perusal through Dino Melaye’s NYSC discharged certificate shows that, he started his national service year between 9th July, 2000 through 8th July, 2001 and he served at the Police College, Kaduna. The record is there for any doubting Thomas to verify. The intelligent Senator did only serve his fatherland with lethargy but with always the passion and energy within his which made him to win the Director General NYSC’s national price. An uncommon feat that could only be achieved by dedicated corps members who have vowed the serve their fatherland both in the sun and the rain.

A lot of people who do not know much about Senator Melaye may not know that, the distinguished Senator is not only courageous and outspoken but he is also an intelligent individual with good academic records from his formative years. Dino melaye has exhibited many leadership traits from birth as from class one to five in primary school, he was the class monitor while in class 6 he was made the school’s head boy and in secondary school, he was the class monitor from form JSS one and later emerged as the school’s deputy head. Besides, Senator Melaye was the president of the school’s press and debate club. He attended AbdulAzeez Attah Memorial college, Okene.

It is therefore instructive to tame unprofessionalism associated with the modern day journalism in the country especially that the country is warming up for the 2019 general elections whose timetable has been released by the Nation’s electoral umpire, INEC.

Dr Tom is the Managing Director of thebroom Media Platform

Source: http://thebroom.ng/dino-melaye-sahara-reporters-journalism/

Thanks for recapping the headline...


After all said and done, Dino graduated with a 3rd class from Ahmadu Bello University and did a compulsory youth service... This of course has been verified...


Meanwhile, in the wake of the event, some zombies have started hanging themselves...



However, we still have a whopping sum of N5bl outstanding from someone who's planning on committing suicide...


Oga, abeg pay US our money before hanging yourself o....


Kikikikikiki

I will come around to comment Later.

Let take some time and read thru...

cc: Mynd44, Lalatiscala

Long story for the gods.


Sahara Desert reporter - APC Media Arm

Dino Malaye - APC Senator

Meaning, infighting within a party allowed by the gods to disgrace the one destined to be disgraced by the gods.


The gods are not to blame

I regreted reading this trash..

sapientia:
I regreted reading this trash..

Now,now...that's harsh......

Dino just share this on his Twitter page

Oh you saw it too? He also shared it on facebook

Mastermind91:
Dino just share this on his Twitter page

How are we sure Dino himself is not the author of this?

Mastermind91:
Dino just share this on his Twitter page

I also saw it.. Attention should be on how to move this nation forward rather than spending time on meaningless issues... We all know the outcome of these even from the start.

Nemma:
I also saw it.. Attention should be on how to move this nation forward rather than spending time on meaningless issues... We all know the outcome of these even from the start.

.
Sure. We need action not words to move Nigeria to better level

I'm Surprised too!

[quote author=Ajasco222 post=55082153] Oh you saw it too? He also shared it on facebook[/quote
Okay na

In standing for the truth, Dino made a lot of powerful enemies and one or two of them hatched this malicious and diabolical plot to bring down the senator. Nelson Mandela was jailed for 27years just because he spoke the truth.

Sowore on the other is basically an attack dog that is being used by his curropt pay masters. Sowore is not a journalist. Sowore is an insult to journalism the world over because he has failed in the three basic principles of journalism, as a journalist you must be neutral, you must be truthful and only publish facts. Sowore is just a brown envelope blogger who uses his blog to tarnish the image of the perceived enemies of his pay masters.

Broommedia:
By Dr Tom Ohikere

The clarification by the management of the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) that Distinguished Senator Dino Melaye truly graduated from the institution did not only lay to rest the malicious and self stretched allegation of certificate forgery against him but it also showed how jaundiced the media has become in the contemporary democracy.

A controversial online News medium, Sahara Reporters had alleged that Senator Melaye did not graduate from ABU, alleging that, the Kogi West Senator did not pass some core courses which could have qualified him for graduation. Senator Melaye has since sued the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore to a federal High Court sitting in Abuja for alleged defamation of character and cyberstalking.

Senator Melaye is demanding 5 billion naira for damages. Surprisingly however, some main stream media also joined the Mêlée of self-tagged investigative journalism aimed at denting the image of distinguished Senator Melaye and possibly silencing him from ventilating his mind while carrying out his constitutional assignment as a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Punch in its Sunday edition being 26th March, 2017 alleged that its investigation into the certificate forgery allegation took a new dimension as it said, Senator Dino’s name was not found on the ABU Alumni’s website thereby lending its voice to the belief that Dino did not graduate from the school. This has further proven the dearth of investigative journalism in Nigeria and endanger nascent and reduce the trust that people have in the media.

However, some analysts have said that, the certificate scandal could be traced to the Senator Dino’s stand and his outspokenness on some issues of national importance which is perceived in most cases to be variance from the prism of the power that be. A point of order was subsequently raised by Senator Ali Ndume calling the attention of the upper chamber to the alleged certificate forgery as reported in a section of the media which necessitated the Red Chamber to mandate its committee of Ethic and Privilege and Public petitions to investigate the case. The committee which was headed by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, met on Monday with Senator Melaye and the Vice Chancellor of ABU, Prof. , Ibrahim Garba in attendance.

Meanwhile, On his part, Prof Ibrahim who sighted the school’s record, said Senator Melaye successfully graduated from the school with a third class in Geography. As the time Senator Melaye was studying Geography in ABU, geography department was still domiciled at the school’s faculty of Art before it was later moved to the faculty of Science after a deliberation on the scientific nature of geography by the school authorities. This explains why his certificate reads BA in geography.

However, while addressing the committee, Senator Melaye tendered several documents before the hallowed committee to substantiate his stand that he truly and successfully went through ABU and has his certificate to that regards. Among the document tendered by Senator Melaye included, his admission latter, the acceptance letter, his final year result, his statement of results and his NYSC discharge certificate. Still for the records, senator Melaye who is presently pursuing his 2nd degree of masters in law enforcement and criminal justice, after acquiring masters in international affairs and diplomacy.

Before now, ABU, Zaria has sent his transcript to University of Jos for advance diploma in law, security and conflict management. He is also presently rounding up another masters degree in policy analysis in university of Abuja, he has since completed his course work and presently working on his thesis for defense. Having failed in his malicious attempts to nail Dino to the wall of disgrace, Sahara Reporters and his cohorts are now wallowing in their self inflicted pains and are still finding it extremely difficult to nurse their wounds. Rather than being ashamed of his biased reports, and for unnecessarily heating up the polity, Sahara Reporters who always claims of being an Omnipresent Media house still went ahead to discredit what ABU’s VC said. It is only with Sahara Reporters that a department’s exams officer of a university has powerful voice than the Vice Chancellor who by laws is known as the Chief Executive of the school.

The truth is, Sahara Reporters has overstayed its welcome in our country and it is high time appropriates authorities regulate the activities of the media and probably shift off the non professional among them otherwise, it will reach a point whereby the same media that was used to fight for the return of our democracy will still be the same arsenal to kill the democracy. It has become a whipping stick in the hands of the power that be to attack those who see things differently from the view of its paymasters, otherwise, how would Sahara Reporters whose Publisher studied Geography and Planning think that, an individual can forge a geography certificate from a prestigious university, such as the Ahmadu Bello University and get away with it?

This also showed how fake the so-called journalistic investigation of this era has become. I am a not graduate of ABU, Zaria, but one thing we have known ABU for over the year is its precious integrity. ABU’s glory over time is in the integrity of its certificate. And the pride of ABU over the years lies in the joy that each of its graduates can always be proud of its certificate not minding the class of the degrees. Let me put the record straight without equivocation that Senator Dino never says he served in 1999 but posted a photo of his final year set of 1999/2000 Academic session set in NYSC camp who were posted to Kaduna for service. It suffice it to say that, Senator Melaye presented his NYSC discharge certificate on Monday while addressing the aforementioned senate committee but it should also be noted that Senator Melaye’s NYSC discharged certificate did not read 1999 as those who are in the business of blackmailing are alleging.

A perusal through Dino Melaye’s NYSC discharged certificate shows that, he started his national service year between 9th July, 2000 through 8th July, 2001 and he served at the Police College, Kaduna. The record is there for any doubting Thomas to verify. The intelligent Senator did only serve his fatherland with lethargy but with always the passion and energy within his which made him to win the Director General NYSC’s national price. An uncommon feat that could only be achieved by dedicated corps members who have vowed the serve their fatherland both in the sun and the rain.

A lot of people who do not know much about Senator Melaye may not know that, the distinguished Senator is not only courageous and outspoken but he is also an intelligent individual with good academic records from his formative years. Dino melaye has exhibited many leadership traits from birth as from class one to five in primary school, he was the class monitor while in class 6 he was made the school’s head boy and in secondary school, he was the class monitor from form JSS one and later emerged as the school’s deputy head. Besides, Senator Melaye was the president of the school’s press and debate club. He attended AbdulAzeez Attah Memorial college, Okene.

It is therefore instructive to tame unprofessionalism associated with the modern day journalism in the country especially that the country is warming up for the 2019 general elections whose timetable has been released by the Nation’s electoral umpire, INEC.

Dr Tom is the Managing Director of thebroom Media Platform

Source: http://thebroom.ng/dino-melaye-sahara-reporters-journalism/

This long epistle for a case that is already before a court of law? Yet you say some journalists are jaundiced
what will you be called ?
Ignoramus
wait until the outcome of the court case.
Useless paid writter

This boy that commented ahead of me in mumu nature says the case is in court, does it mean since the case is in court verifiable evidence that will nail the fake news agency emanating from a credible member of the school shouldn't be reported ni? Abeg clear from the road jare.

IPod yoot of corruption

sapientia:
I regreted reading this trash..

I know u wud

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