Jeff Koinange Sacked From CNN Over His Story On The Niger-delta Based Mend Group

Did CNN tell you why they booted him out?Simple question!No where in the thread was this answered.We are only speculating that it is over the Niger-Delta story.

I don't like all this " biafrans" Everybody is Nigerians. leave nairaland and create biafraland.com

i strongly stand for ONE NIGERIA.
Biafra is a bygone and by Gods grace will never rise again.
our unity is our strenght. Divided we will fall yakataaaaa.
Godbless.

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point noted, I believe it must have been because I said I was kenyan, 

I think this issue is more of breaking the rules of professionalism. As a trained journalist myself, the mere fact of paying to obtain information is a disservice to the people who depend on me for information.

Agreed there are militias in the niger delta region , there are problems of insecurity and diseases in africa but it is my belief that someday africa will rise from the shackles of such hypocrisy, because even in the usa there are terrible places and situations that needs urgent media attention.

MY POINT Jeff is very wrong and unprofessional , and every country has its own share of problems.

And what is it about paying for an interview that strikes you as being so unprofessional, sir ?

Bribes are demanded and paid for access to any war zone, and Mr Koinenge wisely conformed with that front-line law to get his story.  The hosts of Jeff Koinenge's visit to the Niger Delta were canoe-loads of stoned gentlemen cradling belt-fed light machine guns, so anyone chastising the CNN reporter for honoring local traditions by parting with some loose change would do well to "walk a mile in Jeff's shoes" before launching into self-righteous pontifications about "professionalism".

A common theme among the flag-waving Nigerian patriots who do not approve of Jeff Koinenge's Niger Delta coverage has been that the Egbesu War Dance performed by the Izon warriors was "stage managed" or in some way sponsored by Jeff Koinenge, a flimsy contention that conveniently side-steps the basic truth that a guerrilla war is in fact under way in the Niger Delta whether or not combatants let off steam by dancing or demanding money from visiting journalists.

Jeff was reported to have some involvement in a contract to produce a "Sights and Sounds of Nigeria" tourist advertisement video clip that was to be aired on CNN, much like the "Sights and Sounds of Croatia" advert that CNN airs frequently.   A rather short and frankly pathetic tourist video clip about Nigeria was ultimately aired, and it featured little more than a curvaceous girl emerging from the surf, another curvaceous girl massaging some fat phuck beside the beach, and former president Obasanjo punching the air with his fists and saying "Come on over to my house" or some similar sound bite.

Some creative accounting apparently went on in the production of the Nigerian "Sight and Sounds" clip, and our buddy Jeff was evidently caught with his pants down, resulting in his dismissal for FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETY, which of course has absolutely nothing to do with Jeff's sex life or even his documentary about the Niger Delta, contrary to the imaginative speculation and wild assumptions expressed in this discussion thread.