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WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG? THE RUFAI OSENI FILES — PART 1 By CharlesCNG

I have watched Rufai Oseni for a long time.

I have watched the interruptions, political monologues masquerading as questions, assertions delivered with prosecutorial certainty, and the transformation that sometimes occurs when Rufai begins as interviewer and ends as prosecutor, witness and judge.

Yesterday morning gave me the perfect reason to stop watching and start documenting.

On Arise News’ The Morning Show, Rufai became so carried away during commentary involving Nyesom Wike and other political actors that his own senior colleague, Dr Reuben Abati, intervened LIVE ON AIR. Abati warned him about challenging people’s integrity, creating innuendo and exposing the station to lawsuits. Rufai pushed back. The exchange became heated.

Think about that. This was not a politician complaining about a hostile interview. It was a senior journalist beside Rufai effectively saying: there is a boundary here.

That moment crystallised my concern. I am not going to merely shout “Rufai is biased.” I am going to audit him.

Interview by interview. Claim by claim. Statistic by statistic. Politician by politician.

My thesis:WHAT RUFAI OSENI INCREASINGLY PRACTISES SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH REPORTORIAL JOURNALISM.

A better description may be: POLITICAL ADVOCACY BROADCASTING. Some describe him as a crass, crude and rude advocacy commentator masquerading as a neutral interrogator; others see him as a misguided, opinionated and intellectually arrogant political prosecutor with a broadcaster’s microphone.

Sean Hannity has openly called himself a talk-show host, an “advocacy journalist” and an “opinion journalist.” Whatever one thinks of Hannity, his audience knows where he stands. That honesty matters.

My problem with Rufai is not that he has opinions. It is what happens when advocacy puts on the clothes of neutral journalism.

Rufai increasingly resembles a referee who enters the pitch with the whistle around his neck — and then starts taking penalties for one team.

He wants the authority of the interviewer, the freedom of the commentator and the aggression of the advocate.

This series will test one question: DOES THE JOURNALISM CHANGE WHEN THE POLITICIAN CHANGES?

Tinubu. Obi. Atiku. Wike. APC. PDP. ADC. Same microphone. Same evidentiary standard?

If Rufai passes, I will say so. If he does not, the evidence will speak. Because an audit incapable of acquitting its subject is propaganda.

Yesterday, the watchdog had to be checked by another watchdog. That is where we begin.

NEXT: WHEN JOURNALISM BECOMES “INFLUENCISM” — WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BROADCASTER BECOMES THE PRODUCT?

WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG?

CharlesCNG

CharlesCNG:
WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG? THE RUFAI OSENI FILES — PART 1 By CharlesCNG

I have watched Rufai Oseni for a long time.

I have watched the interruptions, political monologues masquerading as questions, assertions delivered with prosecutorial certainty, and the transformation that sometimes occurs when Rufai begins as interviewer and ends as prosecutor, witness and judge.

Yesterday morning gave me the perfect reason to stop watching and start documenting.

On Arise News’ The Morning Show, Rufai became so carried away during commentary involving Nyesom Wike and other political actors that his own senior colleague, Dr Reuben Abati, intervened LIVE ON AIR. Abati warned him about challenging people’s integrity, creating innuendo and exposing the station to lawsuits. Rufai pushed back. The exchange became heated.

Think about that. This was not a politician complaining about a hostile interview. It was a senior journalist beside Rufai effectively saying: there is a boundary here.

That moment crystallised my concern. I am not going to merely shout “Rufai is biased.” I am going to audit him.

Interview by interview. Claim by claim. Statistic by statistic. Politician by politician.

My thesis:WHAT RUFAI OSENI INCREASINGLY PRACTISES SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH REPORTORIAL JOURNALISM.

A better description may be: POLITICAL ADVOCACY BROADCASTING. Some describe him as a crass, crude and rude advocacy commentator masquerading as a neutral interrogator; others see him as a misguided, opinionated and intellectually arrogant political prosecutor with a broadcaster’s microphone.

Sean Hannity has openly called himself a talk-show host, an “advocacy journalist” and an “opinion journalist.” Whatever one thinks of Hannity, his audience knows where he stands. That honesty matters.

My problem with Rufai is not that he has opinions. It is what happens when advocacy puts on the clothes of neutral journalism.

Rufai increasingly resembles a referee who enters the pitch with the whistle around his neck — and then starts taking penalties for one team.

He wants the authority of the interviewer, the freedom of the commentator and the aggression of the advocate.

This series will test one question: DOES THE JOURNALISM CHANGE WHEN THE POLITICIAN CHANGES?

Tinubu. Obi. Atiku. Wike. APC. PDP. ADC. Same microphone. Same evidentiary standard?

If Rufai passes, I will say so. If he does not, the evidence will speak. Because an audit incapable of acquitting its subject is propaganda.

Yesterday, the watchdog had to be checked by another watchdog. That is where we begin.

NEXT: WHEN JOURNALISM BECOMES “INFLUENCISM” — WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BROADCASTER BECOMES THE PRODUCT?

WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG?

CharlesCNG

Jargon as usual, somebody wakes up this morning to write this rubbish na waoo!

CharlesCNG:
WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG? THE RUFAI OSENI FILES — PART 1 By CharlesCNG

I have watched Rufai Oseni for a long time.

I have watched the interruptions, political monologues masquerading as questions, assertions delivered with prosecutorial certainty, and the transformation that sometimes occurs when Rufai begins as interviewer and ends as prosecutor, witness and judge.

Yesterday morning gave me the perfect reason to stop watching and start documenting.

On Arise News’ The Morning Show, Rufai became so carried away during commentary involving Nyesom Wike and other political actors that his own senior colleague, Dr Reuben Abati, intervened LIVE ON AIR. Abati warned him about challenging people’s integrity, creating innuendo and exposing the station to lawsuits. Rufai pushed back. The exchange became heated.

Think about that. This was not a politician complaining about a hostile interview. It was a senior journalist beside Rufai effectively saying: there is a boundary here.

That moment crystallised my concern. I am not going to merely shout “Rufai is biased.” I am going to audit him.

Interview by interview. Claim by claim. Statistic by statistic. Politician by politician.

My thesis:WHAT RUFAI OSENI INCREASINGLY PRACTISES SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH REPORTORIAL JOURNALISM.

A better description may be: POLITICAL ADVOCACY BROADCASTING. Some describe him as a crass, crude and rude advocacy commentator masquerading as a neutral interrogator; others see him as a misguided, opinionated and intellectually arrogant political prosecutor with a broadcaster’s microphone.

Sean Hannity has openly called himself a talk-show host, an “advocacy journalist” and an “opinion journalist.” Whatever one thinks of Hannity, his audience knows where he stands. That honesty matters.

My problem with Rufai is not that he has opinions. It is what happens when advocacy puts on the clothes of neutral journalism.

Rufai increasingly resembles a referee who enters the pitch with the whistle around his neck — and then starts taking penalties for one team.

He wants the authority of the interviewer, the freedom of the commentator and the aggression of the advocate.

This series will test one question: DOES THE JOURNALISM CHANGE WHEN THE POLITICIAN CHANGES?

Tinubu. Obi. Atiku. Wike. APC. PDP. ADC. Same microphone. Same evidentiary standard?

If Rufai passes, I will say so. If he does not, the evidence will speak. Because an audit incapable of acquitting its subject is propaganda.

Yesterday, the watchdog had to be checked by another watchdog. That is where we begin.

NEXT: WHEN JOURNALISM BECOMES “INFLUENCISM” — WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BROADCASTER BECOMES THE PRODUCT?

WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG?

CharlesCNG

I didn't bother to read your epistles because I know you have nothing meaningful to say.You should be grateful that we as a nation is still blessed with a journalist like Useni and not your usual brown envelope journalists whom are easily gagged by the government and report only what pleases your thieving government.

AustineE1:
I didn't bother to read your epistles because I know you have nothing meaningful to say.You should be grateful that we as a nation is still blessed with a journalist like Useni and not your usual brown envelope journalists whom are easily gagged by the government and report only what pleases your thieving government.

Another intellectual acrobat. You proudly announce, “I didn't bother to read your epistle,” and then—in the very next breath—inform us that it contains “nothing meaningful.”Brilliant! 😂

How exactly did you determine the contents of something YOU ADMIT YOU DIDN'T READ? That is like reviewing a book from the cover and congratulating yourself on the depth of your literary criticism.

And please understand something: MY WRITING IS NOT FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU. It is for people who can read an argument, interrogate the evidence, identify what they disagree with and respond intelligently.

If your preferred method of debate is “I didn't read it, but I know it is nonsense,” then you are not my target audience—you are practically a demonstration of why I write.

As for Useni, whether he is a great journalist, a terrible journalist or the reincarnation of Walter Cronkite is completely irrelevant to the argument unless you actually READ what I wrote and rebut the specific points.

So I have a very simple request for you and your fellow Obidients who believe I am dumb, empty-headed and incapable of saying anything meaningful:

PLEASE IGNORE ME.

Don't read my “epistles.” Don't quote them. Don't respond to them. Don't raise your blood pressure over CharlesCNG. Scroll peacefully past.

But if you cannot resist replying, at least perform the revolutionary intellectual exercise of READING THE THING FIRST. Because “I didn't read it, but here is my rebuttal” isn't an argument.

It is a public confession of unseriousness.

Leboska:
Jargon as usual, somebody wakes up this morning to write this rubbish na waoo!

Another one. 😂

“Jargon as usual.”

Wonderful. Now POINT OUT THE JARGON.

And apparently somebody “woke up this morning to write this rubbish.” Yes, imagine the scandal: somebody woke up, read, researched, organised his thoughts and WROTE SOMETHING. What reckless behaviour in a discussion forum!

Perhaps I should apologise for not restricting myself to “Tinubu bad!”, “Obi good!”, three insults and seventeen laughing emojis.

But understand this: I DON'T WRITE FOR EVERYBODY. I write for people capable of reading an argument, examining the evidence, spotting contradictions and responding to the substance—whether they agree with me or not.

Intelligent disagreement is welcome. In fact, I enjoy it. But “JARGON!”, “RUBBISH!”, “EPISTLE!” from people who cannot identify a single factual or logical error is not rebuttal. It is what happens when an argument arrives and comprehension isn't home.

I have a very simple request for you and your fellow Obidients who believe I am dumb, empty-headed and incapable of saying anything meaningful:

PLEASE IGNORE ME. Don't read my “epistles.” Don't quote them. Don't respond to them. Don't raise your blood pressure over CharlesCNG. Scroll peacefully past.

The epistles data boy on overdrive again. Work for the data pay and continue writing worthlezz epistles defending rascals and diabolic coven of snatchers and grabbers

Oseni is the real Journalist who does the Touch questions where other Journalist collect brown envelopes to sing the faaake praise of a Narcotics dealer

1nice:
Shut up and stop talking nonsense.

You just exposed your tribalism mind and how it works out in an unthinking manner.

Rufai Oseni will not support tinubu and opposition is allowed in journalism. The same way abati of arise news is supporting tinubu because of tribalism but Rufai Oseni is supporting peter obi because he believes in peter obi integrity.

Propagandist.

Notice your own extraordinary logic: Abati allegedly supports Tinubu “because of tribalism,” while Rufai allegedly supports Obi because he recognises Obi’s “integrity.” 😂😂😂

How wonderfully convenient! Your preferred journalist's political preference is PRINCIPLE. The other man's alleged preference is TRIBALISM.

And somehow I am the tribalist!

My friend, that argument has performed a full somersault and landed on its own head.

I am not asking Rufai Oseni to SUPPORT TINUBU. I am asking journalists to SCRUTINISE TINUBU, OBI, ATIKU AND EVERYBODY ELSE BY THE SAME PROFESSIONAL STANDARD.

If you interpret “apply the same journalistic standard to Peter Obi” as “support Tinubu,” then perhaps the propaganda problem you are diagnosing is considerably closer to home than you imagined.

Rufai will continue to do his job as a journalist in the most professional manner he can.

If you don't like it then go and hang yourself.


People who voted for two disasters in the person of buhari and tinubu can not be the one to tell us who a professional journalist is...

CharlesCNG:
WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG? THE RUFAI OSENI FILES — PART 1 By CharlesCNG

I have watched Rufai Oseni for a long time.

I have watched the interruptions, political monologues masquerading as questions, assertions delivered with prosecutorial certainty, and the transformation that sometimes occurs when Rufai begins as interviewer and ends as prosecutor, witness and judge.

WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG?

CharlesCNG

Interesting stuff, first thing to realise is that he is not a trained journalist.

Secondly and I feel bad saying this, he has that Napoleon complex.

Third thing is that his nickname amongst his colleagues is "Rufee fire" so there is an element of needing to live up to that nickname.

He does lack objectivity which sadly in this day and age worldwide, is not a problem for journalists. That used to be one of the tenents that journalism was founded on but remember, he isn't one.

I do think he needs to get over himself, continue to challenge the APC government and do so fairly and respectfully because I believe that is where his underlying bitterness stems from.

I suspect he is also looking to carve out a niche for himself as some kind of fearless, determined journalist. He is going the wrong way about it as our politicians and they representatives are not that smart anyway so you can easily pick them off any of their arguments in a calculated and polite way.

Well, if Rufai is the only journo that can ask the tough, hard questions fearlessly, then he is the best journalist, for me.

The day wey wike go do mistake invite Rufai for that him primary school media chat, na that day go be the last dey wey wike go do media chat.
I trust Rufai na

CharlesCNG:
WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG? THE RUFAI OSENI FILES — PART 1 By CharlesCNG

I have watched Rufai Oseni for a long time.

I have watched the interruptions, political monologues masquerading as questions, assertions delivered with prosecutorial certainty, and the transformation that sometimes occurs when Rufai begins as interviewer and ends as prosecutor, witness and judge.

Yesterday morning gave me the perfect reason to stop watching and start documenting.

On Arise News’ The Morning Show, Rufai became so carried away during commentary involving Nyesom Wike and other political actors that his own senior colleague, Dr Reuben Abati, intervened LIVE ON AIR. Abati warned him about challenging people’s integrity, creating innuendo and exposing the station to lawsuits. Rufai pushed back. The exchange became heated.

Think about that. This was not a politician complaining about a hostile interview. It was a senior journalist beside Rufai effectively saying: there is a boundary here.

That moment crystallised my concern. I am not going to merely shout “Rufai is biased.” I am going to audit him.

Interview by interview. Claim by claim. Statistic by statistic. Politician by politician.

My thesis:WHAT RUFAI OSENI INCREASINGLY PRACTISES SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH REPORTORIAL JOURNALISM.

A better description may be: POLITICAL ADVOCACY BROADCASTING. Some describe him as a crass, crude and rude advocacy commentator masquerading as a neutral interrogator; others see him as a misguided, opinionated and intellectually arrogant political prosecutor with a broadcaster’s microphone.

Sean Hannity has openly called himself a talk-show host, an “advocacy journalist” and an “opinion journalist.” Whatever one thinks of Hannity, his audience knows where he stands. That honesty matters.

My problem with Rufai is not that he has opinions. It is what happens when advocacy puts on the clothes of neutral journalism.

Rufai increasingly resembles a referee who enters the pitch with the whistle around his neck — and then starts taking penalties for one team.

He wants the authority of the interviewer, the freedom of the commentator and the aggression of the advocate.

This series will test one question: DOES THE JOURNALISM CHANGE WHEN THE POLITICIAN CHANGES?

Tinubu. Obi. Atiku. Wike. APC. PDP. ADC. Same microphone. Same evidentiary standard?

If Rufai passes, I will say so. If he does not, the evidence will speak. Because an audit incapable of acquitting its subject is propaganda.

Yesterday, the watchdog had to be checked by another watchdog. That is where we begin.

NEXT: WHEN JOURNALISM BECOMES “INFLUENCISM” — WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BROADCASTER BECOMES THE PRODUCT?

WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG?

CharlesCNG

You want him to join data boy like you and be earning 30k a month
You better go learn a skill before 2027 because data boy work won't exist again when obi or Atiku wins

CharlesCNG:
WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG? THE RUFAI OSENI FILES — PART 1 By CharlesCNG

I have watched Rufai Oseni for a long time.

I have watched the interruptions, political monologues masquerading as questions, assertions delivered with prosecutorial certainty, and the transformation that sometimes occurs when Rufai begins as interviewer and ends as prosecutor, witness and judge.

Yesterday morning gave me the perfect reason to stop watching and start documenting.

On Arise News’ The Morning Show, Rufai became so carried away during commentary involving Nyesom Wike and other political actors that his own senior colleague, Dr Reuben Abati, intervened LIVE ON AIR. Abati warned him about challenging people’s integrity, creating innuendo and exposing the station to lawsuits. Rufai pushed back. The exchange became heated.

Think about that. This was not a politician complaining about a hostile interview. It was a senior journalist beside Rufai effectively saying: there is a boundary here.

That moment crystallised my concern. I am not going to merely shout “Rufai is biased.” I am going to audit him.

Interview by interview. Claim by claim. Statistic by statistic. Politician by politician.

My thesis:WHAT RUFAI OSENI INCREASINGLY PRACTISES SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH REPORTORIAL JOURNALISM.

A better description may be: POLITICAL ADVOCACY BROADCASTING. Some describe him as a crass, crude and rude advocacy commentator masquerading as a neutral interrogator; others see him as a misguided, opinionated and intellectually arrogant political prosecutor with a broadcaster’s microphone.

Sean Hannity has openly called himself a talk-show host, an “advocacy journalist” and an “opinion journalist.” Whatever one thinks of Hannity, his audience knows where he stands. That honesty matters.

My problem with Rufai is not that he has opinions. It is what happens when advocacy puts on the clothes of neutral journalism.

Rufai increasingly resembles a referee who enters the pitch with the whistle around his neck — and then starts taking penalties for one team.

He wants the authority of the interviewer, the freedom of the commentator and the aggression of the advocate.

This series will test one question: DOES THE JOURNALISM CHANGE WHEN THE POLITICIAN CHANGES?

Tinubu. Obi. Atiku. Wike. APC. PDP. ADC. Same microphone. Same evidentiary standard?

If Rufai passes, I will say so. If he does not, the evidence will speak. Because an audit incapable of acquitting its subject is propaganda.

Yesterday, the watchdog had to be checked by another watchdog. That is where we begin.

NEXT: WHEN JOURNALISM BECOMES “INFLUENCISM” — WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BROADCASTER BECOMES THE PRODUCT?

WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCHDOG?

CharlesCNG

jounalist are meant to ask the hard question, to make politicians uncomfortable that they spill the truth..its not their job to ponder to those they are interviewing or make them comfortable..that every journalist have been turned to brown envelop doesnt those with integrity wont still exist...oh you prefer the kind of journalist that attend wike monthly town meeting where he will shouting and barking with no one confident to ask the tough questions abi or the TVC hangout where mediocrity is raised to heaven...
An average nigeria intellectuals love Rufai and there is nothing charlatans can do about it...it was the same Dupe started in Channels before she was bullied to cower but we trust rufai not give in to louts shouting everywhere..una go cry blood

Charlescng, very funny
You will soon tell me you are for data and not for supporting anybody.

😂, I have been here over a decade, nothing we never see

I didn't bother to read your babablu cos it's the handwork of data boys propaganda crew.

Rufai Oseni is definitely pressing the necks of APC.

Lere Olayinka can't sleep at night again.

hegelian:
jounalist are meant to ask the hard question, to make politicians uncomfortable that they spill the truth..its not their job to ponder to those they are interviewing or make them comfortable..that every journalist have been turned to brown envelop doesnt those with integrity wont still exist...oh you prefer the kind of journalist that attend wike monthly town meeting where he will shouting and barking with no one confident to ask the tough questions abi or the TVC hangout where mediocrity is raised to heaven...
An average nigeria intellectuals love Rufai and there is nothing charlatans can do about it...it was the same Dupe started in Channels before she was bullied to cower but we trust rufai not give in to louts shouting everywhere..una go cry blood

You started with one correct point and then drove straight into a ditch. Yes, journalists are supposed to ask hard questions and make politicians uncomfortable. Nobody disputes that.

But HARD QUESTIONS are not the same thing as RECKLESS ASSERTIONS. Journalism also requires accuracy, evidence, fairness, separation of fact from opinion, right of reply and the willingness to apply the SAME scrutiny when the politician changes.

That is precisely what I am auditing. You talk about “brown-envelope journalists.” Fine. How exactly have you established that Rufai Oseni cannot be one? I have no evidence that Rufai collects brown envelopes, so I will not accuse him of doing so. But neither can you manufacture his integrity merely because you enjoy his politics. Popularity is not proof of integrity.

In fact, today’s social-media economy creates another incentive entirely: outrage, confrontation and political combat generate clips, followers, views and subscribers. That does not prove Rufai is motivated by those things. It simply means your argument — “he attacks politicians, therefore he must have integrity” — is childish.

Your comparison of Wike’s conduct with Rufai’s is completely senseless: Wike is a politician, Rufai PURPORTS to be a journalist, and those roles are judged by different standards.

A player is expected to fight for his team, take sides and try to win; a referee is expected to apply the rules fairly to both sides. You cannot excuse a referee for blowing a crooked whistle by saying, “But look at how aggressively the striker is playing.”
If Wike is partisan, that is politics; if Rufai is partisan while presenting himself as an independent journalist, that is precisely the journalism problem under examination.
If you cannot see the difference between the player and the referee, then you are not defending journalism — you are defending your preferred side.

Then comes your funniest assertion: “An average Nigerian intellectual loves Rufai.” Based on WHAT? Which independently conducted survey?

Which sample size? Which methodology? You have simply taken your Obidient social-media caucus, renamed it “average Nigerian intellectuals,” and announced the result. That is not research. That is masturbation by algorithm.

You called people questioning Rufai “charlatans.” Perhaps you should understand the word first. The real charlatan is the person who substitutes fandom for evidence, social-media applause for public opinion and aggression for journalism.

What I am doing is what genuine intellectual scrutiny requires: Take Rufai’s interviews. Take his claims. Take his statistics.

Compare his treatment of Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, Wike, APC, PDP and ADC. Then ask: DOES THE JOURNALISM CHANGE WHEN THE POLITICIAN CHANGES?

Rufai Oseni , as i asserted in my write up, is NOT a Journalist , he is a PARTISAN and opportunisitc POLITICAL ADVOCATE

fergie001:
Charlescng, very funny
You will soon tell me you are for data and not for supporting anybody.

😂, I have been here over a decade, nothing we never see

Fergie001, I am genuinely concerned by this comment, particularly because you are a MOD here.

You know I have repeatedly had difficulty opening new threads on Nairaland and have even sought your help before, so when you say, “You will soon tell me you are for data and not supporting anybody… I have been here over a decade, nothing we never see,” I need to understand exactly what you are insinuating.

For the record, I am an unrepentant and unapologetic BATist. I have never hidden it and I do not pretend otherwise. But political preference does not invalidate evidence.

If you think my Rufai argument is partisan, challenge it. Show me where my facts are wrong, where my evidence fails, or where I apply one standard to Rufai and another to journalists I favour. I welcome that scrutiny.

What I reject is the suggestion that because I support Tinubu, I somehow lose the right to critically examine Rufai Oseni’s journalism. The proper test is whether my argument is supported by evidence and whether I apply the standard consistently.

So, because you are also a moderator, let me ask plainly: are you speaking merely as another Nairaland member disagreeing with me politically, or are you suggesting that there is something about my articles or threads that violates Nairaland rules?

I would genuinely appreciate the clarification.

Streetinvestor2:
You want him to join data boy like you and be earning 30k a month
You better go learn a skill before 2027 because data boy work won't exist again when obi or Atiku wins

So this is all you have left? “Data boy, ₦30k a month.” No facts, no rebuttal, no engagement with the actual issue: Rufai Oseni’s conduct and whether it meets basic journalistic standards.

And tell me: if I am really just a ₦30k “data boy,” why are you so invested in replying to me? What does it say about you that someone you consider that insignificant keeps dragging you back into the thread?

The real issue remains simple: does Rufai separate fact from opinion, allegation from evidence, and apply the same standard when the politician changes?

That is the argument. Everything else from you is noise.

So since you already “know” I am a data boy, ignore me and move on. Unless, of course, this alleged ₦30k data boy is making points you simply cannot answer.

He's is a POLITICAL ANALYST NOT A JOURNALIST.

I don't know why Arise TV employed him. He should be coming there once a while to analyse the political situation in Nigeria base on his opinion.

The controversy over falsification of academic records of Bola Ahmed Tinubu is still raging.

Tinubu in a sworn affidavit to INEC that was leaked to media could not provide certificates to back up his academic records.

To douse the scandal, Tinubu’s camp released a document from his alma mater in USA , Chicago State University that he graduated.

However media aide to former Governor Ayodele Peter Fayose of Ekiti State, lere olayinka has reacted to the confirmation that he attended Chicago University between 1977 and 1979.

See his reaction below:

He’s mocking Tinubu for failing to back his claim that he attended Government College, Ibadan GCI located in Nigeria for secondary education.

Tinubu has been unable to provide his primary and his secondary schools qualifications especially in the credentials sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

https://olumuyiwa.com.ng/2022/07/01/you-can-get-evidence-from-chicago-but-cant-get-gci-in-ibadan-lere-olayinka-mocks-tinubu-pics/

CharlesCNG:
Fer.gie001, I am genuinely concerned by this comment, particularly because you are a MOD here.

You support APC, no need to waiver here or there.
Nobody will beat you.
There are many who support APC here, nobody hounds them and also those who are against, nobody gives them any preferential treatment.

You haven't been here up to a decade, you will have known me.
There are some things I just don't get myself involved in.
Ask APC supporters here.

Creating articles or threads here are not filibusters.
You have a maximum a day, two days and so on and then you wait a while.
That's how it is here.

fergie001:
You support APC, no need to waiver here or there.
Nobody will beat you.
There are many who support APC here, nobody hounds them and also those who are against, nobody gives them any preferential treatment.

You haven't been here up to a decade, you will have known me.
There are some things I just don't get myself involved in.
Ask APC supporters here.

Creating articles or threads here are not filibusters.
You have a maximum a day, two days and so on and then you wait a while.
That's how it is here.

Fergie001, thank you for clarifying. And yes, I support APC — unapologetically. There is no wavering there and there never has been.

But I must smile at “Nobody will beat you.” Ah, Fergie, I never suggested anybody was waiting behind Nairaland headquarters with koboko because I support APC. 😂
My concern was much simpler: when a MOD makes a politically loaded comment while I am already experiencing unexplained restrictions on opening threads, surely I am entitled to ask whether the two are connected. Your clarification that they are not is useful, and I accept it.

On the thread-creation issue, however, I am still genuinely confused. You say: “You have a maximum a day, two days and so on and then you wait a while.”

Maximum HOW MANY? I have asked this several times because I genuinely want to comply. Is it one thread a day? Two? Three? Does the limit depend on the section? How long is “a while”?

How can there be an automatic system that prevents somebody from posting for days, yet the affected user cannot be told the actual rule that triggered it?

I am not asking for preferential [/b]treatment. I am asking for the [b]rulebook.

And I assume by saying thread creation is “not a filibuster,” you mean users should not flood or dominate the forum with endless threads. Fair enough — I have no problem with that principle.

But a speed limit works because the driver is told whether the limit is 50, 80 or 100 km/h. You cannot erect a camera, issue penalties automatically, and keep the speed limit secret.

So please, if there is a defined maximum, kindly tell me what it is. I will happily work within it.

That is all I have ever been asking.

CharlesCNG:
Fer.gie001, thank you for clarifying. And yes, I support APC — unapologetically. There is no wavering there and there never has been.

Here, we are like one big wahala family.
Everybody knows everybody.
We will quarrel and fight, it's only but normal. No hard feelings.
I am giving you the best answers I can.

Stay a day or two without posting topics. You post one, wait a while, there are usually limit to these things and are not manually-controlled. No mod can control it.

So, post.....take a breather then post again. Two/three days, take a breather, then fire on! Just take it with some minutes/hours in-between. Once it locks you out, you wait hours or maybe a day....just do with discretion!

I am also a freak for posting topics! Though I am for everybody and for nobody 😂

CharlesCNG:
So this is all you have left? “Data boy, ₦30k a month.” No facts, no rebuttal, no engagement with the actual issue: Rufai Oseni’s conduct and whether it meets basic journalistic standards.

And tell me: if I am really just a ₦30k “data boy,” why are you so invested in replying to me? What does it say about you that someone you consider that insignificant keeps dragging you back into the thread?

The real issue remains simple: does Rufai separate fact from opinion, allegation from evidence, and apply the same standard when the politician changes?

That is the argument. Everything else from you is noise.

So since you already “know” I am a data boy, ignore me and move on. Unless, of course, this alleged ₦30k data boy is making points you simply cannot answer.

When we ignore some of your AI generated noise. It may make some ignorant people take it as facts just like you whr posting fake results during osun election. So we have to let people know you represent 30k data job and should not take your topics serious. Good people don't keep quiet when something wrong is happening around them.
That is the moral standard we copy from obi...go and verify. And that is what the guy on arise equally stands for in his program. And since the person paying u 30k is a drug baron with all kind of criminality. Your job is to attack such people and we won't pretend we did not see it
You can only achieve ur request if you go create your own social space. You can't not come to another man business like NL. And trying to destroy it with lies and say we should ignore because u are paid 30k......never

Streetinvestor2:
When we ignore some of your AI generated noise. It may make some ignorant people take it as facts just like you whr posting fake results during osun election. So we have to let people know you represent 30k data job and should not take your topics serious. Good people don't keep quiet when something wrong is happening around them.
That is the moral standard we copy from obi...go and verify. And that is what the guy on arise equally stands for in his program. And since the person paying u 30k is a drug baron with all kind of criminality. Your job is to attack such people and we won't pretend we did not see it
You can only achieve ur request if you go create your own social space. You can't not come to another man business like NL. And trying to destroy it with lies and say we should ignore because u are paid 30k......never

First, I never posted fake results during the Osun election. Thank God the Osun thread is still available on Nairaland. Here are the various posts from SmartElectionGuardPro proving that you are a typical deliberately lying Obidient.
Indeed, on the platform, we projected that Adeleke would win by 52% as early as 6:09pm. No other platform was able to update from IReV as our SmartElectionGuardPro did.

Here are the actual Nairaland links to what was posted:

https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/8
https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/9
https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/10
https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/11
https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/12

When you obidients say “go and verif[/b]y” what you actually do is “[b]go and invent.”

I am just a user on Nairaland, and the fact that you are trying to make me the subject only shows that you have very little to say about the substance of my articles .

If I publish something false, identify it and correct me with evidence. I will answer.

But “AI noise,” “₦30k data boy,” “drug baron” and imaginary payroll records are not rebuttals. They are what people throw onto the pitch when they have lost the ball.

As for Nairaland, nobody said I own it. The forum exists for competing opinions. You are free to challenge every thread I post. What you are NOT entitled to do is replace argument with invented personal allegations and then baptise the exercise “moral standards.”

fergie001:
Here, we are like one big wahala family.
Everybody knows everybody.
We will quarrel and fight, it's only but normal. No hard feelings.
I am giving you the best answers I can.

Stay a day or two without posting topics. You post one, wait a while, there are usually limit to these things and are not manually-controlled. No mod can control it.

So, post.....take a breather then post again. Two/three days, take a breather, then fire on! Just take it with some minutes/hours in-between. Once it locks you out, you wait hours or maybe a day....just do with discretion!

I am also a freak for posting topics! Though I am for everybody and for nobody 😂

😂 Fergie001, fair enough. Message received loud and clear.

I actually like the “one big wahala family” description — very Nairaland. We quarrel, drag each other, cool down, then meet again under another thread as if nothing happened.

And thank you for finally explaining the posting limit in practical terms. I will take the advice: post, breathe, allow the system to breathe too, then fire again.

But this your final line made me laugh: “I am for everybody and for nobody.” Please be careful o. President Buhari said something suspiciously similar on May 29, 2015: “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.” We all know how that journey went. 😂

Anyway, no hard feelings at all. I appreciate the explanation and the fact that you took time to respond. Wahala family indeed.

CharlesCNG:
First, I never posted fake results during the Osun election. Thank God the Osun thread is still available on Nairaland. Here are the various posts from SmartElectionGuardPro proving that you are a typical deliberately lying Obidient.
Indeed, on the platform, we projected that Adeleke would win by 52% as early as 6:09pm. No other platform was able to update from IReV as our SmartElectionGuardPro did.

Here are the actual Nairaland links to what was posted:

https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/8
https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/9
https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/10
https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/11
https://www.nairaland.com/8728879/2026-osun-governorship-election-live/12

When you obidients say “go and verif[/b]y” what you actually do is “[b]go and invent.”

I am just a user on Nairaland, and the fact that you are trying to make me the subject only shows that you have very little to say about the substance of my articles .

If I publish something false, identify it and correct me with evidence. I will answer.

But “AI noise,” “₦30k data boy,” “drug baron” and imaginary payroll records are not rebuttals. They are what people throw onto the pitch when they have lost the ball.

As for Nairaland, nobody said I own it. The forum exists for competing opinions. You are free to challenge every thread I post. What you are NOT entitled to do is replace argument with invented personal allegations and then baptise the exercise “moral standards.”

You are bloody lier. I was not interested in osun election as that region no dey my interest. I don't have time to go dig out the post and this is not the first time I made this statement. I saw your post showing the apc guy winning in osun on a platform. I even thought it was true till I saw other platform that adeleke was winning. I am not jobless to go begin digging up ur post.Are u going to say this is the first time I have said such to you concerning the osun election

Streetinvestor2:
You are bloody lier. I was not interested in osun election as that region no dey my interest. I don't have time to go dig out the post and this is not the first time I made this statement. I saw your post showing the apc guy winning in osun on a platform. I even thought it was true till I saw other platform that adeleke was winning. I am not jobless to go begin digging up ur post.Are u going to say this is the first time I have said such to you concerning the osun election

You are STILL talking? 😂 YOU accused me of posting a fake Osun result. I responded by producing MY ACTUAL POST. Instead of producing this imaginary fake result, your rebuttal is now: “I remember seeing it.” “I don't have time to dig it out.” “I am not jobless.”

My brother, YOU MADE THE ACCUSATION. The burden of proof doesn't migrate to me because your evidence has suddenly gone missing.

I have produced the post. You have produced your MEMORY. And even with documentary evidence staring at you, you still prefer your recollection.

Behold: THE EVIDENCE-RESISTANT OBIDIENT MEMORY MERCHANT. This is Obidient epistemology at Olympic level: “I saw it.” WHERE?
“I can't find it.” PRODUCE IT. “I am not jobless.”

BUT YOU'RE CERTAIN? “Absolutely!” 😂😂😂

If I posted a fake Osun result, FIND IT. Screenshot it. Quote it. DESTROY ME WITH THE EVIDENCE.

Until then, “I remember” is not evidence. Repeating an allegation after I have produced the documentary record doesn't make you more convincing.

It merely makes you LOUDER THAN YOUR EVIDENCE.