Plots High- Level meeting with Buhari at United Nations Next Week N|Delta Stakeholders Laud Buhari, Sylva, Omo-Agege, Oshiomhole, Others By The New Diplomat's Political Desk In an alleged impetuous and desperate dramatic move by Transportation Minister, Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi to dissuade President Muhammadu Buhari from firing  Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Coordinator, Professor Charles Dokubo,…
To Stage Protest at UN during Heads of States High-level Meetings Sept Want Buhari to Investigate Oshiomhole’s Alleged Misconducts By The New Diplomat’s Political Desk As the gathering political crisis in Edo State deepens following the face-off between incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki and his immediate predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, international pro-democracy activists and stakeholders have…
In the first part of these investigative series, The New Diplomat chronicled how derelict power projects have continued to postpone prosperity in rural Nigeria with its deleterious effects on the socio-economic activities of the rural households who account for almost half of the Nigeria's ballooning demography. This concluding part further exposes the culpability of the…
To Yahaya Masani, living in darkness has a different meaning. Not for the hysterical noise: Up NEPA! --An age-long euphoria which often greets the restoration of public power supply in Nigeria; he wasn't craving for much of the comfort that comes with appliances and gadgets his city counterparts manage to enjoy, notwithstanding the irregular…
... As Abdulsalam-led Nat'l Peace Committee Opens Up On Hearsays Which Had Festered For Too Long By 'Dotun Akintomide For over three years, the Nigerian media has been awashed with sundry narratives of how President Goodluck Jonathan was prevailed upon by certain elder statesmen to concede defeat to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari who won the…
By Oma Djebah If one image  has animated social media and adrenalized international fora in recent times, it's certainly the spurning, denigrating  Photo-shopped picture of Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria's Minister of Finance, garbed in National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) attire. Curiously, Adeosun whose alleged infractions have brought severe  national, global opprobrium to Nigeria and stretched citizens anger,…
 …Allegedly Funded Elections in 5 States; Kogi, A/Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, 1 Other State …How Funds were Allegedly Transferred to Diezani's Group, Others By The New Diplomat Political Intelligence Desk With attention fixed on how former controversial Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke's business ally and promoter of Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling…
Moves to Get G-7 Leaders to Dissuade President from Running Secures Deal with US Pressure Group ...Targets Trump Two Banking Czars, Oil Magnet in Nigeria Pledge Funding By The New Diplomat Political Intelligence Desk Following President Muhammadu Buhari's declaration of intention to run for a second term in next year's Presidential elections and the likelihood…
By 'Dotun Akintomide An interview published by The New Diplomat last January has been referenced by New York Times in its latest report on tobacco: "In Poor Countries, Antismoking Activists Face Threats And Violence." The story highlighted the various life-threatening situations that activists pressing for tobacco control in some third world countries have had to…
