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NIGERIA`S MEDIA WATCHDOG
Diamond Publications Limited is a dynamic publishing company that has distinguished itself in magazine and book publishing since its incorporation in 1989. Its main products are focused on the Nigerian media.
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We’d have released Bitter-Sweet with Obasanjo still in office, says Idowu
 Mr. Lanre Idowu, journalist and Managing Director of Diamond Publications Ltd, published the book, Bitter-Sweet: My life with Obasanjo written by Mrs. Oluremi Obasanjo. For several hours, Idowu answered very intriguing questions on why and how he published the book. He revealed behind the scene moves during the process of publication, how he met Mrs. Obasanjo and insisted that the book would have been published with Obasanjo still in Office had been it was ready. Published in The Guardian , March 30, 2009.
As the publisher of Bitter-Sweet: My life with Obasanjo, what spurred you to get involved in the publication of the books?
Well, an older friend of mine mentioned to me that Mrs. Oluremi Obasanjo was interested in publishing a book on her life and as it relates to General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd). My initial reaction was, what does she want to tell us about General Olusegun Obasanjo? And so, my older friend asked, would you be interested in publishing the book?. And l said, why not! So, we arranged to have a meeting with Mrs. Obasanjo. We went there. I was not sure that day whether it was going to be a project that we were going to do. More or less, it was a visit, to feel her out.
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 Telling her own Story
A book on former President Olusegun Obasanjo would definitely stimulate interest and provoke discussions. That was exactly what happened, when Diamond Publications serialised the book, Bitter Sweet preparatory to its launch Few minutes after the serialization of the book began in Vanguard newspapers, readers bombarded the publishers with phone calls and personal visits on how they could get the book. Even the information at the end of each day's serialization that the book would be officially presented to the public on November 11, could not assuage their desires to get copies of the book before that date.
The book, Bitter sweet, was written by Obasanjo's first wife, Mrs. Oluremi Obasanjo, and it documents her relationship with the former president.
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Error Quantum Extraordinaire!
 How do you describe a case in which the 18 sentences or so that constitute a short news story contain 60 errors or more, and none of the sentences is free of error? Well, for want of a better phrase, we have chosen to call it a case of “Error Quantum Extraordinaire.”
Actually, if we were to adopt the Nollywood tradition of title casting, we would have simply dubbed this piece: “18 Sentences, 60 Errors: Part 2.” For this is a continuation of the examination of the mind-boggling number of errors contained in the lead story of the The Saturday Mirror of September 20, 2008, one with the headline: “Yar'Adua's Health Consumed Media Organisations.” Our examination of this matter began in the last edition of this column. ...| Read more
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From Vienna To Lagos And Hopefully Back
Unbelievably, but as a very welcome international intercession, the collaboration between the Austrian Embassy in Nigeria and the Lagos State Government to host a three-day exhibition of the works of the renowned Austrian Art Photographer, Paul Albert Leitner, in Lagos from December 8 to 10, 2008, could not have come at a better time for both Nigerian photographers and the general art community.
Given that Nigeria had produced its first internationally-acclaimed Art Photographer in Jonathan Adagogo Green more than a century ago; as late as in November 2008 the Nigerian National Gallery of Art (NGA) and a section of the art community were still reluctant to accept Photography as an Art form and, accord Nigeria's master and art photographers, their respect and rightful place in the official collection of the NGA...| Read more
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Soldier's arms deal
Are Nigerians to believe that only six soldiers of the Nigerian Army executed the plot that resulted in the alleged illegal arms supply to militants? Whatever we believe, a general court martial in Kaduna sentenced them to life imprisonment. We have to assume the court martial was thorough. We are also under the impression that the military understands the implications of the trials better than us. However, our worries persist.
How was it possible for six soldiers to have moved that quantity of arms and ammunition out of the locations without any one noticing? How did they cover their tracks over six years of their operations? Even if they were removing only 1000 guns yearly was that number too low to draw attention? Is it possible that only six people could have stolen these arms, loaded them into trucks and organise the security to fret them across 1003 kilometres or whatever was the entry point to the creeks?
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