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Did The New York Times Screw The Onitsha Screwdriver Salesman? By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

Summary by Sahara Reporters
I tried—more than once—to invite Emeka Umeagbalasi of the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) onto 90MinutesAfrica. I called. I texted. He never responded. So when I woke up last Sunday to find him on the front page of The New York Times—reduced to a “screwdriver salesman in Onitsha” blamed for influencing a U.S. airstrike—I knew something had gone terribly wrong, not just for Emeka, but for Nigerian journali…
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Sahara Reporters broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
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