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🎧 NJIDEKA MADUKA ON AIR A home for my radio work, original journalism, podcasts, conversations and selected personal content. From current affairs and news analysis to faith, interviews and conversations...
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🎧 NJIDEKA MADUKA ON AIR
A home for my radio work, original journalism, podcasts, conversations and selected personal content.
From current affairs and news analysis to faith, interviews and conversations that connect with everyday life, this is a collection of the work I do on air and beyond the radio studio.
🎙️ Radio Work — selected broadcasts, interviews and conversations from my work in radio, including Sunday Praise Zone, my faith-based programme.
🎧 My Original Content — Making Sense of the News with Njideka Maduka, my podcast exploring the stories behind the headlines; Front Page with Njideka Maduka, my newspaper review and analysis; plus original articles, reflections and other content from my blog and personal platforms.
If you love conversations that go beyond the surface, welcome.
Driving the conversation, making sense of the news™
👉 linktr.ee/NjidekaMaduka
📩 njidekamaduka2015@gmail.com
🔗 @NjidekaMadukaOnAir on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
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A home for my radio work, original journalism, podcasts, conversations and selected personal content.
From current affairs and news analysis to faith, interviews and conversations that connect with everyday life, this is a collection of the work I do on air and beyond the radio studio.
🎙️ Radio Work — selected broadcasts, interviews and conversations from my work in radio, including Sunday Praise Zone, my faith-based programme.
🎧 My Original Content — Making Sense of the News with Njideka Maduka, my podcast exploring the stories behind the headlines; Front Page with Njideka Maduka, my newspaper review and analysis; plus original articles, reflections and other content from my blog and personal platforms.
If you love conversations that go beyond the surface, welcome.
Driving the conversation, making sense of the news™
👉 linktr.ee/NjidekaMaduka
📩 njidekamaduka2015@gmail.com
🔗 @NjidekaMadukaOnAir on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
X: @NjidekaOnAir
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16 OCT 2026 · Renewed clashes between Aguleri and Umuoba Anam communities in Anambra East have left deaths, injuries and a traditional ruler's palace destroyed. Governor Chukwuma Soludo has ordered a ceasefire and set up a judicial commission of inquiry. But this dispute has drawn government intervention before, and violence keeps returning.
In this episode of Breakfast Diary, we trace the roots of a land dispute dating back to 1999, land reportedly given by Amaeze-Aguleri to Umuoba Anam on trust decades ago, now contested over true ownership. We ask why a signpost and security cameras could ignite deadly violence over a decades-old grievance, why past peace efforts have failed to hold, and what it would actually take, beyond a ceasefire to move from temporary calm to lasting peace.
We also examine the commission of inquiry's mandate, and how government can pursue accountability for the violence without collectively punishing entire communities.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation.
#AnambraCommunalConflict #AguleriUmuobaAnam #Soludo #AnambraNews #LandDisputeNigeria #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #DrivingTheConversation #MakingSenseOfTheNews #Odenigbo991FM Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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15 OCT 2026 · NNPC Retail is offering a petrol discount, giving up its own profit margin. But, is this subsidy by another name? The Federal Government insists it isn't.
With global oil prices rising and NNPC also floating a negotiated price ceiling of ₦1,350 per litre, with suppliers expected to recover absorbed costs later, the line between "no subsidy" and subsidy in disguise is getting blurry.
On this episode of Breakfast Diary, we ask what actually makes an intervention a subsidy, who really bears the cost when a state-owned company forgoes profit. We also examine the risk of déjà vu. Nigeria has been here before, when under-recovery deductions under a past administration triggered a clash between NNPC and the Finance Ministry.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation.
#PetrolSubsidyNigeria #NNPCDiscount #FuelPriceRelief #AtikuAbubakar #Nigeria2026 #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #NjidekaMadukaOnAir #DrivingTheConversation #MakingSenssOfTheNews #Odenigbo991FM Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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Transcribed
13 OCT 2026 · Prospective NYSC members were recently abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State while travelling to orientation camp, the latest in a string of highway attacks on corps members this year, following similar incidents in Kogi and Taraba.
On this episode of Breakfast Diary, we ask why Nigeria has retained a 1973 national service model built for a very different security environment.
In June, the Federal Executive Council approved the first comprehensive NYSC reform in 53 years, introducing risk-sensitive deployment and a redesigned orientation programme. But does that go far enough when the scheme still requires young Nigerians to cross dangerous roads to serve?
We examine past measures, and ask whether national integration still justifies compulsory cross-country service, or whether Nigeria should consider voluntary service models.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation.
#NYSC #NYSCSecurity #ImoKidnapping #NYSCReform #Nigeria2026 #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #NjidekaMadukaOnAir #Odenigbo991FM Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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Transcribed
11 OCT 2026 · This is a short excerpt from our longer conversation with Dr. Paul Alaje, Chief Economist and Partner at SPM Professionals, originally aired on Breakfast Diary.
Fuel subsidy wasn't Nigeria's real problem. It was a symptom of a deeper one, Alaje argues. Reacting to President Tinubu's Independence Day speech, he pushes back on the idea that delayed subsidy removal was the main obstacle holding Nigeria back, pointing instead to low productivity and the need for reliable electricity, good roads, rail infrastructure and quality education.
🎧 Want the full conversation? Find it in our previous episode on this feed. 👇
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-reform-to-prosperity-can-nigerians-finally-feel-the-difference-breakfast-diary--75649180
#PaulAlaje #NigeriaEconomy #FuelSubsidy #TinubuSpeech #Nigeria2026 #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #Odenigbo991FM Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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Transcribed
8 OCT 2026 · One week after President Bola Tinubu's Independence Day speech declaring Nigeria has moved from "the age of reform" to "the age of prosperity," we asked the question that matters most: do Nigerians actually feel it?
Tinubu cited over 4% economic growth, falling inflation, rebuilt foreign reserves, a stabilised naira, and a record $6 billion in non-oil exports in 2025. But with ₦15.8 trillion in subsidy savings already spent on wages, debt service and infrastructure, his next promised phase — cheaper production, lower transport costs, more jobs sounds like it requires an entirely new round of investment.
Dr. Paul Alaje, Chief Economist and Partner at SPM Professionals, joined us as guest to separate the economic indicators from the lived reality — and examine whether Nigeria has the resources, the infrastructure and the time to turn reform into prosperity Nigerians can actually feel.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation in this episode of Breakfast Diary.
#TinubuSpeech #NigeriaEconomy #ReformToProsperity #PaulAlaje #Nigeria2026 #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #NjidekaMadukaOnAir #DrivingTheConversation #MakingSenseOfTheNews #Odenigbo991FM Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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Transcribed
5 OCT 2026 · Anambra's Attorney-General, Tobechukwu Nweke, has directed police to investigate cases of women denied inheritance because of their sex with convicted offenders facing up to four years in prison under the state's Violence Against Persons Law.
A dedicated Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Unit will handle prosecutions.
But the Supreme Court settled this legally over a decade ago. In the landmark 2014 case Ukeje v. Ukeje, the Court ruled that denying a daughter her father's estate because she's female violates Section 42 of the Constitution and is void. So why is Anambra only now directing police to act?
On this episode of Breakfast Diary, we ask what's actually stood in the way of enforcement — fear of family conflict, reluctant police, the role of traditional rulers, or the belief that married daughters forfeit their claim. We also unpack why a woman may lose her right to a husband's property entirely if her marriage was never statutorily registered.
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#WomensInheritanceRights #AnambraNews #UkejeVUkeje #GenderEquality #AnambraLaw #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #DrivingTheConversation #MakingSenseOfTheNews #Odenigbo991FM Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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Transcribed
4 OCT 2026 · Nabal insulted David after David's men had protected his shepherds. David strapped on his sword, gathered 400 men, and set out to kill every male in Nabal's household. Then Abigail intervened.
In this week's Praise Zone, we examine 1 Samuel 25, a story about a justified grievance nearly turning into a decision David would have regretted for the rest of his life. Abigail didn't dismiss David's anger; she helped him see beyond the moment to the future he was about to damage. "You stopped me from doing something I would have regretted."
We look at what it means to be right about an offence and still wrong about the response, why anger turns a moment into a mission, and the value of having someone in your life wise enough to slow you down before you act.
🎧 Listen to the full message.
#PraiseZone #DavidAndAbigail #AngerManagement #1Samuel25 #ChristianPodcast #SundayInspiration #NjidekaMaduka #Odenigbo991FM Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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Transcribed
1 OCT 2026 · President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is moving toward a credit-based economy, pointing to over 67,000 Nigerians who have benefited from the National Credit Guarantee Company's loan schemes.
On this episode of Breakfast Diary, we ask the harder question: is a credit-based economy actually something Nigeria should be aiming for or a stable economy? If a hardworking Nigerian's income isn't enough to meet basic needs, does easier access to credit solve that problem, or just let people buy today and struggle to repay tomorrow?
With 63% of Nigerians still classified as poor and salaries failing to keep pace with inflation, is consumer credit a genuine tool for economic mobility, or a way of institutionalising debt?
And does "buy now, pay later" sit at odds with the old philosophy of cutting your clothe according to your cloth?
🎧 Listen to the full conversation.
#CreditBasedEconomy #TinubuNigeria #NCGC #NELFUND #CREDICORP #NigeriaEconomy #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #NjidekaMadukaOnAir #DrivingTheConversation #MakingSenseOfTheNews #Odenigbo991FM
Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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Transcribed
27 SEP 2026 · A pupil of UNIZIK Primary School was found dead after being trapped in floodwaters along the Nibo–Isiagu Road in Awka South, following heavy rainfall last week. Seven other schoolchildren and two adults were rescued. NiHSA had already issued a high flood risk alert covering 15 states, including Anambra, from September 19 to 25.
The warnings keep coming, but on this episode of Breakfast Diary, we ask what happens between the warning and the water rising. Who decides when a road is too dangerous for schoolchildren? Does the responsibility sit with government, schools, parents, drivers or communities?
We examine Anambra's flood response machinery and ask whether preparedness should be measured by what's budgeted, or by whether flood-prone communities are actually getting safer.
Because rescue after the fact isn't preparedness. The real question is what happens before the water rises.
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#AnambraFlood #FloodAlertNigeria #NiHSA #NEMA #AwkaFlood #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #Odenigbo991FM #DrivingTheConversation #MakingSenseOfTheNews Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
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27 SEP 2026 · For the third year running, President Tinubu is skipping the UN General Assembly, delegating Vice-President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria's delegation and deliver the national statement. Atiku has demanded an explanation; the Presidency insists it changes nothing about Nigeria's diplomatic standing.
In this episode of Breakfast Diary, we ask the real question: if Shettima can deliver the speech, hold the meetings and carry the President's full mandate, what exactly does presidential presence add that a strong delegation can't?
One absence is scheduling, but three consecutive years raises a different question.
We look at what Nigeria is actually pursuing at UNGA — debt relief, climate finance, a UN Security Council seat, African representation in global decision-making, and ask whether Nigerians should be judging this by Tinubu's attendance, or by what the delegation actually brings home.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation.
#TinubuUNGA #Shettima #Nigeria2026 #UNGA81 #NigeriaDiplomacy #BreakfastDiary #NjidekaMaduka #Odenigbo991FM #DrivingTheConversation #MakingSenseOfTheNews
Njideka Maduka, Broadcast Journalist
Driving the conversation, making sense of the news™
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🎧 NJIDEKA MADUKA ON AIR A home for my radio work, original journalism, podcasts, conversations and selected personal content. From current affairs and news analysis to faith, interviews and conversations...
show more
🎧 NJIDEKA MADUKA ON AIR
A home for my radio work, original journalism, podcasts, conversations and selected personal content.
From current affairs and news analysis to faith, interviews and conversations that connect with everyday life, this is a collection of the work I do on air and beyond the radio studio.
🎙️ Radio Work — selected broadcasts, interviews and conversations from my work in radio, including Sunday Praise Zone, my faith-based programme.
🎧 My Original Content — Making Sense of the News with Njideka Maduka, my podcast exploring the stories behind the headlines; Front Page with Njideka Maduka, my newspaper review and analysis; plus original articles, reflections and other content from my blog and personal platforms.
If you love conversations that go beyond the surface, welcome.
Driving the conversation, making sense of the news™
👉 linktr.ee/NjidekaMaduka
📩 njidekamaduka2015@gmail.com
🔗 @NjidekaMadukaOnAir on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
X: @NjidekaOnAir
show less
A home for my radio work, original journalism, podcasts, conversations and selected personal content.
From current affairs and news analysis to faith, interviews and conversations that connect with everyday life, this is a collection of the work I do on air and beyond the radio studio.
🎙️ Radio Work — selected broadcasts, interviews and conversations from my work in radio, including Sunday Praise Zone, my faith-based programme.
🎧 My Original Content — Making Sense of the News with Njideka Maduka, my podcast exploring the stories behind the headlines; Front Page with Njideka Maduka, my newspaper review and analysis; plus original articles, reflections and other content from my blog and personal platforms.
If you love conversations that go beyond the surface, welcome.
Driving the conversation, making sense of the news™
👉 linktr.ee/NjidekaMaduka
📩 njidekamaduka2015@gmail.com
🔗 @NjidekaMadukaOnAir on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
X: @NjidekaOnAir
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| Author | Njideka Maduka |
| Organization | NJ |
| Categories | News , Politics , News Commentary |
| Website | linktr.ee |
| njidekamaduka2015@gmail.com |
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