The Managing Director of Image Merchants Promotion Limited, IMPR, publishers of PRNigeria, Yushau A. Shuaib, has unveiled a new memoir chronicling his controversial experience at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, while highlighting the organisation’s achievements in journalism and strategic communication during the first half of 2026.
Speaking at IMPR’s mid-year press briefing, Mr Shuaib announced the forthcoming release of his 205-page memoir titled Mni vs. Mnipr in NIPSS: Tackling Institutional Bullying, which details the circumstances that led to his withdrawal from the National Institute’s Senior Executive Course, SEC, 47.
According to him, the book recounts allegations of unlawful access to his private email, the attribution of authorship of a publication he maintains he did not write, and disciplinary measures he described as disproportionate and procedurally flawed.
He said the memoir also examines the role of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, which terminated its Memorandum of Understanding with IMPR during the controversy.
Mr Shuaib disclosed that despite petitions submitted to the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, NDPC, over the alleged interception of his private email, no action had been taken against those he accused more than a year after the complaints were filed.
He linked the experience to broader concerns about institutional accountability, citing what he described as the unlawful freezing of IMPR’s corporate account by Access Bank and his pending defamation suit against Terrence Kuanum.
“These experiences reinforce my conviction that justice delayed not only affects individuals but can erode public confidence in institutions established to uphold the rule of law,” he said.
Also speaking at the event, the publisher of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar Jaafar, commended Mr Shuaib for documenting his experience, describing the memoir as a courageous stand against institutional bullying.
Mr Jaafar said Mr Shuaib had consistently used journalism and strategic communication to advocate for justice and defend vulnerable members of society.
He recalled Mr Shuaib’s previous legal dispute with former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, saying the eventual court ruling in Shuaib’s favour demonstrated his resilience in challenging powerful institutions.
The Editor-in-Chief of World Entourage, Haruna Abdullahi Haruspice, who reviewed the memoir, described it as a thought-provoking examination of institutional culture at Nigeria’s premier leadership institute.
Presenting a review titled The Cult of Compliance at Kuru: Yushau Shuaib and the NIPSS Conundrum, Haruspice said the book raises important questions about whether leadership institutions should nurture independent thinkers or produce compliant followers.
While acknowledging that the Federal High Court ruled in favour of NIPSS, he argued that judicial decisions address legality rather than broader issues of empathy, administrative fairness and organisational culture.
“Great institutions are not diminished by scrutiny; they are strengthened by it,” he said.
Beyond the memoir, Shuaib outlined IMPR’s performance during the first half of the year, saying the organisation had maintained its reputation for credible, data-driven journalism and strategic communication through its publications, including PRNigeria, Economic Confidential, Spokespersons Digest, Politics Digest, Emergency Digest, TechDigest, HealthDigest, Entertainment Digest and Arewa Agenda.
He announced that IMPR’s strategic communication campaigns for the Nigeria Customs Service and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, won honours at the 2026 SABRE Africa Awards, while campaigns executed for the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, and the Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, have been shortlisted for the 2026 International Public Relations Association, IPRA, Golden World Awards in Athens.
According to him, the organisation was also recognised in the PR Power List 2026.
Mr Shuaib said IMPR would host several flagship programmes before the end of the year, including the National Spokespersons Awards and the Economic Confidential Annual Lecture in August, the Security and Emergency Management Awards, SAEMA, in November, and the Arewa Stars Awards in December.
He also announced the publication of four new books: AI in Crisis Communication, Communicating Revenue and Monetary Reform, The Distinguished 109: Profile of Nigeria’s 10th Senate, and The Community Policing Playbook.
On capacity building, Shuaib said the 2026 PRNigeria Young Communication Fellowship received 690 applications for 30 available slots, with successful participants to be trained in Abuja, Kano and Ilorin, including at the newly established PRNigeria Training Academy in Lugbe.
He reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to advancing credible journalism, strategic communication and knowledge-driven solutions.
“We remain dedicated to advancing journalism and strategic communication in service of Nigeria and beyond,” he said.
