▁by ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁were ▁trying ▁to ▁trim ▁costs . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁News day ▁offered ▁a ▁round ▁of ▁buy outs . ▁On ▁ 1 0 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁O lo j ede ▁took ▁the ▁buy out ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁Johannes burg , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁living ▁when ▁he ▁learned ▁he ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁Pul itzer . ▁ ▁Back ▁to ▁Africa ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁O lo j ede ▁was ▁living ▁in ▁Johannes burg ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁two ▁daughters . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁East ▁African ▁Standard ▁reported ▁that ▁O lo j ede ▁was ▁hoping ▁to ▁launch ▁a ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁distributed ▁across ▁the ▁entire ▁African ▁continent . ▁ ▁Return ing ▁to ▁Niger ia , ▁O lo j ede ▁launched ▁ 2 3 4 Next ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁first ▁on ▁Twitter ▁and ▁then ▁online ▁and ▁in ▁print . ▁H iring ▁ 8 0 ▁new ▁journal ists ▁fresh ▁out ▁of ▁college ▁and ▁working ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁dies el - power ed ▁ 2 4 - hour ▁news room , ▁N EXT ▁worked ▁to ▁expose ▁government ▁cor ruption ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁much ▁resistance . ▁Most ▁fam ously , ▁N EXT ▁sc oop ed ▁the ▁story ▁that ▁the ▁president , ▁President ▁Y ar ' A du a ▁was ▁secret ly ▁brain ▁dead ▁and ▁not ▁" return ing ▁soon ▁from ▁a ▁Sa udi ▁hospital " ▁as