Op.Ed pieces and columnists
The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, in contending with the daily chaos that arise from traffic jams on the streets of Abuja, introduced the park and pay regime,which came into effect recently. JAMES UWEM looks at the opera...
Mutual cooperation between the executive arm of government and the legislature is essential if the governed must enjoy the dividends of democracy. In this interview with MIKE UBANI, the Speaker Imo state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Chukw...
In the twilight of his fairy tale political career Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, a key arrowhead of the Peoples Democratic Party’s drive to retrieve power in Edo State, faces arguably his toughest political battle today when the governorship poll...
New facts yesterday emerged on the reasons behind the appointment of the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan as a Permanent Secretary in the State Civil Service by the administration of Hon. Seriake Dickson. Dame Patience Jonathan was appoint...
Mr. Sikiru Shehu is Registrar/Chief Executive of Computer Professionals’ Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), the federal government agency that regulates the practice of information technology (IT). In this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA, Shehu, ...
He was ‘soft’ looking, very harmless in disposition, but Senator Gyang Dalyop Dantog was one of the few senators who bestrode the Senate chambers with so much gait and candour. Behind that facade is bullet. He was a strong-willed representa...
A new study suggests adolescents who misuse alcohol and drugs are at increased risk of continued misuse well into middle age. PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID writes. The results of a new study of a doctorial thesis presented by Yasmina Molero Samuelson at the Cent...
The Chief Executive Officer, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, Dr. Demola Sogunle, in this interview with Chris Ugwu, says that the government should enforce the Pension Reform Act to ensure that the contributory pension scheme succeeds. He also notes tha...
Political parties in Edo are putting final touches to their strategies in winning the governorship election. LEADERSHIP’s Patrick Ochoga, drew line between the chances of various candidates, their chances, aspiration and opportunities open ...
Providing road infrastructure in Rivers State is a difficult and costly enterprise because of the rains and terrain. But the Commissioner of Works, Victor Giadom, in this interview with Lawson Hayford, posits that environmental factors cannot det...
ADESUWA TSAN and EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE in this report play up a view being silently expressed among federal lawmakers on the propriety of the secret probe of the latest bribery tale rocking the House of Representatives Who blinks first?The past two weeks ...
As the recent posting of the 2012 Batch ‘B’ corps members continue to generate tension, john oba, in this piece, reports that the current insecurity in some parts of the North is truly a threat to the objectives of the NYSC. Since the estab...
A young spinster is now helping the police with information on how a married man was found dead on top of her in a low profile hotel frequented by commercial sex workers in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. EDEM EDEM reports. They have been havin...
On July 14th, Edo State will again attract global attention as opposing political parties including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and others will attempt to unseat...
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) is the umbrella organisation for the Organized Private Sector (OPS). In this interview with Ben Ndubuwa, the Director-General of NACCIMA, Dr. John Isemede, spea...