Op.Ed pieces and columnists
Charles Apple is a freelance visual journalist and instructor. A long time news artist and designer, He teaches design and graphics workshops and seminars around and outside U.S.A. He has won numerous awards from the Society for News Design for graphic...
In the First republic, even though the now defunct Northern Peoples’ Congress (NPC) won the election and went into an alliance with the National Convention of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) to form government at the centre, it did not stop the NCNC tha...
FRED ITUA captures the lingering controversy that still dominates the polity one week after the quirky convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While the winners are quick to claim that the outcome represents the wishes of the party mem...
The Director-General of National Mathematical Centre, Prof Sam Ale is of the opinion that even though love is a universal language, it is not used for advancement or knowledge. In this interview with KUNI TYESSI, he dispels fears concerning the dreaded...
Abubakar Kabara uncovers a mysterious abduction ground in Zamfara State, which is associated with several kidnappings in recent times. According to him, the Zamfara ‘Tsumami’ is gradually assuming a frightening dimension with the number of ...
Burukutu, a local brew in Benue State, which has been serving as a nutritional and economic product, is now being used by many in the state as an instrument of social integration and mobilization. Solomon Ayado reports. The brew is for all, just as the...
Honourable Ganama Titsi Kwaga represents Madagali/Michika Federal Constituency of Adamawa State on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, the lawmaker calls for the complete autonomy for local governmen...
He has been in this country for over 30 years, healing the sick and saving lives. Though he dines with the upper class, who forms his clientele, he still retains his common touch. Dr. Shabilhu Hassan is a Nigerian of Indian origin. EZRA IJIOMA spoke wi...
A national debate over the sharing of national cake may have begun with the call for the review of the Revenue Sharing Formula among the three tiers of government by the Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu in Abuja, reports BAYO OLADEJI Once again th...
Peter C. Nwilo, the Surveyor General of the Federation, speaks to Pateince Ivie Obhafuoso and Blessing Ukemena on the importance of adequate mapping of the country. What is the role of your office in land reform policies?We are there to provide t...
The paradox of human psychology is the tendency to resist what is already known as the most inevitable, CHANGE. Nothing has ever been known to be as permanent as change, not even human beings themselves who come to this world through birth as infants, ...
Acoustic shock is a phrase that has been around for about a decade. This condition, which affects most people who work in call centres leaving them with a permanent impairment, has become more common with the increase in telephone traffic and the growi...
Men in other parts of the country are known to carry loads from one place or the other and receive payments for such service but in Idumota Market in Lagos, the story is different writes PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID. Lagos, as many people know, is a land of man...
The Senate panel probing pension fund management is set to confront the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) but the team has betrayed no signs of backing down as it claims to have discovered far reaching fraud that is serious enough to convince the nationa...
With the infamous Hembe-gate saga and a brewing controversy trailing the protracted delay in release of the subsidy probe report topping the list of challenges bedeviling the 7th House, EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE examines the unfolding story, against the mood o...