Op.Ed pieces and columnists
Comrade Adakole Ochai is the president of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS). In this interview with some journalists, he talked about the controversy trailing the association and other issues. JOHN OBA was there for LEADERSHIP WEEKEND...
In this interview with EMMA OKEREH, Hon. Ini Udoka speaks on issues of national importance. The ranking lawmaker, who represents Ini/Ikono federal constituency in the House of Representatives, says that a gradual deregulation of the oil sector and the ...
Edmund Burke once said, ‘Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.’ Edmund Burke couldn't be more correct as that little help from two LEADERSHIP staff was what may have saved the life of J...
The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, ( PDP), will face herculean task as over 735 delegates converge at the Dr Samuel Ogbemudia main bowl to pick a candidate that will confront Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s ruling Actio...
The dredging of the River Niger has brought smiles to the youths in the cooperating communities, writes PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID. When in September 10, 2009, Umaru Musa Yar’Adu led federal government flag off the dredging of the River Niger In Lokoja,...
Certain policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria have recently attracted public criticism; however, a member of its board, Prof. Sam Olofin, says the bank's actions are in line with its mandate. He spoke to ISAAC AIMURIE and NGOZI OBOH. In Nigeria, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan, in this exclusive interview with JONATHAN POWER, a syndicated foreign affairs columnist and commentator, speaks on how his administration has succeeded in tackling corruption, especially on fertiliser procurement and distri...
In spite of the growing poverty in the country, some people have refused to stoop to the paucity of job in the country. Our correspondents, NANNA SELKUR AND ROSE OWOTA ADAH, tell a story on how some Nigerians are surviving. Day after day, they ignore t...
After over 44 years in incubation, the dredging of River Niger was flagged off on September 10, 2009. The project crystallises the federal government’s unwavering determination to tackle the country’s infrastructure and development challeng...
Barely two months after government introduced the fuel subsidy removal policy which sparked off a protest which nearly set the entire country ablaze, the government last week announced a planned 88 per cent hike of electricity tariff setting tong...
Sensing a threat to its cosy perch and constitutional mandate, the Senate last week quickly torpedoed both the conceptual underpinnings and arrowheads of the campaign for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to renegotiate the bases for the Nigerian P...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) since its inception has evolved from an insignificant status to an enviable height and has become an organisation to be reckoned with in the International Civil Defense Oganisation -the world b...
Hon. Gambo Musa Dan-Musa is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Ethics & Privileges. In this interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s KEHINDE AJOBIEWE, he shares insights into the mandate of his committee, clamour for a unicameral o...
In recent months, against the background of severe challenges to the Nigerian state, proponents for the convention of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to discuss the fundamentals of continuation of the Nigerian project have apparently seized centr...
Seriake Dickson has just succeeded in overcoming an internal crisis with the ruling People's Democratic Party and getting elected as governor. Osa Okhomina, looks at the new challenges he now faces. While the people had resolved to cue into the cha...