Op.Ed pieces and columnists
Reality shows in Nigeria come in different forms and serve as a platform for participants to showcase their talents in a variety of ways while the sponsors use the medium to promote their brands. In this piece, SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH, Abuja and SAMUEL ABUL...
In what seems to be a growing trend now, paternity tests are revealing that some menmight not be their children’s biological fathers, bringing nightmares to families in Nigeria. ANIETIE UDOBIT writes on this disturbing trend. Mr and Mrs Timothy h...
Prime Lifestyle, an organisation involved in decorations, is planning to make the nation’s capital a place to be during festive periods. Leader of the organisation, Mrs Edna A. Owolabi, disclosed to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND that their vision is to give...
Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State was in Washington DC, United States (U.S.) recently where he attended a summit on infrastructure development. At the event, the governor spoke with our U.S. Bureau Chief, ABIODUN OLUWAROTIMI, dwelling on...
In view of the security situation in the country, especially involving Nigeria youth, the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC), has undertaken to remould the character and productive capacity of these youths, through well thought out...
Following the dastard killing of two military men by some hoodlums at Okene in Kogi State on August 12, 2012, virtually all forms of security operatives went wild making sporadic arrests here and there within and around Okene town. This is normal perha...
There is a high turnover in the global herbal market spearheaded by China, India and Thailand. In this interview with WINIFRED OGBEBO, the Managing Director, Nigeria Medicinal Plants Development Company (NMPDC), a parastatal of the Federal Minist...
Barely a week after the gruesome murder of over 40 people including some students of the Federal Polytechnic, School of Health Technology and Adamawa State University (ADSU), all of Mubi, Adamawa State in North East Nigeria, PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID, who wa...
Nigeria as a sovereign state has passed through series of social transformation since its independence 52 years ago. UCHE UDUMA, MICHEAL OCHE and KEHINDE AJOBIWE take a look at Nigeria’s social transformation within this period. Nigeria had her i...
A Septuagenarian, Professor Ango Abdullahi is a former Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University; he is the current spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum. In this interview with MIDAT JOSEPH, Professor Ango who was only 22 when Nigeria gained Ind...
Recently, the minister of aviation, Stella Oduah proposed the setting up of cities (Aerotropolis) in some airports in the country. But as a typical federal government project, this noble proposal seems to have been abandoned as not much is being heard ...
The people of Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State were recently hit by a massive erosion, cutting them off from neighbouring states of Anambra and Enugu. In this interview with STANLEY UZOARU, the deputy governor, Sir ...
Inadequate funding is the greatest challenge facing the Code of Conduct Tribunal in its effort towards fighting corruption in the country to a standstill. In this interview, chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar told our senior reporter...
Life is full of contradictions. While some people find it rosy, others suffer misery at every turn. In all, as mortals, who are we to raise questions? It is indeed every man to his or her fate. For 35- year-old Mrs. Grace Anigor, a widow from Obegu Izz...
To ensure the good management of Nigerian roads, the Federal Roads Management Agency has introduced new technology to make Nigerian roads safer and motorable to road users, writes Uzoamaka Ajah. Good roads are a key economic segment with high gro...