This demolition is the handiwork of the Gbagyi’s, the government has no hand in this. Although they came with some mobile policemen, we cannot be deceived into believing that they had the permission of the government What used to be the homes of ...
Described as one of the best in event management, Pembi Stephen-David writes that Hek Jays is never backward in making each event it manages an affair to remember. It is completely unlike any wedding ceremony that was organised here. No rushing to get ...
The Bayelsa State government set up a special security outfit in 2010 to entrench peace and security in the state. One year later, OSA OKHOMINA writes that the outfit may have been turned into a witch hunt tool against innocent citizens and opposition ...
Hon. Jim Adun, a retired Group Captain of the Air force, represents Eger Ikpoba Okha Federal Constituency of Edo State. In this restricted interview with journalists, including LEADERSHIP’S RUTH CHOJI, in Abuja, he sheds light on the role of the ...
A part of Mabushi community in the Mabushi Cadastral zone of the Federal Capital Territory, has for much of the past four weeks, remained without power from the national source, no thanks to some hoodlums who carted away some PHCN installed cable...
The War Against Poverty (WAP) initiated by the former director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Maharazu I. Tsiga, has served as a platform for training serving youth corps members on entrepreneurship skills, thereb...
First son of late Kudirat Abiola, wife of late Chief M.K.O Abiola, acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election, Olalekan Yushua Abiola spoke to LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s CHIKA OTUCHIKERE on the deaths of his parents and the co...
Once president of the senate of the short-lived Third Republic, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, a former university don, has been involved in politics since the return of democracy in 1999 and had served in four key ministries at the cabinet level. In this interview...
Dr Usman Bugaje was once the national secretary of the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria. He was also the party’s governorship candidate in Katsina State, first in 2007 and again in 2011. In this interview with SHUAIB SHUAIB, he speaks on the...
Remarks by General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, at the conferment of the award of Politician of the Year on him by Leadership Newspapers Group, at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Thursday, September 29, 2011 I would like to, first of all, thank the Lea...
BASIRAT NAHIBI has been in the forefront of empowering women in Africa and giving them a voice. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, the founder of Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment in Africa (WAELE/ARCELFA) spoke on their l...
Hon Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim who represents Offa/Ifelodun/Ovun federal constituency of Kwara State says that at 51 Nigeria is no longer a toddler and should be able to deliver the best to the citizens given its abundant human and material resources. He sp...
The arraignment of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is seen by the opposition as political persecution. The CCT had revealed that government has iron-clad evidence to nail Tinubu. The s...
Hon. Abubakar Mahmud Wambai, representing Miaha/Mubi North/Mubi South Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, in this interview with RUTH CHOJI, argues that the National Assembly is happy with President Goodluck Jonathan on the stand he has taken in the...
The introduction of the Pension Reform Act was perceived by many to be a step in the right direction, towards addressing the malaise in the sector. But there are two sides to a coin. Nanna Selkur takes a look at the unpopular side of the Act and the wa...