At a point in one’s life, an individual, usually due to age, has to quit the daily activities that had been putting money in his pocket over the years. The individual is now said to have retired – it`s the point at which a person stops empl...
Hard work, they say, bears excellent fruits. Recall that a few weeks ago, Interval published a feature on Corporal Hudu Isah, an extraordinary civil servant who controls traffic at the Wuse Zone 7 junction in Abuja with so much passion. Well Corporal I...
Residents of Old and New Maitama in Kubwa Village, a popular suburb of Abuja have cried out over poor electricity supply and payment of bills which they said were too much compared to the amount of electricity supply availed to the area. Residents, who...
Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Ifedi was recently appointed an Honorary Consul-General to Nigeria by the Government of Belize. He serves on the Board of Nigerians in the Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Americas as the regional director for Central/South America and th...
Immediately after the Force Headquarters’ bombing, the security agencies reacted by deploying soldiers to mount check points at strategic locations, especially all entry points to the nation’s capital, in response to the threat of the milit...
Abuja is considered a city full of civil servsnts and politicians, a city characterised by the hustling and bustling of city dwellers doing all they can to eke out a living. Before this time, nightlife in Abuja was a thing to look forward to, especiall...
Mass failure in Unified Matriculation Tertiary Examination (UTME) and inadequate admission space in the nation’s universities for those who manage to pass are two issues managers of the Nigerian education system have been contending with. S...
Food, the most important necessity of any living organism in the world, has formed many relations and caused conflicts not only among humans but also among animals. To satiate the appetite, an organism fights, work and go to any extent which can neithe...
Willy Ezeugwu is the secretary-general of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP). He was also Orji-Uzor Kalu’s presidential campaign manager before the former jettisoned his ambition. In this chat with ONUKOGU KANAYO JUBAL, he takes ...
Lawrence Alobi (rtd) is a security consultant and the former commissioner of police, FCT. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, he described the recent bombing of the Police Headquarters as an act of terrorism, the lawyer also stated that prompt and decis...
The agency charged with regulating the foods, drug and cosmetics sector in Nigeria is the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The agency’s Director General, Dr. Paul B. Orhii, joined the agency amidst some contr...
The screening and confirmation of 14 ministerial nominees out of the 34 sent to the Senate and their subsequent swearing in by President Goodluck Jonathan, has finally put an end to the anxiety in the polity following the president’s inability to...
Jerry Gana was a minister of information during President Obasanjo’s regime. He also headed the National Orientation Agency (NOA). In this interview with CHIKA OKEKE, he spoke on the insecurity in the country and other sundry issues. Excerp...
Mallam Abubakar Mohammed has been the director-general of the Nigeria Directorate of Employemnt (NDE) since December 1, 2007. In less than four years, the organisation has transformed from an agency with no skills acquisition centre to one with 40 in s...
Hon. Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim is one of the new members of the House of Representatives. However, he is not new to the business of law making. The former member of the Kwara State House of Assembly spoke to some journalists in Abuja on the task ahead of P...