Op.Ed pieces and columnists
Gabriel Suswam, the Governor of Benue State, laments on how the North as a region is losing out in its economic activities due to the security challenges across the country. In this interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, he reiterates the commitment of the Go...
Although 2015 is three years away, in Nigeria the battle for the soul of the crises-torn nation is on and opposition parties have resolved this time around to flush out the ruling PDP form the Aso Rock. But could they be taken serious at all? BAYO OLAD...
In 48 hours, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s will mark the first year anniversary of his election as president. Some nine months ago when the ritual of marking his first 100 days was being concocted, Minister of Information Labaran Maku told Nigerians wh...
Is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on a renewal course, thirteen years on? Or is the movement of Africa’s largest party directionless? As the nation celebrates another Democracy Day, STANLEY NKWOCHA takes a look at the party’s trajectory...
As Nigeria celebrated the Safe Motherhood Week, gaps were observed across all the hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory, where findings revealed that pregnant women still find it difficult to access ante natal services. Yet, ante natal care ...
In Ebonyi state, first wives demonstrate their anger against their husbands for taking second wives by setting the ‘intruders’ ablaze, and making sure they are burnt to death, writes ONYEKAOZULU OFOMA in Abakaliki. Women ...
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uyi Igbe, says the lawmakers are more interested in giving legislative backingto the executive in order to fast-track development rather than engage in acrimony with the governor. In this...
It is a known medical fact that non-smokers, who inhale cigarette smoke are at risk of cancer and other health problems just like the smokers themselves. This is not only applicable to adults, as children who are exposed to passive smoking are li...
Senator Aisha Jumai Alhasan represents Taraba North at the National Assembly where she is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs. In this interview with John Mkom, she speaks about political issues in Taraba State. We were a little bit t...
Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is the Deputy Governor of Kano State. He was also the Deputy Governor during Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso’s first term in office between 1999 and 2003. In this interview with SA’ADATU SHUAIBU, he speaks on ...
2011 has been a particularly rough year for the Church in Nigeria. To the best of my knowledge the Church has never felt so insecure and threatened than she has been in the last one year. It’s not as if she has never faced similar persecutions, a...
Alhaji Umaru Dikko, a key voice of the northern political establishment was transport minister under the Shehu Shagari presidency in the Second Republic. Off the political radar for some time now, the astute politician has signaled his intention to ret...
Salisu Ibrahim reports on the unprecedented mass wedding involving 100 widows in Kano last Tuesday, setting the stage for the marriage of 900 others under a strategic scheme designed by the state government to better the lots of the couples and check r...
The hope of the people of Bida Basin in Niger State to join the league of oil-producing community in Nigeria has heightened with the discovery of what looks like hydrocarbon deposits in the area. Abu Nmodu reports. The history of Niger State is just ab...
Political tension heightens in Edo State as Governor Adams Oshiomhole, last Monday led thousands of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) supporters to protest alleged plot to use INEC to manipulate the scheduled voter’s registration in favour of the ...