Op.Ed pieces and columnists
Ambassador Shehu Malami was once Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa. In this interview with MUSA AHMAD TIJJANI and ONUKOGU KANAYO JUBAL, he revisits the diplomatic row between Nigeria and South Africa, while baring his mi...
Recently, dare-devil armed robbers numbering nine, and fully armed with deadly weapons including AK 47 refles, attacked and killed the director of finance and account with the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina, Alhaji Kabir Yakubu, 55, in his residence a...
Christianity and Islam share much common ground. Both trace their roots to Abraham. Both believe in prophecy, God’s messengers (apostles), revelation, scripture, the resurrection of the dead, and the centrality of religious community. Both ...
Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State had on January 22, set-up a 70-man Peace and Reconciliation Committee aimed at healing old wounds and fostering peace among the citizens of the state following the last year’s post-presidential poll...
Most Reverend Nicholas Dikeriehi Orogodo Okoh, Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) is one of Nigeria’s most outspoken clerics. In this interview with LOUIS ACHI, he urges Nigerians not to despair and that a new nation will emerge fr...
The President of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ )Muhammed Garba, who is also the president, West African Journalists Association, WAJA. In this interview with JAMES UWEM, talks about his plans to reinvigorate the pen profess...
Chief Executive of the Centre for Satellite Technology Development (CSTD), Dr. Spencer Onuh, in this interview with NGOZI OBOH, says arrangements are in top gear to deliver Nigeria's cube satellite(Cubesat), a type of miniaturised satellite for spa...
Every part of the world has natural endowments, but some parts are more naturally endowed than others. In this part of the world, (Nigeria) our natural endowments are so vast that some are even being overlooked or ignored. A case study of waste m...
With the controversy over the stealing of pension funds by light-fingered minds of the scheme boiling over, Senator Oluremi Tinubu (ACN, Lagos) looks at the big picture and wades in with a bill seeking to establish the National Security Agency for aged...
Igwurita is a very busy semi-urban community in Rivers State. Though, it is one of the closest communities to Port Harcourt, the state capital, Igwurita community is in Ikwerre local government area of the state. On Saturday, March 17, 2012, the peacef...
It is not in the African culture to take one’s life but it seems that things are taking a different pattern in our society now a days. Out of fear of being disowned, young Maryam decided that she was better off dead. BLESSING UKEMENA writes. Mary...
In every part of Katsina State, one is sure to find illegal road blocks constructed by communities in the guise of guarding against over speeding and reckless driving. In virtually all the road side communities especially those on the highways the peop...
The Director General of the Edo State Liaisons Office in Abuja Tony Aiyijina, in this interview with JAMES UWEM, he talks about his stewardship and as well evaluates political developments in the state. How has it been like serving as ...
Former Kaduna State military administrator, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, in this interview with Correspondent MIDAT JOSEPH believes that for the north to retrieve power in 2015, it must seek another platform other than the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (...
Accidents can be avoided if necessary precautions are taken into consideration. However, it is a pity that the safety of children on Nigerian roads is often not considered by many, a terrible oversight that has led to several avoidable fatal accidents ...