Op.Ed pieces and columnists
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a commodity to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect-Aldo Leopold The monthly environmental sanitation exercise aimed at keeping the surround...
Following the deportation of 125 Nigerians by South African authorities some days ago, the diplomatic relations between the two countries was headed for the rocks. The ambassadors of both countries were summoned by their parent countries for consultati...
Najeem Usman Yasin mounted the saddle as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW) in August 2011. Barely eight months in office, Yasin says he has provided a clear direction for the union, which was hitherto dispa...
Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, whose election was confirmed by the Supreme Court last Tuesday, is now certain of his four-year mandate and has consequently mapped out strategies to take his state to a new level. In this intervie...
To what extent can poverty be a setback towards the success of blind persons? Our correspondents, Nanna Selkur and Rose Owota Adah, tell a moving story of the blind living in Karmajiji, Abuja. As one approaches this settlement, feelings of fear, insec...
Those who suffer from high blood pressure may not always need prescription medications to bring it down. By adhering strictly to lifestyle changes and some natural measures, high blood pressure and the risk of heart attack can be reduced. RALIAT ...
Optimism about Africa needs to be taken in fairly small doses, for things are still exceedingly bleak in much of the continent…Food production per person has slumped since independence in the 1960s. The average lifespan in some countries is unde...
For about two months now the residents of Federal Civil Services` Residential Quarters have been groaning under the weight of poor electricity supply caused by overloaded transformer, Nick Udenta writes. The Federal Civil Servants` Resident...
Nigerians are known to be very hard working people. There is no part of the world that you won’t find one or two artisans doing what they know how to do best. Anthony Ada Abraham spoke to some traders in a random sampling and how they are a...
Jackie Terhemba is a jobless Nigerian who wants government to create jobs for Nigerians youths. According to her, “I am tired of jumping from one menial job to the other just to survive. The time has come for government to do something on e...
Mr. Felix Modebe, is the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Century 21 Real Estate Group. In this interview with John Oba and OMOTOLA OLORUNTOBI, he argues that with the high cost of land and building materials, the housing-for-all policy of...
The 7th Senate seems to be stepping up its oversight brief with marching orders to President Goodluck Jonathan to respect the Public Procurement Act and to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to suspend implementation of the new price regime in v...
Although the Bauchi baby girl, Fatima Didda, born without limbs and who came into this world on 13th of January this year at Dunomari ward in Sakwa Village of Zaki local government area of Bauchi state is still alive. However, investigation has reveale...
The Director-general of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe is a man of ideas and action. In this interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’S TORDUE SALEM and CHIBUNMA UKWU, he lays out a 3-yr plan of the Corporati...
Renowned Professor of Law Itsay Sagay opens up in this encounter with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s OLAOLU OLADIPO and PAUL DADA on his foray into politics. He also nostalgically tracks back into his life’s journey, sharing rare glimpses of his child...