Op.Ed pieces and columnists
A speech delivered by President Goodluck Jonathan at the 50th anniversary of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and conferment on him of a honorary doctor of laws degree by GIMPA I would like, first of all, to warmly th...
Being text of presentation by former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, at the biennial conference of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Benin, Edo State, recently... This biennial conference is being held at a time when the people in the Nigerian mass ...
In this interview with Tordue Salem, Dr. Cletus Akwaya, the Special Adviser on Media to Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State speaks on Benue politics. What is your overview of the 2011 elections which brought in Governor Gabriel Suswam to offic...
Since his election as the governor of Osun State, Engr. Rauf Aregbesola has been having a running battle with the dethroned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. SEFIU AYANBIMPE reports the latest effort of the PDP to impeach the governor.  ...
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...