Op.Ed pieces and columnists
Since President Goodluck Jonathan revealed the idea of a single term six-year tenure for the president and state governors, a lot has been written, ridiculing him for his astonishing misplacement of priorities. There have also been a few voices in his ...
Since the conduct of the re-scheduled National Assembly polls in April 2011, the good people of Anambra North Senatorial zone have not been represented in the upper legislative chamber partly because of the series of legal challenges mounted by differe...
People do things for different reasons. Most of the time, we daily go about our business without ever stopping to give a thought to why school-age children are on the streets hawking instead of in school. The need to earn a living is why 21-year-old Fo...
We all know who the paper boy is. He’s the newspaper vendor who brings the dailies to your office, or sells to you along the streets or at traffic junctions. But who are the ‘paper girls’? CHRISTIANA ESEBONU writes that in a bid to su...
Many a young people have lost their dreams, while fantasising about their dreams and failing to lift a finger in making it come true. Not so with Vincent Omeje. He had the idea, he fantasised about it and put it to work. All that is left is putting it ...
At first glance, ‘Niyi, seems like your regular taxi driver in the Federal Capital Territory. By chance he opened up to BLESSING UKEMENA and ONUKOGU KANAYO JUBAL. His story can best be described as bizarre. Our destination was Area one, an arm of...
Honourable Albert Tanimu Sam-Tsokwa is the chairman, ad hoc committee on Business and Rules. Sam-Tsokwa represents the Donga\Takum\Ussa and Special Areas Federal Constituency of Taraba State in the National Assembly. In this interview with EDEGBE ODEMW...
National chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh spoke with reporters in Enugu recently, where he expressed his position on several topical issues.NNAMDI MBAWIKE was there for LEADERSHIP SUNDAY. President Goodluck Jona...
In this piece, ACHOR ABIMAJE takes a look at last Monday carnage in Jos, the Plateau state capital, where dozens of people were killed and property worth millions of Naira destroyed and concludes that the ugly development would have been prevented if s...
Mrs. Ebere Ifendu is a legal practitioner and the woman leader of the Labour Party. In this brief chat with RUTH CHOJI, she urged Mr. President to give women more slots in other sectors of the economy. Excerpts: Ondo State chairman of the Labour ...
Hon Peter Akuja is a member of the House of Representatives representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency. In this brief chat with RUTH CHOJI, he advocated for the prosecution of people hampering the peace and stability of Plateau State. Exce...
The issue of mismanagement and underutilisation of scarce resources in Nigeria has led to huge wastage of resources and manpower, just as the privatisation of aviation agencies as recently re-echoed by Capt. Adebayo Araba, rector of the Nigerian Colleg...
With barely four years before the date for actualisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), one of which is health, CHIKA MEFOR reports that Dutse Sagbayi community is in dire need of a health centre The people of Dutse Sagbayi Village in the ...
Hon. Dr. Eddie I. Mbadiwe representing Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, urges Nigerians to embrace western education as the key for development. He also spoke with CHIBUZO UKAIBE on other topical...
Hon. Simon Mwankwon represents Riyom/ Barkin Ladi Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI in Jos recently, he alleges that the lingering Jos crises is being sponsored by people from outsi...