Op.Ed pieces and columnists
This call was proved fruitful in Kano and Bauchi States in the heavily and violently rigged 2007 general elections. This is the reason the P.D.P. was jittery in the build up to the 2011 elections concerning this call and attempted to do all they could ...
Kaduna State governor, Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, was recently in Atlanta where he attended the 2011 Convention and Anniversary of Zumunta, a northern peoples’ forum. He speaks with Leadership’s United States Bureau Chief, ABIODUN OLUWAROT...
For years, the clamour for good roads in the country received little or no attention. As a result, the roads became death traps, where hundreds of Nigerians met their untimely, but abrupt deaths daily. Accusations and counter-accusations keep flying ba...
Hon Tam Brisibe, represented Burutu Federal Constituency of Delta State from 2003 to 2011 and in this interview with some journalists, the CEO of TANDICE-B Solutions Limited has blamed the increase in violence across the country on security lapses. Rut...
An Abuja-based Islamic scholar, Shaykh Ibrahim Kanti Zuru has lent his voice to the call on federal government to engage sect members of the Boko Haram in dialogue, pointing out that, the current Ramadan season offers a wonderful opportunity to achieve...
In the month of Ramadan, Muslim faithful all over the world are compelled to fast during the day and to abstain from all forms of social and societal vices. This practice is perceived to harness both moral and spiritual benefits. Hauwa Mahmud Kolo, in ...
Mr. Sayo Odumosu is a constitutional lawyer that is not pleased with the state of affairs in the country, especially on the political scene. In this exclusive interview with BAYO OLADEJI in Abuja during the week, he bares his mind on the controversial ...
Technology; often used as the generic term to encompass all the technologies people develop and use in their lives (from the internet, mobile phones, to electrical appliances and aircraft) and a wide array of things we take for granted in today’s...
Former NTA girl, Adesuwa Onyenokwe’s type does not come in twos. She lets CHINYERE FRED-ADEGBULUGBE into her ever exciting life in this chat. A pure accident. That is the way Adesuwa Onyenokwe will readily describe her career in th...
For someone who had just undergone surgery, Hussein Abdul-Azeez looked incredibly strong and cheery as he lay on a hospital bed in Asokoro General Hospital. The plasters on his right shoulder were the only evidence that less than half an hour earlier h...
Death, they say, is inevitable but not all mortals know how they will return to their creator. SAMUEL ARUWAN revisits the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of a teenager, Yusuf Sai’du, by one Mallam Basiru, who is now at large, for alle...
Sen. Shaba Mohammed Lafiagi, representing Kwara North Senatorial District has urged the federal government to revitalise industries that have been shut down to create more jobs for Nigerians. Speaking with journalists recently, the former governor of K...
Trafficking in persons is gradually becoming the fastest growing crime in the world and the survivors who managed to make it back recount their sordid experiences. Victoria Mayaki in this report examines the pains of some of the survivors in their jour...
Hon. Umar Kassim Ibrahim is a trustee of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON). The engineer and one time chairman of Biu LG Council in this interview with AMINA ALHASSAN AHMAN, stressed the need to make local governments autonomous, t...
Blessing thought the issue was over when she passed by Tina’s door on her way to the local bathroom that is behind their ‘face me-I-face-you’ house in Mararaba, a suburb bordering Abuja and Nassarawa state, little did she know that it...