Senate Committee Vice-Chairman on Nigeria Air Force and Chairman of Rosabel Leo-Burnett Limited, one of Nigeria’s topmost advertising agencies, Senator Akinola Odunsi spoke with Gboyega Akinsanmi, on the internal crisis tearing apart the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. Excerpts: Due to the crisis in the Ogun State chapter of All Progressives Congress, […]
Interviews
Moghalu: Election in States Under Emergency Rule a Must
Interview Chief George Moghalu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress was until recently the secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party merger committee. He was also the Director General of the Chris Ngige Campaign Organisation for the November 16, 2013 governorship election that held in Anambra State. In this Interview with Charles Onyekamuo, Moghalu […]
APC Offers Genuine Platform for Igbo Presidency, Says Nyerere
The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, South-east, Chief Anyim Nyerere, speaks with Onyebuchi Ezigbo on Igbo presidency, APC’s in-roads in the South-east and other challenges facing the opposition party. Excerpts: How can you rate APC’s penetration in the South-east? APC is doing very well but we are not used to making noise. […]
Nzamah: Kaduna PDP is in a Mess
In this interview with John Shiklam, Mr. Mark Jacob Nzamah, a former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Kaduna State, speaks on the growing discontent in the state chapter of the PDP and the alleged marginalisation of Southern Kaduna people, among other issues. Excerpts: […]
In Times of Crisis, It’s Rescue Before Ideology, Says Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, speaks to Olawale Olaleye on some of the developments that presently define the state of the nation. Excerpts: What is the implication of the defection of the five PDP to your party, the APC recently? I believe that the realignment of forces is going to deepen our […]
Ekweremadu: Single Term Tenure Not Dead Yet
Personality Interview Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, was in Lagos at the weekend to give a situation report on the amendment process. Shola Oyeyipo presents excerpts from the interview session Although the senate committee has dropped the idea of […]
Wike Represents the Problem of Rivers People, Says Wena
Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State in charge of the Lagos liaison office, Mr. Aso Wena, speaks with Ojo M. Maduekwe on the crisis in the state and the roles played by the dramatis personae. Excerpts: Looking at the crisis in Rivers State, would you say Governor Amaechi is rather misunderstood? […]
A Newspaper Called Me Slave and that Fired My Quest for the Throne
Prologue His Royal Highness, Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I, the Oba of Lagos, recently clocked 70. Born in Isale-Eko in 1943, Akiolu attended Ansar ud Deen Primary School and Secondary School. He also studied Law at the University of Lagos. He joined the Nigeria Police Force as a cadet inspector and rose to the […]
Nyesom Wike: We’ll Rebuild Rivers PDP Ahead of 2015
INTERVIEW Supervising Minister of Education Nyesom Wike speaks on the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, the 2015 general election, and the crisis in the Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, among other issues, in this interview with Jaiyeola Andrews. Excerpts: ASUU has been on strike for over four months […]
Betrayal is Baraje’s Character Trait, Says Yunus
Interview Mr. Afolabi Yunus was Commissioner for Works in Kwara State between 2003 and 2007. In this interview with Akinbami Faloye, he dismissed the place of the new PDP in Kwara politics. Excerpts: Having served as principal secretary to Alhaji Kawu Baraje, as acting PDP chairman, how do you see the current agitation […]