Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Austin Opara, says that in spite of the political impasse in the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it has not degenerated into a crisis situation but mere misunderstanding between political actors. In this interview with some journalists in Abuja, Opara says it would be wrong [...]
Hon. Ibrahim Baba Hassan of Labour Party represents Jos North constituency in the Plateau state House of Assembly. In an interview with MUHAMMAD TANKO SHITTU, Hassan, who was deputy Speaker in the sixth Assembly, blames the incessant crises in the state on what he calls leadership failure at both the state and federal levels The [...]
Ambassador Maria Olayinka Laose is Nigeria’s Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia; and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to International Organisations in Vienna. Born on 7th October 1954, Laose graduated in French from University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, in Ile-Ife in 1975 and worked as a French/English Translator at the International Secretariat of FESTAC, before [...]
Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, says there must be distinction between expression of principles and anti-party activities by loyal party members. In this interview with AMOS DUNIA, Turaki insists that the current crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party is as a result of the ability of the leadership of [...]
Factional National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Rev Casmir Ihegworo, says that going by the national convention of the party that took place in Agbor, Delta state, on January 14, 2012, he remains the authentic Chairman of the party. He further says in this interview with RAPHAEL EDE that Chief Victor Umeh [...]
In this interview with AIDELOJE OJO, the Niger state Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Danladi Abdulhameed, reviews the battle against education decay and the impact of handling the chalk by Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu that has brought to bear on professional teachers and the development of education in the state Tackling of education decay in Niger [...]
Professor Mohammed Bello Shittu is the first professor of Community Development and Innovation Diffusion in Northern Nigeria. He is also the Regional Director (Sub-Saharan Africa) for the International Association for Community Development (IACD) – the global network of practitioners and activists working towards social justice through community development approaches. In this interview with ADAM ALQALI, [...]
Chairman of the Adamawa state chapter of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Alhaji Umar Duhu, claims in this interview with OSUAGWU KINGSLEY that the party initiated the idea of merger among opposition parties. Besides, Duhu, who is also the special assistant to the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) also takes on [...]
In this interview, Chief Richard Nnadi, a social commentator and oil magnate, faults the processes leading to the 1914 amalgamation of Nigeria, and explains that mutual suspicion should be removed if the Nigerian Project is to truly work. He also tells RAPHAEL EDE the desirability of Igbo presidency, among other issues 1914 amalgamation The 1914 [...]
Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed is the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and Secretary, National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG). A former Chief Finance Officer of the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL) and Managing Director, Kaduna Investment Company Ltd, Mrs Ahmed holds a B.Sc in Accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Masters [...]
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