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Group Wants Fawehinmi Immortalized
By OLUSEGUN ADEOSUN Ayodele Akele, chairman, Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Organisation, GAFAMORG, has demanded that the federal government immortalize Gani Fawehinmi, the late human right activist and...
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Can PDP Survive APC’s Onslaught?
By ANAYOCHUKWU AGBO Last weekend’s special national convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to fill 17 vacancies in the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party showed that the...
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A Not-so-Fascinating Baggage
Hailed by stakeholders as one of the best efforts at repositioning tourism in the country, ‘Fascinating Nigeria’, an industry branding initiative, faces daunting challenges By NICHOLAS UWERUNONYE Edem...
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A Word for Fresh Graduates
As part of efforts to encourage youth corps members to imbibe entrepreneurship spirit and stop chasing non-existing jobs, proprietors of Lifeforte International Schools recently ask fresh graduates to...
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Like Yar’Adua, Like Suntai
From the treatment of his deputy, the secrecy over the true state of health and the desperation to take over the reins of government by people believed to be acting on his behalf, the story of...
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Inside Nigeria’s Slave Labour Camps
Life is not any worse than a gory episode of a horror movie for Nigerians of all ages and academic qualifications forced to take on factory jobs to stave off the ravaging effects of unemployment By...
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When a Big Daddy Goes Home
By FIDEL BAM The service was about to end at the Methodist Cathedral, Otapete, Ilesha, Osun State, August 23, 2013, and the officiating minister had a final announcement to make. “This is for the...
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Governor Suntai Is Unfit to Resume Work
Hamidu Suleiman is a former speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly from 2001–2003. He is now the chairman of the Conference of Political Parties in the state. He spoke on the crisis of...
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Governor Suntai Is Back on Track
Sylvanus Giwa is the special adviser on media to Governor Danbaba Suntai TAJUDEEN SULEIMAN Please, tell us about the condition of Governor Suntai? Contrary to speculations, I want to assure you that...
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Being Gay Is Natural - Yemisi Ilesanmi
‘Being Gay Is Natural’ She is the second child in a family of seven (six girls and a boy). In fact, Yemisi Ilesanmi was born in Lagos to a normal middle class family. However, by her late 20s she said...
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Taraba Assembly Is Wrong - Tunji Abayomi, lawyer and human rights activist
Taraba Assembly Is Wrong - Tunji Abayomi, lawyer and human rights activist By AYODEJI ADEYEMI Is the Taraba State House of Assembly in order asking the deputy governor to continue in his acting...
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In Pursuit of the General Good
In its quest to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, two different chapters of Rotary International install their presidents while dissecting...
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Why Jonathan May Miss Second Term
If the fatal fission in the Peoples Democratic Party continues unresolved, it may deteriorate to a level where President Goodluck Jonathan may find it inevitable to quit the 2015 race, or go down...
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Peter Obe’s Studio of History
Leaders, colleagues and family members remember Peter Obe, Nigeria’s ace photojournalist, as the quintessential chronicler of history By JULIANA UCHE-OKOBI His home was quiet....
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Playing Games with Taraba
While a committee of the PDP troubleshoots on the crisis in Taraba State, a suit is filed in an Abuja high court seeking what runs contrary to the spirit of the political compromise in Jalingo By...
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The Scramble for Anambra
With the conclusion of party primaries by political parties fielding candidates for the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State, the stage is now set for what promises to be a titanic...
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When Editors Look Beyond Oil
At the ninth Guild of Editors’ Conference held in Asaba, Delta State, stakeholders in the Nigerian project warned on the dangers of mono-product economy, charting a road map to the country’s economic...
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Aiming for a Rebound
The Lagos International Table Tennis Classics recently held in Lagos brings back nostalgic feelings among table tennis fans but it remains to be seen whether such effort would be sustained By ANTHONY...
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Nigerian Youth Should Brace for Leadership – Seun Odewale
He is a social media personality and new media activist. Widely known through his Twitter handle, 'Eggheader', Seun Odewale is currently concluding the first part of a Doctorate program at the...
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BREAKING NEWS: Jonathan drops ministers
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked some ministers, months after speculations that he was planning a cabinet reshuffle; to re-energise what is regarded as a lackluster cabinet. Those affected by...
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