…Outrage in Lagos, Ibadan as PoS operators charge 10% on every transaction …Price of goods crash in Daura market Nigerians have continued to lament the scarcity of Naira notes which worsened last week amidst equally worsening crisis of scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol. That is despite the extension of the deadline for […]
Senator Victor Umeh is not new to the tough political terrain, having fought at the court to secure his mandate at the 8th Senate. Recently, an Awka Federal High Court delivered a judgement disqualifying him as the Senatorial candidate of Labour Party in Anambra Central Senatorial District of the state. He has filed an appeal […]
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in this media interaction organised by the Presidential Media Team speaks on various issues regarding jailbreaks, encumbrances being faced in passports issuance and the readiness of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to provide adequate security at the oncoming general elections. LAWRENCE OLAOYE was there and reports […]
Mike Igini is a former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State. In this interview, he speaks on the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the recent judgement of the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, among other issues Since you left the Independent […]
collecBob Yousuo Joseph, a marine engineer, is the National President of Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association (NMNOWTSSA). He speaks on the future of the Nigerian maritime industry as the new Lekki Deep Sea Port commences operation. PAUL OGBUOKIRI brings excerpts You will clock three years in office this January as […]
With less than a month to the presidential election, Kola Ologbodiyan, one of the Spokespersons of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku and his running mate, Dr. Ifeayi Okowa, examines the chances of the party and the various challenges it is contending with in this interview with GEOFFREY EKENNA Let’s start with Project […]
Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano is the Anambra North Senatorial candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). She got the endorsement of politics appointees when her husband was in office and she speaks with some reporters on her ambition, OKEY MADUFORO was there You were recently endorsed by the appointees that served under your husband. […]
Director General of the Nigeria Mining Cadastral Office (NMCO), Obadiah Nkom, in this interview organised by the Presidential Media Team explained what the agency has been doing to reposition the nation’s mining sector with a view to increasing revenue generation and job creation. LAWRENCE OLAOYE presents the report Have you issued a license for […]
Ace broadcaster, Julie Coker, contested for the Delta South Senatorial District under the United Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP), in 2003. She told Flora Onwudiwe that the powers that be denied her the ticket. She also spoke on sundry issues. Excerpts: What exactly spurred your interest in going into politics after retirement? Well, we were broadcasting, […]
Kexter Donald Jnr, a victim of the Polio vaccine tragedy and Business Administration graduate, is also a freelance writer and online publisher. He talked passionately, in this interview with ISIOMA MADIKE, about his journey through life; how he survived and why he decided to set up an NGO to help others overcome the burden of […]