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We do not discriminate in naming and shaming sex offenders —Fapohunda, Ekiti AG
Ekiti State was in the news recently for publicly name-shaming sex offenders as well as taking additional measures in curbing the menace of sexual violence in the state. In this interview by FEMI OGUNTAYO, Ekiti State Attorney General and…
I have no regrets fighting for Biafra —Okike, ex-Biafran soldier
One of those who fought on the Biafran side during the civil war, Mazi Chukwuka Okike, relives his experience in the war. JUDE OSSAI brings excerpts of the interview:
How we captured Owerri and ended the Nigerian civil war —Colonel Yilwat
Colonel Sati Yilwat (Rtd) was at the battlefront during the Nigerian civil war. In this interview by ISAAC SHOBAYO, the retired military officer, who is the Plateau State chairman of the Nigerian Legion, speaks on the war 50 years after and…
AGF not a court of law, cannot declare Amotekun illegal ― Karounwi
Special Envoy on regional matters to Ekiti State governor and southwest publicity secretary of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Karounwi Oladapo in this conversation with FEMI OGUNTAYO, talks on what the southwest will do in response…
We’re alarmed that police claimed ignorance of the demolition —Kola Shittu, Kwara PDP chair
The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, Mr Kola Shittu, in this interview by BIOLA AZEEZ, shares the views of the party and its supporters on the demolition of Ile Arugbo built by late Olusola Saraki in Ilorin,…
Kwara demolition: Let Saraki family tender documents if they have any —Ologunde, AD secretary,…
Mr Michael Ologunde is the secretary of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Kwara State. He speaks to BIOLA AZEEZ on the dust raised by the recent demolition of a disputed land on which Ile Arugbo was built by the late strongman of Kwara…
Why FG must see to electoral reforms —Aduwo
Femi Aduwo is the national coordinator of Rights Monitoring Group, a coalition of 45 civil society organisations and doubles as the Executive Director of the Centre for Convention of Democratic Integrity (CCDI). He speaks with DARE…
Why we are finding it difficult to battle bandits —Police commissioner
Mr Adamu Usman is the Niger State Commissioner of Police. He speaks with ADELOWO OLADIPO on issues affecting the state and the nation.
60 years after I was born, Nigeria still a toddler —Odinaka Azubuike
Born on New Year day in January 1960, Mr. Odinaka Azubuike, a retired teacher at Federal Government Girls’
College, Benin, Edo State, has kept expressing concern that many things are not going on well with Nigeria. He recently spoke on…
If politicians are not careful, they are the ones that will break up Nigeria —Ayokunle, CAN…
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Ayokunle, who is also the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, in this interview by Deputy Editor, SAM NWAOKO, speaks on the state of the nation and the place…