Senate Presidency: I’m ready to work with all Senators — Ahmed Lawan, Senate Majority Leader
Senator Ahmed Lawan is the Majority Leader of the outgoing 8th Senate. By June he would become the longest serving…
I used to abscond from school to engage in street dancing — Onyema, Air Peace Chairman
Mr Allen Onyema, a lawyer, is the chairman of Air Peace. He tells the story of his life, particularly his…
Why my suspension from APC can’t stand —Niger Delta Affairs minister
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Uguru Usani, in this interview with journalists, speaks on his suspension from the All…
Three Nigerian writers make Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist
Three Nigerian authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Akwaeke Emezi and Diana Evans have been longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction,…
Would you forgive your spouse’s infidelity?
THERE is a popular scriptural saying: “Marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled, but whoremonger and adulterers God…
My parents did not pay any school fees —Ugbebor
Professor Olabisi Ugbebor, Nigeria’s first female Professor of Mathematics, is a Lagos-born Ijesa woman. At 25, she had already bagged…
Osun people already reaping gains of SDP, APC pact, but… —Omigbodun
Mr Goke Omigbodun, an architect and former chairman of the Osun State Property Development Corporation, is the deputy chairman of…
How should couples defend their partners against family attacks?
MARRIAGE and relationships exceed the love between spouses. They rely greatly on the acceptability of the family from both sides.…
Oluwaseun is Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019
FOR her efforts at assisting thousands of sexual and domestic abuse victims, Nigeria’s Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi has been named the…
Family of lawmaker, who died while celebrating electoral victory laments •My late husband placed constituency needs ahead that of family —Widow
The member representing Pengana Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Ezekiel Afon, has become a unique statistic of…
Electoral violence has become a national gangrene —Obahiagbon
Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon (alias Igodomigodo) in this interview conducted by SAM NWAOKO, spoke on his last electoral pursuit, the violence…
Why I haven’t touched my hair since I left UI 12 years ago —LaffUp
Segun Ogundipe, better known as LaffUp, is a Nigerian comedian. The Theatre Arts graduate of the University of Ibadan started…
My dad got me N.35m job in Abuja to discourage me from politics —25-yr-old Oyo legislator-elect
Yusuf Oladeni Adebisi is the youngest lawmaker in Oyo State since 1999 and could soon be confirmed as the youngest…
Soldiers became army of occupation, partisanship during 2019 elections —Aduwo
Mr Olufemi Aduwo is the president of Right Monitoring Group (RMG), which is a coalition fo 45 civil society organisations.…
l’ll never forget the day I was given palmwine for anaesthetics —Bankole
Mr. Segun Bankole is the image-maker for Sovereign Trust Insurance PLC. Like others, he has a story to tell, but…
Would you accept an illegitimate child into your marriage?
CHILD ILLEGITIMACY entails the status of a child born outside marriage. Such a child is often referred to as ‘love…
Journalist with a heart: Nkanga gets reward for courage
Multilingual investigative journalist, Peter Nkanga, has won the first ever Jamal Khashoggi Award for Courageous Journalism for 2019. The award…
Lack of information about migration almost killed me — Nigerian migrant
Nigerian migrants travelling to Europe via the Saharan desert and the Mediterranean Sea risk starvation, slave traffickers, shipwreck and death.…
No election since 1999 passed integrity test in Nigeria —Shonibare, SDP national chairman
The national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Supo Shonibare, who is also a legal luminary, in this…
