Holy Aruosa is a traditional religious and unique worship place where the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N Edo Uku Akpolokpolor, Oba Erediauwa , his palace chiefs , family members including men and women of Bini origin commune directly with God. L...
Against the background of severe threats to the Nigerian Project, RUTH CHOJI sounds out key stakeholders who are unanimous that the bloody campaign of the Boko Haram sect must be caged - and quickly The problem of insecurity which used to be one of th...
If it is true that people who die suddenly, still hang around after their eyes might have been snapped by death, then Ibrahim Abutu is yet to give up. Abutu, a former staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), was murdered by an unknow...
Luck shines on a Lagos family, as their two-year-old son, Gift, who was kidnapped from school in Lagos, is found in Jos, the Plateau State capital. ACHOR ABIMAJE, reports. Their hope of finding him had since fizzled. In short, Alhassan Allamaimagani, a...
The bright future of a youth corps member, who was on his way home after his compulsory one-year national assignment, is put asunder following a ghastly accident that lands him in hospital. Three years after there is no sign of recovery, as he can neit...
January 10 this year marked the 46th birthday of one of Nigeria’s emerging political icons, namely, speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, a man one can confidently qualify as a leader, boss, mentor and reliable b...
The three anti corruption agencies in the country, namely the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent and Corrupt Practises and Other Related Commission (ICPC), together with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) are the engines dri...
As former governor of Bauchi State enters the fray to vie for the Peoples Democratic Party chairmanship, NAJIB SANI looks at the hurdles on his course and writes that personal charisma may not be enough as forces opposed to Muazu’s aspiration are...
Hon Innocent Z. Tirsel is the member representing Shendam/Mikang/Qua’an-Pan Federal Constituency of Plateau State. In this interview with FRED ITUA, he urges President Jonathan to be more proactive in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria. Excer...
The Director-General, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Dr. Joseph Golwa has been saddled with the task of researching into ingredients that promote peace just as it dissects those that breed conflict.In this interview with EMMA OKEREH, he p...
The Benue State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Omadachi Oklobia recently spoke to journalists on the 2012 budget and the controversies surrounding the implementation of the 2011 Budget in Benue State. Solomon Ayado was there for LEADERSHIP. The state gov...
FRANCIS AGBO writes on the political ambition of Mohammed Buba Marwa, governorship candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Adamawa State for tomorrow’s polls. He is respected in the country. In Borno and Lagos states where he had h...
The Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, in this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA, speaks on the activities of her ministry in the last six months. At your first public forum with the media, you admitted that there is a gap be...
What would have made a woman so heartless as to mete out the kind of punishment that would lead to the death of her child? How stubborn or disobedient can a child be to warrant death as punishment? These were the questions on the lips of nurses and doc...
Life is like a journey with an unpredictable destination. The Spanish poet and playwright, Antonio Machado (1875 – 1939) aptly captured life’s unpredictability in his poem: “Oh Time, oh Still and Now, pregnant with things impending. Y...