We cannot unitarise security if we want a liveable Nigeria, says Fayemi

Governor of Ekiti State and chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, is celebrating two years into his second tenure as helmsman. He spoke with some senior journalists in Lagos on issues of development challenges and opportunities in Ekiti and how he has opened up the state as investment destination for big businesses. […]

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Agro business thrived despite pandemic – Eyiolawi

Chief Executive Officer, Titan Multibusiness Investment Limited (Parent company of Titan Farms that processes Titan Rice), Gbenga Eyiolawi, speaks with Omolara Akintoye on how agro business has thrived despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the risks involved in the business and how government can assist agro farmers. Excerpts: What has changed about Agro business with COVID-19 ? […]

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Why I quit journalism for politics – Funke Egbemode

Until her appointment by Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola as Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode served as the Managing Director of the New Telegraph newspaper. She also was a President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE. In this interview with Gbenga Aderanti, she speaks about her election and the reasons for […]

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Finesse, courtesy now missing on air, says Biola Olatunde

as veteran broadcaster celebrates 70 By Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale Biola Olatunde, novelist, poet, newscaster, script writer, drama producer and public speaker clocks 70 years today, October 3, 2020. The distinguished alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has written more than 200 stories for radio and television, as well as poetry anthologies and two novels […]

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‘US should also ban Nigerian election riggers’ families’

The United States of America should also impose stiffer sanctions on sponsors, families and beneficiaries of electoral violence in Nigeria. In this interview, the Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, tells Adelani Adepegba that this would serve as a deterrence to election riggers. Excerpts: Are you satisfied with the visa restrictions imposed by the United States on […]

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Nigeria must restructure to have peace – Adebanjo

As Nigeria prepares to celebrate its 60th independence anniversary, 92-year-old Afenifere chieftain, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, takes Alexander Okere back to the events that preceded the country’s independence in 1960 and some of the remarkable incidents that followed You were one of those born several decades before Nigeria got independence. What was life like at that […]

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Gen Buratai is a jinx breaker, completes 500 year old bridge – Olowu of Kuta, Oba Oyelude

By Banji Ayoola The Olowu of Kuta in Ayedire Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adekunle Oyelude, popularly called Makama, has recorded what would perhaps remain as his most outstanding achievement, by facilitating the completion of the age long bridge over Osun River to link Kuta, Ikoyi and Ede communities, and thus open them […]

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‘How I overcame deformity to become a lawyer’

My ugly experiences with men – Many law firms rejected me as youth corps member Jennifer Oghenewaire Nikoro Despite being physically challenged from birth, Jennifer Oghenewaire Nikoro, a young Nigerian lady, was able to achieve her dream of becoming a lawyer against all odds. The graduate of Ambrose Ali University, AAU, and the Nigerian Law […]

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Why Akeredolu deserves second term – Ale

By Banji Ayoola Strings of monumental achievements in all sectors of Ondo state’s economy including industrial and statewide infrastructural development, with the ongoing novel Port Ondo, Bitumen and Araromi Seaside to Ibeju Lekki, Lagos legacy projects, among several others just within three and half years, are what the state Government believes as enough reasons to […]

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