Category: Interview

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, tested positive to Coronavirus otherwise known as Covid-19. In this interview monitored on the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) radio stations and the privately-owned Fresh FM 105.9, the governor, who phoned in from isolation, addressed the residents of the state on the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that […]

Central Bank’s Independence Is Critical To Our Success Electing Leaders Not Knowledgeable And Competent Won’t Achieve Progress I Won 2019 Elections But Not At Ballot Booths Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, ex-deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and a candidate in the 2019 presidential election, is not scared of testing the depth of any […]

In this exclusive interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) spoke on the need for reforms in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), local government administration, Nigeria’s democracy since 1999, security challenges in the South-West and the launch of Operation Amotekun (shortly before […]

A leader of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, talks to ALEXANDER OKERE about the security outfit, codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun,’ launched by South-West states in Nigeria and the declaration by the Federal Government that it is illegal You have been an advocate of restructuring and state police amidst the security challenges facing the […]

The resolve by the Federal Government to ensure that there is sanity on social media has generated a lot of debates and (mis) interpretations, especially among the critical mainstream media. Information and Culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in this interview with Kabir Garba, clarifies that the efforts have become imperative in order to preserve the […]

As Labour reaches an agreement with the Federal Government on the implementation of the new minimum wage, Ondo State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Pastor Emmanuel Igbasan, declared in this interview that the revenue allocation should be reviewed to enable the state and local governments conveniently pay their workers the N30,000 minimum wage. Excerpts: What […]

Elder statesman and a former Commissioner for Information in Ondo State, Chief Segun Adegoke, has advised the All Progressives Congress, APC, national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, to shelve his reported presidential ambition as he believes that the party and the North would never field him as presidential candidate. Here is a taste of the Afenifere […]

Eighty-nine-year old Rt Rev Emmanuel Bolanle Gbonigi is a retired Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Akure Diocese and an elder statesman. In the spirit of Nigeria’s 59th independence anniversary celebration,  he reels out some prophetic words about Nigeria, expressing the hope he has for the country. In his words: “I am getting on in years, […]

says he was devastated when Chief Obafemi Awolowo was arrested by the Balewa government adding: ‘I thought the world would collapse’ Chief Olu Falae, a former presidential candidate on the joint ticket of Alliance For Democracy and All People’s Party, who contested against former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the 1999 general elections, and a chieftain […]