Category: Interview

– The following is one of the last interviews granted by the late ex Nigerian envoy to Greece and Australia, a former Secretary to Ondo State Government, ex Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ondo State University, a Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain and until his death on Wednesday the Asiwaju of Akure: How would you describe your […]

It is often said a goldfish has no hiding place, but the real trouble is in getting the goldfish. Getting to pin down a dapper, personable young man for an interview is akin to catching a goldfish. And when the fine gentleman is a former governor and presidential candidate, it becomes a different matter altogether. […]

– Reminiscences with former Secretary to the Federal Government, former Finance Minister, ex-Presidential Candidate, Afenifere chieftain and National Chairman of Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae How would you describe your childhood? I was born on September 21, 1938. I was able to know my date of birth because my father attended school […]

By Banji Ayoola Mr. Ogunbiyi Olatunde Davies (Tuye), a Lagos State House of Assembly aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, is coming up with a burning zeal for sponsoring new bills which would shift government focus to human capital development and other new innovative programmes which would tremendously impact the lives of […]

– says scheduled polls threatened by Presidency-National Assembly face-off Interview The fate of the 2019 general elections is hanging in the balance. Barely six months to the timetable set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the elections, the enabling law, which is the Electoral Act, is not signed into law. […]

Opeyemi Longe is what we choose to call a triple treat or the gift that keeps giving. Or how else does one describe a young man who has literally scored a hat trick of successive first class degrees? Opeyemi graduated from the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigerian Law School and the University of […]

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Judiciary Reforms, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, believes that Nigeria must spare nothing in the fight against corruption. An erudite law scholar, Mrs Nwagwu has 22 years postgraduate experience as an international criminal law attorney and development. Prior to her current position in the presidency, she has had a stint […]

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Judiciary Reforms, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, believes that Nigeria must spare nothing in the fight against corruption. An erudite law scholar, she has 22 years postgraduate experience as an international criminal law attorney and development. Prior to her current position in the presidency, she has had a stint at […]

RAY EKPU IS A NAME THAT RINGS A BELL IN THE JOURNALISM PROFESSION FOR SEVERAL REASONS. HE HAS HAD IT ALL IN HIS 45 YEARS OF PRACTICE. HE TAKES YEMI ADEBOWALE AND AHAMEFULA OGBU THROUGH THE HIGHS AND LOWS AS WELL AS PLANS TO CELEBRATE HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY AND 45 YEARS OF PRACTICE WHICH HE […]

•‘My father, who called himself a poor man with integrity, inspired me’ •On Newswatch: We were motivated by Time and Newsweek magazines •‘After Dele Giwa’s death, I didn’t lose focus’ By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Features Editor This interview offers a rare insight into the life of the co-founder of Newswatch magazine, Mr. Ray Ekpu, who […]