Foremost Historian and expert in African borderland and regional integration, Emeritus Prof. Anthony Asiwaju, spoke with Muyiwa Adeyemi on the danger of deploying the military to resolve the crisis in the Niger Republic, and how to stem the tide of military coups in Africa. What’s your view on the ECOWAS decision to deploy the military […]
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Why I wrote Just Before Dawn, why South Africans call me Yebo Gogo Man and why Nelson Mandela said I was more popular than him – Kole Omotoso In this interview with Festus Adedayo, held in his Oda Road forest-like home in Akure, with no electricity and no neighbour, Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, writer and professor, […]
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Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Glovo, a multi-category delivery app, Oscar Pierre, in this interview with Adeyemi Adepetun, speaks about the electronic commerce sub-sector and how fresh investments and players are driving initiatives. Looking at the Nigerian tech ecosystem and the surge in eCommerce platforms, what opportunities exist to develop the ecosystem? I can […]
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National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Shehu Gabam, shares his thoughts with Dirisu Yakubu on the party’s decision to challenge the National Assembly elections in some states, among other issues. What is your general assessment of the February 25 presidential election? The party has issued an official position as regards the February 25 presidential […]
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Babatunde and Diya Dr. Babatunde Diya, a son of a former Chief of Defence Staff, the late Lt-Gen. Oladipo Diya, speaks about the life and times of his father in this interview with Segun Adewole: What were the last moments of your dad like? The last moments were moments of him being very close to […]
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A former Minister of National Planning and Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, the academic arm of the National Assembly, Prof Abubakar Suleiman, in this interview with Leke Baiyewu speaks about the cost of running the National Assembly and governors’ influence in the polity, among other issues around the legislature. The […]
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The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria, 2023, Barry Andrews, on Tuesday led some members of the mission on a visit to Punhc Place, headquarters of Punch newspapers. In this interview with Dayo Oyewo, he explains the objectives of the mission as Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday. Can […]
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Bola Bolawole is one of the proponents in the call for Yoruba nation. In this interview with Kehinde Olatunji, he spoke on issues bordering on separatist agitation and the hullabaloo among Yoruba nation leaders. Buhari’s nepotistic attitude fueled calls for separatist agitations What prompted the protests at Ojota recently, where someone was reportedly killed at […]
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A 31-year-old farmer based in Osun State, Samuel Oladotun who was recently abducted alongside his brother, by some gunmen near his farm in Ileogbo town, spoke about their harrowing experience inside the kidnappers’ den. The graduate of Animal Science, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, in this interview with Bola Bamigbola, narrates the pains, […]
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Veteran journalist and Co-founder of Tell Magazine, Nosa Igiebor, speaks to Alexander Okere about his torturous career during the military era, including his arrest and detention by brutish regimes and how it affected his family. You clocked 70 December last year and many consider that a milestone, considering the risks you faced during the military […]
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