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Why Nigerian Judges Are Corrupt
Mustapha Akanbi Foundation, a non-governmental organisation founded by Justice Mustapha Akanbi, former president of the Court of Appeal and former chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, on Wednesday 21 July assembled some of the finest minds...
Jonathan Has Frittered His Goodwill
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist, in this interview with General Editor, ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE, takes a look at the goings-on in the socio-political scene and declares that all is not well yet under the Goodluck Jonathan administration •...
Bomb Accusation Is A Ploy To Destabilise AC
Action Congress chieftain and lawyer, Gbenga Akano, spoke with GBENRO ADESINA about the intrigues of the 2007 bomb blast in Oshogbo, Osun State •Gbenga Akano. As a person implicated in the 2007 bomb blast in Oshogbo, what do you know about it? First...
Why I’m Organising Miss Nigeria
In this interview, Chief Nike Oshinowo-Soleye tells NEHRU ODEH why she is resuscitating the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant and why the competition is different from others •Nike Oshinowo-Soleye. Why are you embarking on the Miss Nigeria project? When...
Nobody Can Stop Me
Recently, former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar declared his ambition to run for the presidency of the country. Not a few Nigerians wondered why, having tried to achieve this dream within the Action Congress, AC, without succeeding in 2007, he...
Gov Orji Maltreated Me
The immediate past deputy governor of Abia State, Comrade Chris Akomas, spoke with GEORGE OPARA on his experiences in office, the circumstances that led to his resignation and reacted to some allegations against him • Comrade Chris Akomas. In 2007 you...
I Became A Writer By Accident
Sade Adeniran went through what most aspiring writers go through: serial rejection by publishers. But she is now on a roll. Imagine This, her debut novel, which she self-published, won the 2008 Commonwealth Prize for Best First Book (African region)....
I Learned Lessons From My Sack At RCCG
How did you get the vision to start Trinity House? The vision for Trinity House is not as if it is a brand new one. It is the same sort of vision I had when I was the pastor of Christ Church. The issue was whether to give up on that vision or subsume...
I Am The Legal NURTW Chairman In Oyo State
The de facto Chairman of the Oyo State National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, ALHAJI LATEEF AKINSOLA, a.k.a. Tokyo, spoke with GBENRO ADESINA on the crisis rocking the union in the state •Tokyo. Could you enlighten the public about the current...