Nobody can move against the Church and prosper – Pastor Olutola
PASTOR Gabriel Olatunde Olutola, the only son of an Ekiti cocoa merchant was recently elected to the be the national president of The Apostolic Church, Nigeria in addition to his post as the chairman of LAWNA Territory. At 78, He is very meticulous and does things as though he is just 55 years old. In this interview with SAM EYOBOKA and OLAYINKA LATONA in his office at Olorunda, Ketu, Lagos the soft spoken father of nine and several grand children bared his mind on several national issues including the just concluded elections and violent crisis that attended it
DISQUIET IN THE PDP OVER ZONING: Moulding a Speaker with clay feet
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may be stockpiling wood for another round of bonfire in the House of Representative with its zoning arrangement. The allocation of offices to the six geo-political zones have created a renewed bad-blood between the South-West and the South-East on account of the very dismal showing of the S/West zone in the National Assembly elections when compared to the S-East.
‘Jonathan should adopt the American model in constituting cabinet’
Oliver Okeregwu is an indigene of Umueke, Omuma in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. A construction expert, he shares his thoughts on the best approach to tackle the development of the Niger Delta. He also offers a perspective on the best method the president can assemble a performing cabinet.
We’re looking for trouble if we don’t get zoning right – Bode George
The primary mission after the interview was arranged was to get Chief Olabode George to talk about his life in prison. But the former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would rather prefer to have the story of his prison life told in a memoir, hence his insistence not to tell the story now. The only aspect of it he elected to tell is the one relating to the reason he was jailed for two years for fraud at the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) while he was chairman.
Financial markets as way out of Nigeria’s debt overhang
As the nation’s debt increases, stakeholders are divided on the implications of a burden of $4.5billion external and N4.5trillion domestic debts on a developing economy like Nigeria
Rochas: Enter the dragon?
In just two weeks from today a new governor will be sworn in who will occupy Douglas House, the Governor’s lodge in Owerri. Rochas Anayochukwu Okorocha was elected by Imo people in a hard fought election in which the incumbent Ikedi Ohakim was roundly defeated.
