Chief (Mrs)Adeline Ogboaya Balogun is the CEO of New “U” Spa in Lagos. Though a Paris-trained graduate of French with background in Secretarial Administration, the frequent transfer of her military husband (now an Army General) scuttled her ambition of building a career in language.

Recently, the Federal Capital Territory Authority, FCTA, demolished some structures in Mpape community and Minanuel Estate along the Airport Road, Abuja, saying they were illegal. It also went ahead to publish a list of 37 other estates to be demolished. Following the out- cry that trailed this action, Sunday Vanguard sought the position of key government officials directly involved in the demolition. The Deputy Director of the Development Control Department of the FCTA, Hamza Tayyub, articulated government’s stand on what has become a major controversy involving not only low income earners but also the rich and powerful in Abuja In this interview, Tayyub justifies the demolition and explains why government cannot stop the exercise in the present circumstances. The official also speaks on the challenges FCTA faces in dealing with developers; how developers are ripping subscribers off and what they are doing to bring discipline into the system.

The blinkers are finally slipping off the eyes of die-hard Nigerians, who have just cotton on to what many have been saying so loudly, for so long. It is one that they customarily brushed aside, with the usual “God save Nigeria! Or “Nigeria will get better”.

As the deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and an associate of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George, a retired navy commodore, bestrode the south-west PDP like a colossus. Severally, he went on collision with the Alliance for Democracy (AD) government in Lagos, his home state, under the leadership of Ashiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Then he fell from grace to grass after he was convicted of fraud while he was the chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA). In this interview, Bode George tells the story of his imprisonment which he attributes to politics.

To give you an idea of the level of official corruption in the country, some estimates suggest that about half a trillion dollars have been stolen from the public treasury by corrupt government officials and unscrupulous business tycoons since 1960. So you can imagine the level of economic development and industrialisation the country would have attained if the money was wisely invested for the benefit of the Nigerian people.

IN some of the areas affected by last year’s flood disaster, the state governments practically abandoned the internally displaced persons, IDPs, to their fate, soon after they returned from the emergency relief camps, as it is most things Nigerian.

Nasarawa State commissioner of police, Mr Akerele Abayomi, speaks on the ethnic clashes in the state that allegedly claimed 12,500 lives in four villages.

Can a man’s act truly be separated from his person? Let me simplify and maybe even personalize the question. Are you what you do? Can your entire life be defined by one single act? This question has been weighing heavily on my mind all month long and it is causing me to question a lot of beliefs and even fears that form my opinions and values.

The accused persons are hereby remanded in prison custody,” Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi’s voice re-echoed in their brains like some discordant tunes from a horror movie. It was like a jolt from the blues! They couldn’t believe it.

The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexander Polyakov, speaks on the crisis in Syria.According to him, the position of his home government is that solution to the crisis lies in political dialogue between the government and the opposition.

AHEAD of the Super Eagles and Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire quarter final encounter today, Senate President David Mark has charged the Nigeria team not leave anything to chance.

If women want to be respected by the world, they will have to do more to uplift their image themselves. They shouldn’t feel that because they rear children for the world and keep homes, they are entitled to respect, irrespective of their own behaviour and character. This was the opinion of the majority of our readers who wrote in on the piece we put out some weeks ago.

AS the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Edo State screened its chairmanship and councillorship candidates, Saturday, ahead of the April 20 local government election in the state, disagreement between leaders over the choice of candidates in the 18 LGAs tore the party apart.

THE Ijaw Peoples Congress, IPC, has kicked against the alleged desecration of the forests of Akparemogbene, Oyanfbene and Ayakoromo in Buruku local government area of Delta State by a firm.