You took it out of my mouth. Yes, I would like to believe that we committed a strategic error. At the time when I said we should go into politics, they said no. A lot of people said no because, for me, I thought that the work of pro-democracy activism was coming to an end; so when a lot of people ask why aren’t you as noisy as you used to be, I let them know that I do not just shout for shouting sake; I let them know that the political space has also closed down

The relations between the two countries cannot be anything other than cordial. The occasional rough edges are there but I want to confirm to you that when these cases have been reported, we have found and verily so, that it is not policy of the South African government

We will not bore you with any introduction to this interview. Admiral Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu, former military governor of old Imo State and Lagos State,was a National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, chieftain.

There are good people in this country and I think that our people are our resources. If we can put the right people in right places, in a question of time, we will get there

His name is Abiye Sekibo. An Okrika, his name, Sekibo Mina Konju Orike, means a dancer does not see his back. He used his name to illustrate the futility of succession by anointment which he says does not guarantee loyalty.

Some Imo leaders were in the Presidency recently on a courtesy call. This visit has been given several interpretations.

A woman of many parts, she has for six years now been the national president of the Business and Professional Women, BPW. Mrs. Tinuade Oni Ihama, in this interview, unveils all it takes to be successful in business and talks about all that BPW has been able to put in place under her leadership, among sundry issues. Her words:

FOR those who know him, activism is his life. Whatever he does, he does with passion. He may not be tiny but describing him as being on the skinny side would be more appropriate – his shirt size would be 15 and a half. We are talking about Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Sanusi’s belief in the Nigerian state is unbelievable. He proved that much when he visited Vanguard’s corporate headquarters in Lagos last Thursday.

Everybody was destined to play the role they played in my life for me to enter the glory of God. Maybe, if my brother had embraced me while he was a governor and I didn’t drop the way I dropped, maybe I wouldn’t have seen the plight of these people let alone affect their lives positively. But God permitted me to go down in the kind of life they lived so that I can be conscious of their feelings.

I CALL my kind of woman the ‘Ordinary Woman.’ She’s not ordinary because she lacks the good things of life; she is the woman who is not yet fulfilled but has her own aspiration to get to the top cadre of life.