Consistency wins: Keep writing, keep dreaming’ — Tares Oburumu, author of ‘Flora’s Love Colony’
By Japhet Davidson For Nigerian poet and essayist, Tares Oburumu, being shortlisted for the NLNG price for literature is more than a personal achievement. It is a moment of recognition for a writer who has spent years writing, mentoring young poets and exploring Nigeria’s history through literature. A poet, playwright and mentor to more than […]
Unlike senators of our time, today’s lawmakers are greedy — Elder statesman Spanner Okpozo
We had poor senators during my time
There were some senators who were poor depending on the area they came from but we were working as brothers. We did not struggle for individual wealth, we didn’t fight in the Senate because of money, we didn’t accuse the executive of stealing because we were very meticulous in looking at what they were doing, so we could correct them.
2015: I see danger ahead — Oritsejafor
Anything that is bottled in will either implode or explode. But when you are able to say it, you are relieved. In the process of saying it, you’ll really know what is on my mind and I’ll know what’s in your mind and we can agree or disagree. I think we have reached the point where just a group of people should not determine the destiny of the nation; I think Nigerians should decide what they want and how they want it
We raided Fela’s Kalakuta Republic in search of missing girls — Babankowa, ex-police chief
In this concluding part of the interview by LEKAN BILESANMI, former police commissioner, Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Babankowa, recounts how the police raided Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Kalakuta Republic. He also speaks on issues concerning the National Conference, among others.
Unlike senators of our time, today’s lawmakers are greedy — Elder statesman Spanner Okpozo
It was a Peugeot 505 they gave me and I had another Peugeot 505. I now said ‘why should I have two when my brother doesn’t have any?’ We were not in the Senate for contracts
Jan 1966 Coup: Ironsi detained me over Balewa’s, Okotie-Eboh’s decomposing bodies — Ex-police chief
Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Babankowa, in his late ‘70s, was a police commissioner. In this interview, Babankowa recounts how he led an operation during the January 1966 coup to discover the bodies of the Prime Minister, Sir Tafawa Balewa, his Finance Minister, Chief Okotie Eboh, and other members of the federal cabinet who the coup makers had taken to the outskirts of Sango-Otta, then in Western Region but now in Ogun State, and shot dead. He also shares his thoughts on some national issues.
