Baheejah Mahmood, a former Director General in the Bauchi State Orphans and Vulnerable Children Home is one of the aspirants seeking to contest the Bauchi State governorship election.

Budding model cum actress, Joy Awade has suspended acting for a while because she’s expecting her second child.  Married to comedian cum OAP, Friday Awade known as Last Prophet, Joy has learnt the hard way what it takes to stay married to a celebrity.

The genesis of Nollywood has variously been said to begin with the film ‘Living in Bondage’ which featured superstar actor, Kenneth Okonkwo as the principal actor. Though made 26 years ago, the film has rung through the years as unforgettable.

He saw it as a conversation that was made worthy by his restless desire not to walk in anyone’s shadow. The fears of failure in any endeavour meant nothing to him so long as the results will be products of his decision.

The President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, NCRIB, Mr. Shola Tinubu, in this interview  speaks  on how disruptors will shape the insurance business in the future. Excerpt

The Managing Director, Supreme Microfinance Bank, Mr. Jide Aremo, in this interview, shares his concern about the state of the subsector and the quest to achieve 80 percent financial inclusion by 2020.

The frequent depressing headlines of killings make one wonder what has befallen this country, or whether we have no respect for human lives anymore

Colonel Tony Nyiam, retired army Colonel, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee, PAC that packaged the national conference but resigned midway following his altercation with the Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole during the committee’s public hearing in Benin in this encounter looks at the Nigerian state and expresses worries with the Buhari regime and the killings around Nigeria.    He thinks the problem is not with the All Progressives Congress as a party but with Buhari and therefore urged the party to change its presidential candidate and go for a younger person. He also urged the party to change its logo which he says is similar to the logo of witches and wizards which spiritual effect he believes is      affecting the country and responsible for so much blood-letting in the country.

Onyeka Nwelue, is a 30-year-old cultural entrepreneur and lecturer, as well as a noted novelist, poet and filmmaker—with six books and two films, to his credit.  

Thirteen years ago, two Nigerians in their prime died in an auto crash at Potiskum, on their way to Abuja after a rally against deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum sector at Maiduguri, organised by the Labour Civil Society Coalition (LASCO). The rally was part of a series of zonal rallies to mobilise working people against the anti-poor neoliberal policies of the Nigerian state which had started in Lagos.

Chima Ubani, a civil rights crusader made a name before his life was cut short in an auto crash at Potiskum, on his way to Abuja after a rally against deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum sector at Maiduguri, organised by Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO). The rally was part of a series of zonal rallies to mobilise working people against the anti-poor neoliberal policies of  Nigerian which had started in Lagos.

Professor of Mathematics, Abayomi Adelaja Arigbabu is a seasoned administrator, erudite scholar and Vice-Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED. In the last 25 years, Arigbabu has been involved in Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST) Education and preparatory programmes in Nigeria. In this interview, he spoke on sundry issues bordering on education and the place […]

Immediate past chairman of the Council of Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN and Managing Director of Talod Oceanair Freight Limited, Alhaji Hakeem Olanrewaju, in this interview with Maritime Reporter, Godfrey Bivbere, speaks on several issues ranging from permanent solution to the perennial traffic situation around the Apapa ports, CRFFN, domination of Customs brokers’ job by foreigners and many more. Excerpt:  

So, if the body that is saddled with the power to organise and supervise the police simply does not meet, what do you expect, even at the state level , where you have the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, that harasses and dehumanises Nigerians?

The National Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Alhaji Buba Galadima, in this interview, speaks on why the formation of his group was inevitable