We must share our experiences. To see what has worked for individual nations and see if they have applicability elsewhere. For the solutions are sometimes not the same

l believe that the ills of democracy and its challenges can only be cured and overcome by more democracy with constant practice as we aspire towards the ideal of democratic maximalism

Some three, four years ago, Mr Nick Oparandudu, a banker-turned-politician, was not only an ally of the now embattled Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo but also a confidant and trusted member of the governor’s cabinet where he served as a commissioner and later as chief economic adviser on revenue generation. While their sweet political romance lasted Oparandudu was a credible voice of the administration, articulating its economic direction and development objectives. To underline their closeness, when the governor who was elected into office on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, decided to seek greener political pastures by joining the All Progressives Congress, APC, Oparandudu and the rest of his loyalists went with him.

Chidi Odinkalu needs no introduction to those familiar with Nigerian legal terrain. A professor of Law, he   served as Chairman,  Governing Council of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission. Even as he has worked in government, Odinkalu doesn’t shy away from telling those in power how to manage the people they represent when the need arises. His activism has taken him to different places,   all in his efforts to see a better world. 

Dr.  Kalu Mosto Onuoha  was formerly Petroleum Technology Development Fund Professor of Geology, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). At 70, he is now Emeritus.Onuoha—who  has been president of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences (NAS), since January, 2017—explicated current issues, and highlighted his priorities, during a late-night interview with  J.K. Obatala,  at Warri’s Casa De Pedro Hotel. An early achievement, was the attainment of a long-sought certificate of occupancy for NAS—paving the way for its eventual relocation, from Lagos to Abuja.

Barrister Tolu Babaleye is a right activist and a Lawyer committed to the defenseless in Nigerians. In this interview, he bears his mind on the implications of the continuous face-off between the Senate President and the Inspector General of Police on the nation’s democracy.

By  CHARLES KUMOLU HIS story is not a rag to riches story but a narrative of passion, tenacity, and courage. Iyore Ogbuigwe, Chairman Executive Officer, CEO, of Ultravantage Solutions, who is of a rich parentage reveals the choices that made him a sought-after Sales and Persuasion expert for local, international and multinational corporations. Iyore’ is a […]

Michael Larbie is the Chief Executive Officer of Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria, a subsidiary of FirstRand of South Africa, which last week achieved five years of operations. In this interview, he spoke about the bank’s experience and efforts to distinguish itself in the highly competitive Nigerian banking industry, as well as its outlook for the economy.

They now asked us to go and sit on a bench in the corridor. There we sat. And I was thinking to myself, a former chief of defence staff and a former foreign minister, here, sitting on a bench in the corridor of a security organization

ALHAJI Jamiu Abiola, son of the late presumed winner of June 12 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, in this interview, speaks on the honour bestowed on his father, untold stories of his incarceration and his father’s enemies among others. Jamiu, who is the third child of the late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, also spoke on the roles of certain actors in the June 12 saga. Before the latest immortalisation of his father, he had authored two books on Abiola’s mandate, The Stolen Presidency and The President Who Never Ruled.