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There’s no monopoly in the  Pay-TV sector

There’s no monopoly in the Pay-TV sector

Well, I think if we go back to the definition of the word monopoly I could talk for a whole day. Just using that definition alone actually proves that very wrong. We’re in an industry where there is competition.

PFN National President joins the fray: ‘Why pastors need private jets’

PFN National President joins the fray: ‘Why pastors need private jets’

Pastor Felix Omobude is the General Superintendent of New Covenant Gospel Church, an arm of Gospel Light International Ministries ,GLIM, and the National President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). In this interview, he speaks on some national issues as well as life as the PFN President and its challenges

Phantom Boko Haram ceasefire deal: FG playing politics with the lives of Chibok girls —Junaid Mohammed

Phantom Boko Haram ceasefire deal: FG playing politics with the lives of Chibok girls —Junaid Mohammed

Dr Junaid Mohammed, a northern leader, was a member of the House of Representatives in the second republic, Mohammed, in this interview, speaks on the ceasefire the federal government was said to have agreed with the Boko Haram Islamist group, the 2015 presidential contest and the ripples generated by the defection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, from the ruling PDP to the opposition APC.

Why pastors need private jets, Pastor Omobude,  PFN President

Why pastors need private jets, Pastor Omobude, PFN President

Pastor Felix Omobude is the General Superintendent of New Covenant Gospel Church, an arm of Gospel Light International Ministries ,GLIM, and the National President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). In this interview, he speaks on some national issues as well as life as the PFN President and its challenges.

How Igbo will vote in 2015 – Umeh

How Igbo will vote in 2015 – Umeh

Of recent, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has been beset by defections, the latest of which was that of former Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State.

Edo Attacks: My case against PDP — Oshiomhole

Edo Attacks: My case against PDP — Oshiomhole

Following the political violence that enveloped Edo State in the past one month, Governor Adams Oshiomhole held a town hall meeting last Tuesday which was attended by traditional rulers across the three senatorial districts of the state, students, civil society groups, youth organizations and many others. He briefed the gathering about the political situation in the state, just as he used the opportunity to respond to the allegations by two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Prince Frank Erewele, who accused him of masterminding attacks on Ize-Iyamu’s wife’s clinic and Erewele’s home

2015: Why I insist Jonathan, Buhari should not run  – Sheik Ahmad Gumi

2015: Why I insist Jonathan, Buhari should not run – Sheik Ahmad Gumi

Sheik Ahmad Gumi welcomed us into his  modestly furnished, new apartment somewhere in a highbrow part of Kaduna town. He was there waiting for us, with broad sparkling grin that seemed to illuminate his gray beards. As we exchanged pleasantries, the man who had sparked a national debate with two letters he had written to […]

‘How civil servants sell govt land’

‘How civil servants sell govt land’

By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Nduese Essien, former Lands and Housing Minister, former Chairman of South-South Parliamentary Caucus in the National Assembly and a delegate to the last National Conference was last week honoured by the Eket-speaking people of Akwa Ibom State to mark his 35 years active service to the community and Nigeria. […]

Day I was   kidnapped with 4 Dutch Nationals —Ofehe

Day I was kidnapped with 4 Dutch Nationals —Ofehe

On the 5th of May 2014, Executive Director and Founder of the Hope for Niger Delta Campaign (HNDC) and Environmental Activist, Comrade Sunny Ofehe and four other Dutch nationals, Erhard Leffers, Jandries Groenendijk, Miss Marianne Vos and Femi Soewu were kidnapped in the creeks of the Niger Delta, Bayelsa state to be precise when they visited the Idodo River community to do a documentary film on a hospital project in the community. One person was shot dead during the kidnap operation.

How politics destroyed labour movement -Adeyemi, ex-NLC Deputy President

How politics destroyed labour movement -Adeyemi, ex-NLC Deputy President

PRINCE Peter Adeyemi, the General Secretary of Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Other Institutions, NASU, and a former Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Sunday Vanguard, speaks on politics in labour government, leadership, challenges and prospects.

Why governors are the most powerful politicians in Nigeria – Ebute

Why governors are the most powerful politicians in Nigeria – Ebute

Chief Ameh Ebute, a lawyer and politician in the Peoples Democratic Party, was the Senate President in the Third Republic and has continued to play active in the current dispensation. He is the Chairman of the National Open University of Nigeria and a major stakeholder in national and Benue State politics.

2015: Adoption of Jonathan was a product of sacrifice — Gov Akpabio

2015: Adoption of Jonathan was a product of sacrifice — Gov Akpabio

In this interview, Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State bares his mind on why the PDP governors endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for 2015 ahead of the December 6 National Convention of the party, the achievements of the PDP-led Federal Government, his state, his massive support for Jonathan, and his next political move, that is, his senatorial ambition, among other issues. Akpabio spoke after the PDP performance tour team, anchored by the Chief Olisa Metuh-led National Publicity Secretariat department of the PDP, visited his state.

Why the tax system in Lagos is transparent — Fowler, LIRS Chairman

Why the tax system in Lagos is transparent — Fowler, LIRS Chairman

Mr. Babatunde Fowler, Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Inland Revenue Service and Executive Chairman, Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue, explains why the state is the model in tax administration and development in the country at a time when there are fears that the dwindling revenue from crude oil sales may get worse

Australian negotiator, Davis, sends a message to Boko Harm

Australian negotiator, Davis, sends a message to Boko Harm

In this interview, Australian negotiator, who has been working closely with the leadership of the Boko Haram sect, pleads with the group to seize the window provided by the death of Shekau to end the destructive cycle of insurgency in parts of Nigeria, free captured Chubok girls and return to normal life.