Interviews & Profiles

The Professor Who Gave Me Rehabilitation

A human being can save your life without your knowing it. The way I operated back in time could have led to my utter...

Prof Bart Nnaji As A Sports Superstar

Prof Bart Nnaji is globally renowned for his revolutionary innovations in robotics, e-Design and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has served as Nigeria’s Power Minister as...

The Homecoming Ties Of Prof Nduka Otiono

The don makes it a point of duty to always come home to Nigeria from his duty post as Director, Institute of African Studies,...

Mildred Okwo: Girl Uninterrupted

"Africans are very colorful people and I cannot wait to tell our stories on an international platform... As you can see Africa is getting popular again with Hollywood..."

Interview with Greg Zell, A Friend of Nigeria

Gregory Zell, an American Peace Corps volunteer served in Nigeria in the 1960s and fell in love with the country. He believes that Nigeria has the potentials of becoming one of the best countries in the world if only Nigeria and her people can put their acts together...

I am not sure we want to attract everyone from overseas – Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello

Known for her straight shooter personality, Dr. Obasanjo-Bello makes no apologies for being her father's daughter. In this interview, she shares her position on healthcare, education, employment, foreign investments and women in politics. She also answers the question most are dying to know: Is she qualified to be a senator?

I am not sure we want to attract everyone from overseas – Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (2)

Known for her straight shooter personality, Dr. Obasanjo-Bello makes no apologies for being her father's daughter. In this interview, she shares her position on healthcare, education, employment, foreign investments and women in politics. She also answers the question most are dying to know: Is she qualified to be a senator?

The Ayuba Story

"My dream is to achieve with fuji music what Bob Marley was able to achieve with Reggae...I will become a fulfilled person the day fuji music attains such a height." - Ayuba

The Ayuba Story

"My dream is to achieve with fuji music what Bob Marley was able to achieve with Reggae...I will become a fulfilled person the day fuji music attains such a height." - Ayuba

There Is African Literature…I Believe In It – Says I.N.C. Aniebo

"You are an African, I'm an African, okay. There is an African thought system. So, naturally there must be an African literature. It's automatic. I mean, arguing whether it's there or not is, to me, one of those stupid things the white people use..."

A Day with Olusesan Ekisola, Raypower FM's Pioneer GM

"The reason why our people keep having these fantasies about America is because the American government spends billions of dollars to project their country as the ultimate paradise on earth. But when you get here, you discover that what you've been seeing on your TV back home is not the real America..."
- Olusesan Ekisola

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NAFDAC: Agency For Security Fees Or Safe Foods?

In Nigeria, more than 3,000 substances are being added to foods for the purpose of preservation, coloring, texture, increasing flavor and more. While each of these substances is legal to use in Nigeria, whether or not they are all something you want to be consuming is another story all together...

Xi Xingpinocracy and the New China

The  grooms its leaders in all fields very carefully....

US-Nigeria Ties

While Nigeria may not be in the mould of the United States, Nigeria is to Africa what the US is to the world.  This in the sense that whatever economic or security policies affect Nigeria, has a tendency to have a ripple effect on the rest of Africa...

Collapse The States

Nigeria is presently governed and populated by rudderless leadership – and as well by such terrible followership to the extent of being led by the nostrils like some Elizabethan or Shakespearean mob. Otherwise, how can one rationalise the recent clamour and support for the creation of states...

The Incessant Doctors' Strike in Nigeria

There is a colossal loss of lives even with doctors in attendance; one can only imagine the number of lives lost as a result of incessant doctors' strike across the federation. This is the least the nation needs as it approaches another round of elections...

Obama And Dodd Re-Shape American Financial System

There is a consensus that some Americans are more priviledged  than others. Some can borrow more easily to start businesses, repay loans and enjoy the good life...

Selecting Emirs And Obas In The North And South Of Nigeria

It is a sad commentary on our country that we spend far too much money on avoidable litigations. I used to think the Urhobos were the most guilty of that virus. Not any more...

Governor Igbinedion of Edo State Should Shut Up!

How come no one has bothered to inform Mr. Igbinedion that creation of employment and economic prosperity would be a huge factor in any serious efforts toward the elimination of prostitution and child-trafficking? How come no one has explained to this young governor that the best way to curb crime is to keep people busy, employed with hope, expectations and decent life outlook?

Awolowo’s Evergreen Words on Marble

The words of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, are...

Don’t Cry for Me, Nigeria

It must have been around 1984 that Wole Soyinka declared his generation, ‘the wasted generation’. The 1986 Nobel Laureate in literature had accused anyone who was 40 years old or over, of belonging to a generation that wasted the opportunities to take the country to greater heights...