Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher, Leadership Newspaper has emphasized the need for Nigeria to run as a true federal system if the country must develop to the desired level. He said this during a courtesy visit to the corporate headquarters of TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL Magazine and Broad Street Journal, BSJ. Nda-Isaiah…
The Pride of Africa
The Dangote Group is honoured as one of 10 most valuable brands in Africa for meeting the needs of several African countries by producing world-class products, thereby reducing importation The Dangote Group prides itself as an indigenous organisation with a pan-African focus. With its growing influence, adding value to the countries where it operates,…
Exploring the Next Frontier
Eager to harness its resources for food security and economic growth, the Ekiti State government recently held an AgriBusiness Forum in Akure, the state capital As an experienced farmer, Sunday Osanyilusi knows the importance and place of fertiliser in ensuring a good yield. But beyond such knowledge, year in, year out, he had watched helplessly…
South Sudan: Not Yet Uhuru
Going by the estimates of the United Nations, UN, over 1,000 persons have died in the violence that erupted in South Sudan on December 15, 2013 when forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those supporting Riek Machar, his former vice-president, took up arms. Malakal, a gateway city to the oilfields of the Upper Nile…
House Deputy Speaker Shuns APC
Emeka Ihedioha, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has dispelled rumours that he was about to defect to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. Ihedioha told constituents at Mbutu, his home in Mbaise local government area of Imo State that such speculation was unfounded. The state governor, Rochas Okorocha, who won the seat on…
Jonathan Replies: Obasanjo’s letter designed to incite war
President Goodluck Jonathan over the weekend wrote a reply to the 18 page letter written by the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. In his reply, President Jonathan debunked the allegations the former president made describing it as lies and threat to national security calculated to incite the entire citizenry into ethnic disharmony. LETTER: “I…
Portrait Of A Politician With An Indomitable Spirit
Love him or hate him, Chief Tony Akhakon Anenih, the Iyasele (prime minister) of Esanland and two-time chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, remains a political riddle that is difficult, if not impossible, to solve. His staying power, just when you think he is down and out…
‘IBB Can Sweet-talk Anybody to Death’ – Debo Bashorun
“…During that regime, people died, they just died without an idea of what caused their death.” – Major Debo Bashorun, former Press Secretary to General Ibrahim Babangida He is one man who can be said to have devoted his entire adult life to the cause of fighting injustice. To start with, even his foray into…
Obama and Castro: Can Mandela End The Cold War?
What appeared like a routine diplomatic exercise at FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, Tuesday December 10,2013, is beginning to evoke an ecstatic debate in the United States, and before long in Cuba over the future relationship between the two countries. Mr. Barack Obama, president of America had on his way to read his tribute…