Welcome from Rio Olympics. How does it feel? Siasia-Dalung Siasia-Dalung It feels good because the end justifies the means. We wanted the gold but we are still happy with the bronze because it made Nigerians happy. The minister accused you of child trafficking for taking the team to Atlanta without his knowledge or consent. How can I take a national team out of the country without their knowledge of the NFF and the Sports Ministry? I really don’t know were that was coming from.We had the plan to travel from…
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NEVACO is here to correct the abnormality in the country, says Emmanuel Adeoye,DGDG
Dr. Emmanuel Adeoye, is the Director General, National Ethics and Values Compliance Office (NEVACO). In this interview with EDWIN USOBOH, he sheds more light on the duties and objective of the commission and his plans to make impact on Nigerians What are the aims and objective of the agency (NEVACO) National Ethics and Values Compliance Office (NEVACO) is established to correct the wrong, the evil vices ongoing in our country and society today. It is to make sure we do things the right way which we have not been doing…
Read More“Why we made Dele Giwa our leader” – Ray Ekpu, says Omeben aborted Dele Giwa’s investigation
The interview, last Wednesday, was to be with Mr Ray Ekpu, one of the four co-founders of the Newswatch magazine and a member of the 2014 National Conference. However, it panned out as a conference interview of sorts with four directors of the company – Ekpu, Yakubu Mohammed, Dan Agbese and Soji Akinrinade in the moderately-furnished office they share at Ikeja. Ekpu was the main interviewee but the others chipped in comments here and there as the chat gathered momentum. In the no holds barred chat, where the quartet could…
Read MoreTimi Alaibe will end Bayelsa’s leadership misfortune- Sen. Brambaifa
Senator John Kojo Brambaifa is one of the elders of Bayelsa State behind the aspiration of Mr. Timi Alaibe, a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to clinch the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, holding later this year. Brambaifa, in this interview, speaks on why Alaibe is the candidate to beat in the governorship contest. Recently, you led a group of Bayelsa elders to the APC National Secretariat to obtain nomination and expression of interest forms on…
Read More“How Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Adeyemi, MKO Abiola lied to Buhari about me”
This interview was conducted by Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi and Gbenga Adefaye in 2009 when Oba Okunade Sijuade clocked 80 years. The story is simple enough and can bear endless repetition. In the beginning Olodumare created the universe. Then, He decided that Orunmila should complete the work of creation. But Orunmila was a great lover of palm wine. One day, he drank one keg too many and his richly endowed creative hands became wobbly. So wobbly were his hands that instead of creating perfect human beings as directed by Olodumare, he…
Read MoreI Congratulated Fayose To Save Ekiti People From Massacre- Ex- Gov. Kayode Fayemi, Says another tape on Ekiti rigged election coming
During an interview monitored on Adaba 88.9 FM, the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, spoke on the audio tape detailing how the June 21, 2014 governorship election was rigged in the state. Excerpts Recently, an audio file was released by Sahara reporters detailing how the Ekiti 2014 governorship election was rigged. Why did you go ahead to congratulate Fayose on June 22 with this information at your disposal? I am glad we have come to this point in Ekiti. Even those who were deluded into believing…
Read More‘Last Minutes of Benson Idahosa’- Wife
How Archbishop Idahosa died – Wife IN March 1998, Archbishop Benson Idahosa, the flambouyant founder of Church of God Mission International Incorporated died and left his wife, Margaret Idahosa and four children behind. Here, the wife and the first female Pentecostal Archbishop in Africa recounts the last moments of her husband and how she had coped with bereavement. Excerpts… You once said you thought you were finished when your husband died. How exactly did you mean? I knew late Archbishop Benson Idahosa when I was young and we were friends…
Read MoreHow I Survived Ebola- Dr. Ada Igonoh
On the night of Sunday July 20, 2014, Patrick Sawyer was wheeled into the Emergency Room at First Consultants Medical Centre, Obalende, Lagos, with complaints of fever and body weakness. The male doctor on call admitted him as a case of malaria and took a full history. Knowing that Mr Sawyer had recently arrived from Liberia, the doctor asked if he had been in contact with an Ebola patient in the last couple of weeks, and Mr. Sawyer denied any such contact. He also denied attending any funeral ceremony recently.…
Read MoreWe Want Bakassi Issue Revisited…. Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa
Why are you still here talking about Bakassi when it is no longer a part of Nigeria?Why won’t I talk about Bakassi? Bakassi is still in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. So, why won’t I talk about it? You should realise that the action of ceding Bakassi to Cameroon was not backed by any referendum asking the people where they want to belong. It was a unilateral action and that is why we are asking that the matter be readdressed. There is no legislative approval for Bakassi…
Read MoreEkiti People Have Not Forgotten What They Went Through in The Hands of PDP- Gov Fayemi
EKITI State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who is seeking re-election on the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is confident that he will be re-elected. In this interview, he, among others spoke on why he is confident and why the June 21 polls would be difficult to rig. Excerpts: On fears that the election could be rigged Ekiti is not a very good place to rig election. You can afford to manipulate elections in Anambra because Anambra has a lot of rich people who are even richer than the…
Read MoreI Am An Accidental Governor – Fayemi, Says I Don’t Trust INEC
Governor Fayemi, a one-time democracy activist, and civil society champion is at his most eloquent self when talking about how he is using the platform of office to champion the egalitarian ethos that he at one time could only talk about. The daily soup kitchen for citizens, the N5,000 monthly cash benefit to the elderly and the uplifting of public schools are among indices that would give him attention in the congregation of social democrats. Excerpts: Did you have the intention of seeking a second term when you sought for…
Read MoreOpeyemi Bamidele Is Exaggerated- Chief Jide Awe, Ekiti APC Chairman
Let’s begin with the formation of APC by mostly opposition parties. What does it translate to in Ekiti State? As you are aware, Ekiti state was carved out of the old Ondo state in 1996 and all along has being a progressive state politically. That has been a part of our inheritance, from the old western region. The spirit behind APC is what you can referred to as progressive ideas all along the party that has being in helm of affairs for the past 14 years in Nigeria; that is…
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