Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the total lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States by President Muhammadu Buhari over the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease as illegal and unconstitutional. Soyinka, in a statement on Monday said the president lacked the power to unilaterally lock down a state when there was no war or emergency. The Nobel […]
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Addressing security challenges of any nation is a collective responsibility. In Nigeria, each tier of government has its responsibility and limitations. In the same vein, citizens also have their responsibility and limitations. We discussed limitations of state governors in fighting insecurity in Nigeria. With hindsight of experience on both sides, I shared my thoughts with […]
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DAKTA LADAN SALIHU shi ne kakakin gwamnan jihar Bauchi. A wata hira da ya yi da ‘yan jarida, ya shaida cewar, ballewa da tagawar su Hon. Kawuwa Damina su ka yi su ka ce sun sake yin zaben shugaban majalisar jihar bayan wanda majalisar ta gudanar, cin mutuncin majalisar jihar da ita kanta jihar ne […]
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Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace is the chief press secretary to the governor of Niger state, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello; he is an award-winning journalist and PR specialist. Ndace is also the recipient of the Best Chief Press Secretary of the Year 2018 given to him by the Abuja chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR). […]
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A Kannywood actress, Maryam Booth, has landed two endorsements in 2019. The actress, who is currently in Lagos for the concluding part of the endorsement agreement with Ajinomoto seasoning, spoke with PREMIUM TIMES on what role she will be playing as an ambassador with the seasoning company. PT: Maryam, you are in Lagos, what’s going […]
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Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed, is a former National Security Organisation, NSO (Now DSS) Chief and close ally of ex-military leaders: late Generals Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, Sani Abacha and former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. In this interview, he reveals deadly plots going on within the inner circle of President Buhari’s government, which will ultimately lead a […]
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Malam Ibrahim Shekarau About 24 hours before announcing his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a former minister of education and former governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, sat down for a chat with reporters from Daily Trust on Sunday at his residence in Kano, where he narrated how the disagreement between […]
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Yerima Shettima is the National president of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, and a major actor in the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as the nation’s President in 2015. But Shettima who is now regretting his roles and those of his group in the emergence of the president, in an exclusive chat with DAILY POST’s […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo: explains government policies Transcript of an interview granted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to a group of journalists and social media practitioners in Lagos on Friday, 2 March 2018. He explains government policies, the fight against corruption, infrastructural development, 2018 budget, controversies on appointments and the rating by Transparency International Q: On Nigeria’s rating […]
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Alhaji Abdullahi Danburam Jada is a rare breed elder statesman who has vast experience in traditional leadership and modern governance. He was an agriculturist, a district head, a First Republic politician, a parliamentarian, a minister, a commissioner, a university pro-chancellor, an anti-corruption tsar – the list is endless. Now 94, Danburam savours his long life. […]
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