Senator Joshua Lidani, a lawyer and  a second term Member of the 8th Senate, representing Gombe South Senatorial district in Gombe State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in this interview withIgnatius Okorocha speaks on the reconstruction of the North East zone, the PIB and Buhari’s administration among other issues of national…

Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, on Wednesday said it is premature to say that President Muhammadu is marginalizing the Igbo in the list of appointments he has made so far. Recently, there have been widespread criticisms from some Nigerians over what they termed the seeming lopsidedness in the recent…

The National Coordinator, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) Otunba Gani Adams, has urged the present administration to accelerate implementation of zero tolerance programme for corruption. Adams made the plea on Wednesday during a summit organized by Gani Adamu Foundation to offer gift items to the less privilege people in Lagos. According to Adam’s suggestion if the…

The former special adviser to late president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua,  Hon. Ibrahim Zailani has said that no nation can thrive in an atmosphere of insecurity. The former member of the house of Representatives who spoke in an interview in Abuja against the backdrop of the steps taken by president Muhammadu Buhari  at addressing the security…

Former Lagos state police boss, Abubakar Tsav and immediate past Minister of Interior, Abba Moro have warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to  interfere in the ongoing litigations in courts and tribunals across the country, arising from the last general elections as it may cast aspersions on him. They cautioned that any attempt by the All…

In August 5, 2011 on the recommendation of the federal government of Nigeria, the United Nations Environmental Program, UNEP published what many described as a comprehensive report on the state of the Ogoni environment cruelly devastated by decades of oil spill and its subsequent remedies. Coincidentally, the project was ordered when a Niger Delta son,…

As the battle for who takes over from Edo state  governor, Adams Oshiomhole when his tenure expires next year, a group, known as “Masses Eye” on Tuesday declared that whoever must succeed Oshiomhole must possess the pro-people qualities of two late politicians; the late governor of old Bendel State Professor Ambrose Alli and former chairman…

The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Alhaji Haddy Ametuo, has promised that the party will win the November 21 governorship election and take the state out of long years of corruption and bad leadership. Ametuo who spoke to Daily Independent on Tuesday regretted that for the past 12 years, when the…

Edo State Governor, Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Monday defended the $75m World Bank loan secured by his administration,  saying “the State was forced to take a World Bank Development loan because the Federal Government led by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in sixteen years looted the nation’s treasury and pauperized the states. He however said…

The All Progressives Congress ( APC) has hailed the Nigerian military for stepping up the fight against the terror sect, Boko Haram. It said the shift in approach to the battle against the insurgents had begun to yield positive results. In a statement in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,…