Category: Interview

APC Chairmanship: I’m not intimidated by other Contestants, it’s time for Generational Shift – Etsu

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Mohammed Saidu Etsu is one of the aspirants seeking to clinch the national chairmanship position of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with MOSES ORJIME, he reveals what drives his ambition to become the next national chairman of the APC, including the need for the vibrancy and urgency of youth to steer the governing party and the nation to the next political dispensation. What inspired you to contest for the national chairmanship position of the APC? First and foremost I want to appreciate Nigerians for being supportive of…

2023: I foresee danger — Buba Galadima

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Alhaji Buba Galadima is a renowned political figure in the North. In this interview culled from Sunday Sun, he barred his mind on the knotty issuer of banditry, politics behind government’s response to it, as well as other sundry issues.   A lot of issues are now being raised about the rising level of banditry, kidnapping and other forms of criminalities especially in the Northwest. What are your thoughts about these? My thought is what you know already. You see people being killed every day and security forces are unable to do…

Why I will not Dump PDP – Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi

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Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi was a governorship aspirant in the 2019 poll in Kaduna State. He was also a representative of Kaduna North Senatorial District in the National Assembly (2015 – 2019) where he served as a Chairman Senate Committee on National Population and Identity as well as Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs. He spoke to Obute James on different issues including the reasons he dumped the ruling party, All Progressive Congress, APC and why he will remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP despite…

INTERVIEW: Why I met Buhari and what Nollywood needs to improve – Adebayo Salami

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Veteran Nigerian actor and filmmaker, Adebayo Salami, popularly known by his stage name, Oga Bello, recently celebrated his 54th year on stage. The actor who still features prominently in several Yoruba movies has shown no signs of slowing down just yet. The 65-year-old actor welcomed PREMIUM TIMES into his Ikorodu country home where he opened up on his career, family as well as future plans PT: You began acting as far back as 1964 when the profession was yet to be accorded its recognition. Were your parents in support of…

My Role in the June 12 Struggle – Bayo Onanuga

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Without any equivocation, Bayo Onanuga, along with the likes of his ‘fellow conspirators’, remains among the greatest icons of Nigerian journalism owing to his fearless and passionate leadership for committed journalists in confronting military rule. The News magazine, TEMPO and PM News that he founded along with his colleagues became thorns in the flesh of Nigeria’s military regimes. Now in his first-ever assignment on the side of government as the Managing Director/CEO of the News Agency of Nigeria, Mr. Bayo Onanuga casts a backward glance at the pro-democracy struggle for…

Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24 – Aisha Yesufu

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The co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group, Aisha Yesufu, tells Ademola Oloniluaabout her family and love life You became quite popular through the Bring Back Our Girls campaign after the Chibok girls were abducted in 2014. How did you become an activist? For me, activism has been part of me all my life. I am somebody that stands up against injustice because I have a ‘big mouth.’ While I was growing up, I always asked questions; be it from my parents or when I was in school. I…

How Man Slipped Hand Into My Bra To Squeeze My Breasts – Adichie

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Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has narrated how a ‘big media’ man slipped his hand under her clothes and then into her bra to squeeze her breasts when she was 17 years old. Adichie, who joined the #MeToo movement’ shared the story of her sexual assault at age 17. She spoke at the Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality. According to her, she had written a book of poems and took it to a “big man in the media” who she felt would support her quest to have it introduced to the…

Why I Want To Be Nigeria’s President – Sowore, SaharaReporters Publisher

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In this exclusive interview with POSTERITY MEDIA, Omoyele Sowore, Sahara Reporters Publisher, speaks on his Presidential ambition, his activism and contributions to Nigeria’s democracy, his scandals and why he should be voted as Nigeria’s President in the 2019 elections. POSTERITY MEDIA: You’ve built Sahara Reporters into a respected online media platform within and outside Nigeria. Why do you want to leave it to go into the difficult terrain of politics to contest for the Presidency in 2019? SOWORE: When I established Sahara Reporters in 2006, I had three goals in…

How I Will Defeat Buhari In 2019-Omoyele Sowore

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The Publisher of the popular news website, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has thrown his hat into Nigeria’s political ring. He is now gearing up to run in the country’s forthcoming presidential election in 2019. In this interview with Editor-in-Chief Musikilu Mojeed, Mr. Sowore explains why he is joining politics, how he will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari, how he will run Nigeria if elected, and what he will do with Sahara Reporters once he becomes president. PT: You have indicated you might run for president in the 2019 election. Why are…

Boko Haram boys will surrender and come back home but… —Aisha Wakil

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Barrister Aisha Wakil is an Igbo woman married to a Kanuri man. She is reputed to be extremely close to some leaders of the Boko Haram, a feat she achieved while undergoing her conversion to Islam. As a matter of fact, Boko Haram leaders reportedly call her “Mama” because she knew them way back while studying the Qur’an to become a Muslim. She is also the only lady on the Kabiru Saminu Turaki committee set up by the Goodluck Jonathan government to make peace with the Boko Haram insurgents. In…