Interview

Retired school principal, Meshach Odeja, 91, tells EMMANUEL OJO about his 42 years in public service, family and related issues You recently celebrated your 91st birthday. How do you feel living up to this age? I have to thank God at this age. God has been guiding me. I don’t have any wisdom of my own. It’s only God that gives that wisdom. I miss having pupils around …

Can you tell us more about yourself? I am a media practitioner and a researcher in the Niger Delta region. I currently work with the GbaramatuVoice Media Organisation as the managing editor. In the course of my duty as a journalist, through GbaramatuVoice, I have gone round almost all the creeks and towns in Delta, Bayelsa, Ondo and Edo states. One fact remains that the Ijaw region is …

hirty-six-year-old Promise John, who accused a private hospital in Asaba, Delta State of mutilating the corpse of his newborn baby, speaks to MATTHEW OCHEI about his demand for justice Please introduce yourself. My name is Promise John. I am from Akwa Ibom State but I live in Ubulu-Okiti, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. I’m 36 years old while my wife is 30 years old. …

The tragedy that struck Musa Muhammed, a vigilante sacked by the 2022 flood in Lokoja, Kogi State, but later claimed the life of his wife after a gas explosion has made life unbearable for him. Muhammed, in an exclusive interview DAILY POST said he feels like taking his life since he has lost all his properties, including his Wife. Excerpt Tell us about yourself My …

People who knew Mr Osita Masha from years back may no longer recognise him due to a sudden change in the colour of his skin caused by a skin condition called vitiligo. The 59- year-old man shares the story of how the skin condition started with just a small spot on his finger in 2015 before spreading all over his body, noting that even his …

Twenty-nine-old Victor Adung, who is searching for his mother from whom he was separated since he was an infant, tells OPEYEMI ADEFEMI what he has been through Please tell us about yourself. My name is Victor Adung.  I am from Cross River State. I am 29 years old. I just graduated from the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. I am awaiting call-up for national youth service. You recently made …

Hon Victor Afam Ogene, a journalist, represented Ogbaru Federal Constituency of Anambra State in the House of Representatives and was a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC before he recently defected to the Labour Party. In this interaction with a cross section of journalists in Abuja, Hon. Ogene speaks on why he defected, as well as shared insights on what he knows about …

The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, who also doubles as spokesperson for the Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council, speaks to DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE and SOLOMON ODENIYI on the achievements of the current regime and responds to the criticism by the opposition Are you considering resigning as a minister following calls in some quarters? Without meaning to demean these civil society organisations, I have noticed some disturbing trends …

Fatima Ibrahim of Anguwa Wakili Mazara, Bajoga, in the Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State, tells Chima Azubuike, about the pain of losing her last child to devastating effects of a heavy rainfall on July 30, 2022. How old are you and what do you do for a living? I’m a 30-year-old petty trader. I sell tomatoes. I’m the mother of the three-year-old boy …

Federal lawmaker representing Plateau South Senatorial district, Senator (Prof) Nora Daduut, has said that the fact that senate is looking into the observations raised by President Muhammadu Buhari goes to show that the Senate is working for Nigerians and with Nigerians In this interview with Precise Post correspondent, the Plateau South Senator speaks on the re-amendment of the Electoral Act (2010) Amendment Bill, insecurity in …

A leader of aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Bisi Olopoeyan, tells OLUFEMI OLANIYI that the party may fail to return to power in 2023 if its 13 governors continue to control the party Why were the aggrieved PDP members in Oyo State absent from the party’s national convention? I went to Abuja but I did not go to the Eagle …