•Major Bashir Galma (retd) In this interview, a security expert and retired Major, Bashir Galma highlights the reasons behind the escalation of banditry in Katsina State. The retired Major, who described the issue as political, also proffered solutions, reports Weekend Trust. Excerpts: What are the factors responsible for escalation of banditr...
•Ex-Army Commander Ayoola and US President Donald Trump A former Commander of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, Maj. Gen. Henry Ayoola (retd.), speaks on the security implications of United States President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy military forces to Nigeria over the alleged genocide against Christians, reports Sunday PUNCH....
•Emmanuel Otache In this interview, 46-year-old Emmanuel Otache relives the night his pregnant wife and three children died in a building collapse at Magodo, Lagos, and his parents were killed by Fulani herdsmen in Benue, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: Can you take us back to the moment you realised the building had collapsed, and what [&he...
•Paul Odu Twenty-four-year-old Lagos resident, Paul Odu, tells the story of how his mother, Temitope, died a day after his father allegedly subjected her to severe physical and verbal assault shortly after she returned from her call-to-bar ceremony in Abuja, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: •Late Temitope Odu, Esq What led to your mum’s death...
•A Tanzanian police officer stops a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town yesterday during presidential elections  Years of pent-up anger in Tanzania over state violence and the erosion of democracy are being unleashed in election unrest, an Amnesty International expert ...
•Titus Alagba The Continental Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Africa, Titus Alagba, speaks about the challenges facing Nigerians living across African countries, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: What role do the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation play in advancing the collective interests of Nigerians overseas? The main obj...
•Ifeanyi Maduagwu Ifeanyi Maduagwu is the father of Arise TV presenter, Ms Somtochukwu Christella, who recently lost her life during an armed robbery attack at her residence in Abuja. In this interview, the grieving father reflects on his daughter’s unfulfilled aspirations, the cherished moments they shared, and her burning desire to one day s...
•Mrs Gbemisola Muhammed a.k.a. Yéyé Oge In the aftermath of the deadly bandit attack on Oke-Ode in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, which claimed the lives of several residents, Mrs Gbemisola Muhammed, also known as Yéyé Oge, the widow of a slain hunter, shares her harrowing experience. She narrates how her husband and […]...
•Mrs Sola Ibidapo-Obe Mrs Sola Ibidapo-Obe was wife to former Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), the late Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe. In this interview, the legal luminary shared fond memories of the past, including why she dumped a thriving legal practice, immediately her husband was appointed vice chancellor, reports Sunday Tr...
•INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmood Samson Itodo, an election observer and election development expert, is the Executive Director of Yiaga Africa. In this interview monitored on Politics Today, a Channels TV programme, he spoke on what President Bola Tinubu must do for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the tenure of its Chairm...

