The socio-economic situation of Nigeria is currently chaotic, and this is not the best of times for government agencies that are saddled with regulatory actions on behalf of the state. Even as prices skyrocket, pockets are ‘dry’. Tension reigns politically as the bandits daily rub salts on our injuries. Objective appraisals of actions and inactions…
The analysis of the copyright struggle in Nigeria elicits comedy, painful comedy. As a strong supporter, I have watched the comedy of the struggle symbolized by “genuine” professional friends, playing politics with a good source of their means of livelihood. There is no point going into the reasons behind such politics but every evidence points…
Broadcasters Int.: Kindly tell us your background: education and professional career to retirement. Engr. Friday: I was born on Friday June 17, 1960 to the family of Mr Josiah ItiUkwela and Mrs Sarah ObanyiUkwela (Nee Osakwe), both of blessed memory, peasant farmers in a polygamous home of thirteen children, in the native town of Unale,…
This is the concluding part of the Broadcasters Int. Magazine interview with Hon. Rimamnde Shawulu, a former BBC Reporter, who later became a politician…
Continued from last week As I was saying, Hon Shawulu continued; The picture was exactly what I painted. The caliphate did not hide their passion to maintain their identity. But you get different pictures of the North from the angle of whoever you are discussing with, depending on whether it is the oligarchy or the…
In this kind of interview, you can only be objective as a journalist, but not to the extent that you deny friendships. Shawulu was a good friend; and he redeemed this opinion few weeks ago that he’s still a good one; to erase my doubts. At a point, we operated together as training consultants. Thereafter,…
The disbanded SARS was a tragedy, and most tragedies hardly have spaces for good intentions. So, the Police Unit discredited the good intentions and concepts of those who created it as a special unit. Because Dele Udoh was a popular sportsman, Nigeria recorded him as the first and major casualty. There was no evidence that…
Ebenezer Obey Nigeria’s frontline juju music maestro, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey described the establishment of the WNTV by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, 61 years ago, as the turning point for Nigeria’s entertainment industry. “It was the best thing that happened in that decade” he said in an exclusive interview with ‘Broadcasters Int. Magazine’ during…
Kindly give a good background of who Ademola Afolabi is? I was born Tuesday, 2nd January, 1951 at a village called Adausina in the Western Territory of the then Gold Coast, now Ghana. My father, Pa Joseph Opaleke Afolabi was a cocoa plantation owner while my mother, Madam Mariam Afolabi was a prosperous trader. I…
Patti Boulaye, remember her, the pretty Lux Soap girl and actress? She was one of the first to cheer Nigeria into our 60th birthday anniversary on her Facebook page in a beautifully crafted message. Listen to her… The fun began from there. Forget about the political, even socio-economic problems of the nation. This review is…
