Mr. Billy Harry is the President, South South Chamber of Commerce and National Vice President, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (NACCIMA), he spoke with Sunday Vanguard, on the prevailing poverty crisis in Nigeria’s economy and the need for the Federal Government to develop a blue print for poverty alleviation and job creation. He advised the new government on what measures should be put in place to resuscitate the nation’s economy, to enhance capacity utilisation in all sectors, especially in the real sector

The sight of a woman in her mid 50s walking in the rain, on Tuesday , elicited pity, anger and indifference from those who hid on the frontage of houses to avoid being drenched . Anger -because many concluded it was foolish for anyone to allow herself drenched by the heavy down pour. Pity- considering her age, while others concluded, she could be insane judging by her seeming unkempt looks.

The face-off between the staff unions and Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, LASU, Professor John Obafunwa, has left the institution grounded. In this interview, Obafunwa traces the origin of the crisis and says it is time the state government intervenes in the crisis.

Nigeria international striker Anthony Ujah has revealed he turned down ‘bigger financial offers’ from Russia and China in order to secure his preferred move to Werder Bremen.

The Chief Security Officer to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abdulrahman Mani, has been relieved of his appointment, a month after he was appointed.

AS the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly continues to heat up the polity, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, His Grace, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has advised the law makers and indeed the All Progress Congress to put their house in order in the interest of the nation.

Individuals are gifted in rather queer callings in life that make them great while living: some are educated to the highest levels and are known for either amassing astonishing wealth and they are talked about by the idle ones that day dream, wishing how they could also be equally lucky to be universally known and popular, perhaps being listed in their local books of record, assuring themselves dreamingly,that poverty will never near their families forever and ever.

Mteto Nyati is the MTN Group Enterprise Officer. In this interview with Emeka Aginam during recent forum on Inspiring Business Growth in Africa organized by MTN Nigeria in partnership with CNN, he talked about how the mobile operator is impacting businesses in Africa through cloud computing.

The 2015 edition of the yearly Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) project has been scheduled to hold from July 12 through the 14th. The annual programme was initiated in 2010 and debuted on the 76th birthday anniversary of the Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka as the “quintessential artist and symbol of our humanity”, according to the promoters of the project, Nigeria-based ZMirage Multimedia Company and US-based GlobalNewHaven.

Effort to increase broadband penetration across the country has received boost as Smile Communications Nigeria Limited has opened a major retail shop in Abuja.