Mr. Sandys Omadeli Uvwo is one time Chairman, Ugborodo Community Trust and currently a member of the Ogidigben Export Processing Zone, EPZ, Interface Committee in Delta state. In this chat with Vanguard he says Chief Ayiri Emami deserves appreciation, and not vilification, from all stakeholders over his current legal battle against naming of the Deepsea Port, an arm of the EPZ after Gbaramatu. He also spoke on the problem with DESOPADEC.

Dr Mike Okonkwo is the presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM, with over 160 branches in Nigeria and across the globe. The top Evangelist who will celebrate his 70th birthday come September 6, in this interview shares his life challenges, his turn around as well as the present anti-corruption crusade in the country

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN yesterday pledged to bail out the dwindling textile and garment industry by granting credit facility as well as fight against smuggling of its products with the collaboration with other government agencies.

“The African talking drums as played by this master virtuoso is more than ever ready to spread like wild fire once it hits the world,” a source said.

A year has rolled by without the reverberating sounds of former Nigerian Idol contestant, Blessing Eloho Eruogho, a.k.a Bbee, who passed away July 27th 2014, days after she returned from a trip to the U.S to complete some singles. Her family and loved ones have decided to keep her memories alive by releasing the singles she was working on before she passed away.

In recent times, Maka’s sound and delivery has been compared to that of Asa and Bez, she however doesn’t want to be seen in that light. Hear her: “I should point out that I am very flattered to be compared to Asa and Bez, however, I can’t really say I sound like them.

Though music pundits believe the music entrepreneur who clinched the evolution awards at this year’s MTV Africa Music Awards, is yet to produce any hit song, Dbanj is bent on proving his critics wrong by embarking on rebranding his image and engaging his fans more.

LAPO Microfinance Bank said it disbursed N92.4 billion to its customers in the 2014 fiscal year, which is an increase of 48 percent against its 2013 performance, while it netted N2.8 billion profit after tax, PAT. The bank also said its customer base increased to 1.4 million from N1.03 million in 2013.

My dream when I decided to write the book is to help the readers see that everyone will deal with something at some point or the other in their lives. However, more than the specifics of what we deal with, the attitude with which we face our giants is ultimately what makes the difference.

“We got him to a doctor he finally agreed to see. For two years previously, had not been able to lay down flat to sleep because of the type of heart disease he had. But two weeks in the hospital with this physician, he was able to lie down and sleep. He was told that he had three months to live but he eventually lived nine months of quality life.