Former Nigeria Ambassador to Argentina, and Second Republic member of the House of Representatives, Ambassador Empire Kanu, in this interview, submits that only equitable restructuring of Nigeria will end the growing agitation for self-determination. He also warns on what will happen if security agencies refuse to implement the anti-open grazing law passed by most Southern states. Excerpts:

Women represent less than three percent of the global maritime workforce and Chizoba Anyika is one of the few who have managed to scale up to top management positions in the sector in Nigeria. Anyika is an Assistant Director at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and Head, Shipping Development, Apapa Port. She is also the Secretary of Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association, WISTA, Nigeria.

The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has raised serious concerns in Nigeria where ISWAP, Boko Haram and Ansaru pose a major threat. Many are worried that the country may be on the road to Afghanistan if government doesn’t call terrorism by its name.

Mike Igini is the Resident Electoral Commissioner in charge of Akwa Ibom State. He is one of the few Commissioners in INEC who have conducted three general elections in the country.

I’m a monarch of peace, I don’t want warWe must involve youths to secure our future By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi is the foremost traditional ruler in the country who needs no introduction. Since his ascension to the throne of his forefathers, he has been committed to the […]

Chairman, Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON) and Chief Executive Officer, Aden River Estates Limited, an agro-industrial subsidiary of Ibru Organisation, Mr Emmanuel Ibru, in a chat with journalists on the state of oil palm, cash crop production in the country, challenges, potentialities and need to get mobilised for industrial investments and revolution through oil palm production and other tree crops. By Jimoh Babatunde

Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, has continued to elicit divergent reaction from Nigerians and groups. In this interview, President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association, PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, sees it as a milestone that will transform the Oil and Gas sector.

For instance, politics and legislative duties must be seen as a part-time job for people who are already successful in their chosen field of endeavours who now desire to make a selfless impact in the larger society and not as a means of livelihood.

Nze Chukwu Ozichukwu was Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for eight years, making him the longest serving executive member of the party. Ozichukwu exited the office in 2008 when President Olusegun Obasanjo left office. In this interview, he shares his view on the crisis bedeviling the party even as he shares his […]

Recently, Prof. Benjamin Osisiom was crowned as the President of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), a professional accounting association in Nigeria. He is a retired University Professor and Clergy man with over 30 years of teaching and practical experience in the accounting field. In this interview, Osisoma who marks his 100 days […]

He would be proud that I trusted God. I kept my peace and pursued peace. He always said a baby elephant doesn’t struggle to grow. Without struggling, here we are.

•Says Nigeria’s unity not negotiable •Insists he’s not rubber stamp to Bola Tinubu By Olayinka Ajayi The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, in this interview with Vanguard, shortly after the renovation of his palace vandalised during the #EndSARs protest in Lagos, speaks on his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari, former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju […]

Mac Chidinma Atasie is an entrepreneurial and strategic business leader with years of extensive experience and unique capability in business strategy development and execution, finance, payments, ventures, general management and public-sector governance.

By Josephine Agbonkhese An Assistant Manager at the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Ikeja Local Government Enrollment Centre, Lagos, Adefunke Olubunmi Shinaba isn’t your regular public servant but one with a heartbeat for service to humanity. Since 1998 when she joined the International Innerwheel, one of the largest women’s service voluntary organisations in the world, […]

Dr. Iyke Odo, National President of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN), in this interview, speaks on healthcare situation in Nigeria, brain drain in the sector amongst other issues.