The development of Local Content has become a reality in Nigeria, even though some challenges abound. In this interview with Udeme Akpan, the Managing director of B G I Energy Services Ltd, Mr. Edmund Tiemo, currently one of the successful indigenous companies, comment on a wide range of issues, including the roles of Chevron Nigeria Limited in boosting local content in the country.

Founder of the O’dua Peoples Congress, OPC,  Dr Frederick Fasehun in this interview laments the lack of leadership in the country and urged Nigerians in the face of the coming elections to right the wrongs of the past by choosing a leader who will improve the standard of living of Nigerians, build infrastructure and actualise the on-going clamour for the restructuring of the country.

Ahmed Gulak was former Political Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan. The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was the Chairman of the Imo State governorship primaries of the party which produced Senator Hope Uzodinma as the governorship candidate of the party.

The Nigerian flag was proudly hoisted on the world stage at the Hilton Metropolitan Hotel, in far away Beirut, Lebanon, on September 24, 2018, as 20-year-old Nigerian, Daniella Iyama, emerged winner of the 2018 Miss Africa, at the Miss Tourism Universe.

Okorocha did not lose anything to Sen Hope Uzodinma. Now, when they   talk of political liberation, I wonder if the state was in bondage; a state where there was free education up-to tertiary education, new roads were constructed and carved out even in the rural areas. 

Chief Johnson Modika Barovbe is a man of many paths. He retired from the corporate world as the Managing Director of Dumex Nigeria Limited many years ago and went back to his first love, education. He is the proprietor of the prestigious Westminster College in Lagos. He is also a traditional chief and a major stakeholder in the Urhobo Nation.

Born on Sunday, April 24, 1938, Apostle Hayford Ikponmwonsa Alile, OFR, B.A. MBA (Hon) D.Sc., attended briefly the University of Ibadan as a State Scholar in Physics and thereafter proceeded to Howard University, Washington D.C. where he earned his B.A. degree in Economics and Mathematics. He later attended Rutgers Graduate School of Management, New Jersey, USA for his MBA and the Harvard Business School for AMP.

Dr. Harbhajan Batth, President of Lagos Business School, EMBA7, former Executive Director of Prestige Assurance Company; ex-Chief Manager, The New India Assurance Company, Resource Person, Tony Elumelu Foundation and Group Chief Information, Chellarams PLC, concludes his story with a caveat that no one achieves self-actualisation with one skill set.

Alhaji Ibrahim Idris (Ibro) had a sit down with Sunday Vanguard in his Asokoro, Abuja residence to reminisce on how he became the governor of Kogi State at his first attempt. Idris also spoke on the October 29, 2006 ADC plane crash that killed over 100 persons, leaving five survivors with three of them being his children and some issues in the polity.

oday, we conclude the Allen Onyema interview today. He throws light on the challenges of airlines in Nigeria and what government should do to grow the
industry in Nigeria. He says governments running airlines is moribund, commending the Federal government and President Buhari for suspending Air
Nigeria take off, arguing that the suspension saved Nigeria huge waste.

You will either find him classy or cerebral in the first 10 minutes with him.Those early moments won’t go without you taking note of any of those distinguishing attributes, if not all. The encounter doesn’t just need to progress further before knowing that you are face-to-face with someone whose knowledge of events, issues and trends are not just generic, but authoritative.
With a multi-disciplinary background that includes medicine, law, insurance and business administration, Dr. Harhhajan Batth has an enriching story any day and you can’t help but feel entertained, informed and reformed as you read his story that began in the land of his birth, India.That was the scenario as this chat lasted at his office, Chellarams Plc. a leading Nigerian conglomerate with interests in many industries. Dr. Batth, who is the President of Lagos Business School, EMBA7 was the Executive Director of Prestige Assurance Company; Chief Manager, The New India Assurance Company. He also trains entrepreneurs for the Tony Elumelu Foundation.

Pro Uche Osunkwo, a lecturer at the University of Abuja, is the President of the Nigeria Society for Toxicological Sciences (NSTS)

Mr Bode Adediji, Chief Executive Officer of Bode Adediji Partnership, is a former President of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers. Besides his professional calling, he has dedicated himself to mentoring the younger ones. In this interview, Adediji speaks on his rise to the peak of his career.

CHIEF Olu Falae clocked 80 on September 21. In this interview, the former top banker, Secretary to the Government of the Federation under the Babangida  administration and Finance Minister, as well as presidential candidate of an alliance in the 1999 elections speaks on his growing up, happy moments, regrets and the Nigeria of his dream.

Pastor Sunday Olatunji, is Chairman, Royal Masters School, CBD, Alausa, Lagos. In this interview, he speaks on the state of the nation’s educational system, what is needed to be done, and the celebration of four outstanding men who were recently awarded Doctorate degrees in academic fields outside their core banking fields. Excerpts