All vehicle dealers have been asked to pay duty for the vehicles in their shops. It was in the course of that, that we got intelligence that some people quickly moved their exotic vehicles, including bulletproof vehicles, from their shops in Abuja to a hotel.

Chief (Mrs.) Evelyn Okere Onyung is Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Lagos Chapter. An entrepreneur, she is CEO Rose di Omimi Couture, CEO St. Eve West African Fashion Week, and former vice presidential candidate, Alliance National Party (ANP) in the 2019 general elections. In this interview, she speaks on the failing fortunes of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos and other national issues.  Excerpts:

The crises that seem embedded at the Fancy and Furniture Dealers Association (FFDA), Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, will soon be a thing of the past, following the credible, free and fair election, recently conducted by the electoral committee with Nwakpa Festus Agadi (Gadisco) as chairman, and  Chigozie Nwafor (Okadigbo), as secretary. to usher in a new executive in the market.

EKITI State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, Dr Kayode Fayemi, marked one year in office of his second term last Wednesday. He was denied re-election in 2014 and had to wait for 48 months before returning to the Government.

With the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria rising astronomically in the last few years, from 10.5m, to 13.2m and now over 16m according to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu recently, discerning minds know that it is a time bomb waiting to explode! Insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and other forms of criminality, are on the rise in Nigeria and there seems to be no end in sight because there is a ready supply of arsenal – an army of uneducated, jobless, unempowered and unmotivated youths ready to be used by unscrupulous elements in society.

A former Executive Secretary of South African Relief Fund, SARF, Dr. Omawumi Urhobo, in this interview, explains how South Africa and Nigeria can foster permanent harmonious relations.

Senator Abba Ali represented Katsina/Dutsinma Senatorial District defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN, in the Second Republic. Ali is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

President of Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, NICASA, Ben Okoli, in this interview, tells Sunday Vanguard how Nigerians are settling down after recent xenophobic attacks and the import of fence-mending meetings between Nigeria and South Africa. He also speaks on the fate of Nigerian returnees.

CHAIRMAN of Air Peace Airlines, Dr Allen Onyema, in this chat x-rays the state of the aviation sector 59 years after independence, pin-points the challenges and marshals the solutions. He also spoke on why international airfares are expensive in Nigeria, how and why the government must protect local airlines.

In an exclusive undercover investigation, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Africa Eye early in the week revealed proof of a sexual harassment scandal at West Africa’s top universities. During a year-long investigation, journalists posing as students made secret recordings of male academics who harass and abuse young women.