IN the beginning: I grew up in close knit family. I am the first child and a role model to my siblings. My father played a significant role in my life that shaped the way I relate with my peers. I competed keenly right from primary school to the university level, and performed excellently both in academic and social life. During my growing up years, I learned resilience and integrity, and utmost dedication to whatever role I find yourself.

PATTI Boulaye evokes nostalgia! She is best remembered for starring in television commercials as the highly visible face of Lux Beauty Soap in Nigeria – for a record twenty-nine years. Prior to Lux commercials, Patti had dazzled generations of movie goers with her exotic beauty in the 1977 Nigerian film, “Bisi, Daughter of The River.”

Alhaji Sule Lamido is the immediate past governor of Jigawa State. Before then, he served as foreign affairs minister in the Obasanjo administration. Only recently, Lamido signalled his intention to be President in 2019 on the aegis of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Oba Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso, Karunwi 111, the Osile Oke-Ona Egba has, for the past 14 years, annually mobilised natural kings, among others, to worship God under the aegis of the Kings’ Day of Praise. Tejuoso, in this interview, narrates how a mystery letter led him to the initiative. 

A FORMER Commissioner for Health in Delta State, Dr Festus Okubor, diagnoses  the administration of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa  and submits that the governor is using lean resources to achieve big results. Okunbor, who is also former Chief of Staff, expresses optimism that efforts in every sector are already laying the foundation for a prosperous Delta.

In this Interview, the Mexican Ambassador to Nigeria, Alejandro Moreno, speaks on how Mexico and Nigeria are collaborating in areas such as nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, climate change, small and light arms control and sustainable development goals.

THE lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District in the Senate, Senate Hope Uzodinma in this exclusive chat with  Saturday Vanguard  speaks on his activities in the Senate, the re-engineering process in the Peoples Democratic Party and   the need for political leadership among the Igbo   among others

The Founder of Aboutthatcurvylife, ATCL, an initiative that started out as a body positive advocacy movement on instagram for plus size people, Latasha Ngwube’s beauty and personal sense of style could make even the skinniest woman on earth wish for a plus size body.

This weekend, at  the Civic Center in Victoria Island, Lagos, Art X , the rapidly emerging annual  art fair  concentrating on the West African region  will be once again packed full with some of the best contemporary art in West Africa as : 14  selected galleries drawn from Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, and the United Kingdom  will be presenting at the second  edition of the Art X Lagos . The first edition of Art X Lagos took place in 2016, attracting 5,000 visitors and the work of 65 artists.

The banking industry is growing and there will be specialization for everyone. Even from the report, the size of growth over the years using any of the metrics recorded double digit growth in the industry overall. But the tier-1 banks are growing faster. What will happen in the industry is that there will be areas of specialization.

Chief Reginald Amadi is the Public Relations Officer of the Delta/Edo Command of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Custom Agents. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard in Warri, Amadi speaks on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)/Integrated Logistics Services (INTELS) row, among other issues in the maritime sector. Excerpts:

It was an event that provided an avenue for some patriotic Nigerians including a leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, to air their views on some national issues and also x-tray the myriad of problems which have impeded the socio-economic development of the country.

Governor Henry Seriake Dickson made history when he drove to Aleibiri in Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa State, the first time a vehicle would reach the community, thanks to the construction of Sagbama, Ekeremor, Agge Road.

Elder statesman, Chief Edward Ujege, is President General of Mdzough U Tiv. He led the leadership of the umbrella bodies of the three major tribes in Benue State to raise the alarm over alleged impending invasion of the state by herdsmen ahead of the November 1 commencement of the implementation of the Open Grazing Prohibition Law in the state. In this interview, Ujege laments what he describes as   the Federal Government’s indifference to the herdsmen menace in the country and its implication for national unity, the open grazing prohibition law, among other issues. Excerpts:

Prof Epiphany Azinge, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the 5th Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, is one of Nigeria’s most celebrated legal luminaries and scholars.