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.

When he was ushered into the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, last When he was ushered into the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, last  week, for the conferment of the 2017 World Food Prize, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina received a standing ovation. The award was an endorsement of his activities over the past two decades with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and as Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria.