That is the expectation; we have started well and we expect that to continue. Obviously, there will be more.

Cult conflicts, armed robberies, kidnappings and other acts of brigandage seem to have become commonplace in Calabar, following the inability of security agencies to stem the activities of hoodlums.

Could it be handwriting on the wall or just mere coincidence? But whatever the reason may be for the fire it appears the Ilesha, Osun state-born, Hajia Titilayo Atiku Abubakar, the most prominent wife of the ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and chairperson of Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication has made a heroic return to the social radar after what seemed to be a long lull.

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and first civilian governor of Edo state, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, in this interview with Saturday Vanguard in Benin City, said the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari has put to shame those who were wishing the President dead. He also disclosed plans by the party to investigate the failure by the senate to confirm the appointment of Mr Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) despite the fact that the party enjoys majority in the senate.

Our guest today, Mr. Andy Wabali, Managing Director of Pan Energy Resources, discusses his life as a managing director of a leading oil and gas firm, former managing director of a Mortgage Bank and someone, who had a banker grandfather, father and ended up a banker. He also offered insight into how some challenges in the oil and gas sector could be surmounted. Wabali holds a B.Sc and MBA in Finance.

HER name is synonymous with entrepreneurship, having pioneered the Ritalori brand, especially in the hospitality industry.

Vice Chancellor, Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos, Prof. Steve Afolami, in this interview revealed why faith-based universities charge high fees, saying it is wrong to assume that a university is created only for the benefit of a particular group of persons. Excerpts:

DR. Dorothy Jeff-Nnamani, Managing Director of Novo Health Africa in this interview, uses her expertise in public healthcare management to examine the practice of health insurance in Nigeria within the context of its acceptance, challenges, and prospects. Our guest holds a Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS, Master of Public Health, MPH, and Master of Science, MSc, Infectious Diseases.

PRESIDENT-GENERAL of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and two-time minister, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, does not want to witness another civil war in the country because of the nasty experience of the first one between 1967-1970. Consequently, he wants all sections of the country to truthfully air their grievances to enable Nigerians fashion a constitution themselves that will give rise to a true federation. Speaking for the Igbo, he said there is urgent need to address age-long maltreatment of the Igbo, which gave rise to agitation for Biafra Republic by Igbo youth, stressing that Nigeria’s unfairness to the Igbo is a ticking time bomb. He spoke to an editorial team of Vanguard in Lagos on Thursday.

Let me give you a general situation in the power sector as it is today that might have caused the short fall. We have been having issues with the gas supply even when we have the water. At a time, in fact the hydro plants were the ones sustaining the grid.

As a woman who has been battered before, I can say everything is possible if you want to make a change possible. We can become transformed if we decide to be transformed

Technology is the engine room for everything that we do and it is going to get intensified. There is always going to be improvements in technology, the window is usually about six months. What you know now will probably get stale  in six months’ time if you do not update yourself

Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele is the first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly. Akindele survived two impeachment moves by the male-dominated assembly before the latest move to unseat her. In this interview, she speaks on her travails and how what she describes as the desperation of some of her colleagues to sack her on trumped-up charges is heating up the system, saying it is a bad pointer to a seamless transfer of power in the state on February 24 from Governor Olusegun Mimiko to the gov-elect, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.

Nigerian seismologists are all agreed that Nigeria is no longer an earthquake-free zone (aseismic) as previously believed following the series of earth tremors in different parts of the country in recent times.

Barry Esimone, an engineer, is the Chief Executive Officer of Crusteam, an energy and infrastructure group of companies. In this interview with Sebastine Obasi, he discusses challenging issues in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and expectations in 2017, excerpts.