Mr. Mirko Manojlovic is presently the Charge d’ Affaires of Serbian Embassy in Abuja Nigeria. Here the smooth talking career diplomat shares stories about his long term diplomatic career, his love for Africa and why Africans including Nigerians should stay united no matter how hard the current economic recession bites as according to him, it would soon be a thing of the past.

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Coronation Merchant Bank, Mr. Abubakar Jimoh in this interview spoke on how the bank came into existence; its corporate ambition; financial performance; the capital market operations; how the merchant banking services can spur economic development, the future outlook, among others.

There have been a lot of predictions on the economic outlook for 2017. Many experts predicted about 1.0 per cent to 1.1 per cent growth in GDP. The World Bank also predicted 1.0 per cent rise in the economic outlook. These are outlooks that Mutual Benefits have used in benchmarking what we want to do for the year. It is on that premise that we are looking at the current year. However in absolute terms, we also need to look at those things that the government has put in place that will cushion or sort of arrest the recession at hand.

Mr. George Ali was a member of the Benue State House of Assembly. He is currently the Sole Administrator of Otukpo local government area. In this interview, he speaks about governance at the third tier of government, the challenges and prospects.

So, should we continue with this private ownership of buses under which you have these yellow buses, also known as Danfo, since the time of Governor Lateef Jakande over 30 years ago?