Prof. Jerry Agada, a former Minister of State for Education, is from  Benue State. In this interview, Agada speaks on the controversy triggered by some northern leaders that their region will retain the presidency in 2023, the statement credited to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, that Nigerians are not hungry and the closure of the nation’s land borders among other issues. Excerpts:

It is almost impossible to think online course creation and sales  in   Africa without thinking ‘Stephanie Obi’. The author of Amazon best-seller ‘Knowledge is the New Gold’ is one of Africa’s leading online course creation strategists helping entrepreneurs to monetise their knowledge on the internet.

Chairman, Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON), Lagos State and President-General United Berger Association, Apapa, Don  Nnadiekwe, in this interview, speaks on the total closure of Nigeria’s borders, especially the clampdown on car dealers by Nigeria  Customs Service, NCS.

Dr. Austin Nweze is a Faculty Member at the Lagos Business School, LBS, and Head, Centre for Applied Economics, Pan African University. In this interview, Nweze, who holds a PhD in Managerial Economics and Entrepreneurship, analyses the closure of Nigeria’s borders from the economic and political strands, declaring that the policy would strangulate the economy and impoverish Nigerians.

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.