Today in Abuja, Mrs. Victoria Olufunmilayo Awomolo (SAN), would visit orphanages around the metropolis as part of activities preceding her birthday that comes up in two days. At this stage of her life, she says “I want to dedicate my life to God and humanity”. Born on December 18, 1957, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, holds a first degree in Chemistry from the University of Benin (1981) and had her second degree from the University of Ibadan in 1997. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1998 and became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2013.   The mother of four and wife of Asiwaju Solomon Gboyega Awomolo, SAN, talks about life and work as she turns 60 on Monday! 

Armed to the teeth with a background in Chemical engineering, economics, and education, and working at the nexus of science, politics, and art, Modupeola Fadugba is a multi-media artist working in painting, drawing, and socially-engaged installation.

Dr. Elisha Attai is an ardent advocate for the development and advancement of the African Woman. He is the President and Founder of the African Women in Leadership Organisation (AWLO) and the initiator/convener of the African Women in Leadership Conference, a global movement of women of African descent changing the narrative of leadership in the world.

HIS Royal Highness, Igwe Spencer Ugwu Oke of Obimo in Nsukka Local government Area of Enugu State discusses his life and royalty in this in this encounter. With lessons learnt from more than three decades as a traditional ruler, he discusses the key qualities that distinguish him among his peer and submits that the traditional institution in the country can only be made better through having constitutional roles.

Works that I bought for peanuts in those days, which at present value calculations, would now have been worth some thousands of Naira, are currently being sold for millions of Naira

I think the government still got to continue carrying on with promotional activities. But what we also got to recognize that what any government does when it is doing promotional activities is to simply talk about the investment environment. So, in the end, what all of us must do, including my organisation is that we have to be helping businesses find each other and actually talk about reality of doing businesses.

I, Olabisi, I do not want to remembered as someone who never spoke above a whisper”. This was a vow Erelu Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi, the wife of the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, and a former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, made sometime in 1998. She had just had an encounter with a friend who was bereaved.

Former member, Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Essien  Benjamin Okiemute, is a prominent leader and founding member of the All Progressives Congress APC in the state.

Chief Newton Jibunoh is widely known as the explorer who crossed the world’s largest desert twice.   He undertook his first Sahara crossing as a youthful adventurer and his second journey as an environmental crusader.

THE Public Complaints Commission (PCC), established in 1975, was envisioned to restore the dignity of man through the enforcement of the rule of law and protection of the individual, organization against administrative injustice. In this interview, the commissioner in charge of the commission in Edo State, Felix Alari, speaks on the mandate of the PCC.

He found a way to a roundtable discussion and was able to retain integrity for his kingdom, while still retaining the friendship of the colonial people.

Rear Admiral Mike Onah retired as Chief of Naval Accounts and Chairman of Military Pension Board. Since his retirement, Onah has joined forces with people of like-minds to move Nigeria forward. The National President of Ndokwa Leaders Political Forum, in this interview, speaks on issues concerning his native state of Delta and Nigeria.

Comrade Joseph Evah is the coordinator, Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG. In this interview, Evah bares his mind on the need for Nigeria to have true federalism arguing that there can’t be peace until true federalism is practiced. He also warns of danger if the Federal Government attempts to further embarrass leaders of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF.

The axiom that a man’s life is defined by the choices he makes, found practical expression in our today’s story. The import of the maxim manifested in Chief Omochiere Aisagbonhi, President/C.E.O. of Omais Investment Nigeria Limited. At periods when he had not attained the age of consent, life left him with mean choices. Rather than sulking when he was sent out of his home at 13, it was taken as a challenge to build a better future for himself. Hence, his journey to Benin, where he rented an apartment at that age while working as a petrol attendant.

Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, still pushing through the Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), scheme aimed at getting more Nigerians into the tax net voluntarily, in this interview throws more lights on the issues involved.