Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, an engineer, has a robust background as the Chairman of Makon Group of Companies. Barely two weeks in office, Makinde, speaks about the place of accountability and probity in the running of the ‘Pacesetter State’ and the core areas his administration is focusing on. 

I think for anybody to accuse the Buhari government of being lethargic in dealing with herders-farmers conflict is quite unfair because we have been very decisive

The challenges peculiar to the tech sector are shortage of early stage investors in tech start-ups in Nigeria. Most tech start-ups struggle to get funding at the early stage which is in most case not available, leaving them to struggle on their own until a foreign investor comes into the picture.

First Officer Binta Mohammed Lawal is a commercial pilot in the General Aviation sector of the Nigerian Aviation industry. Trained in the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Binta obtained her Private pilot’s licence and Commercial pilot’s licence and says she is very proud of the college because as far she is concerned, it is one of the best aviation training schools in the world having produced about 80 per cent of Nigerian pilots flying in the Nigerian airspace. In this chat with Vanguard, Binta speaks on the many ills of Nigeria, saying that the war against insurgency can never be won as long as the manpower is there and how we can get Nigeria of our dreams.

An unwavering commitment to empowering lives and giving wings to aspirations has continued to drive the interventions of the Sahara Foundation which serves as the vehicle for Sahara Group’s Corporate Responsibility activities across the energy conglomerate’s locations in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.