Nigeria’s Health Minister, Professor Isaac Adewole, speaks on health matters in the country. Excerpts

With N100, 000, I started making fast supplies and turning the money over about four or five times a day; at a point, some good people saw how serious I was, and showed interest by helping me to make it bigger

One critical success element is stability in the home front, and it’s the woman of the house that’s instrumental to that

We the youths are beginning to see hope in this country and we must not allow ethnic champions to derail our unity. Nigerian youths cannot be reduced to ethnic champions, we have gone beyond ethnic sentiments

Actually, if we halt for a minute and think through what is being debated, I think devolution and restructuring will be even more beneficial to the North

The South-East leaders should come out to condemn the agitation by these Igbo young men for Biafra; maybe because they are afraid of the young men or because of possible attacks, they kept quiet.

Chef Tiyan Alile is the executive chef of Tarragon Restaurant in Ikoyi, Lagos. She is the President of the Culinary Arts Practitioners Association in Nigeria and founder, Culinary Academy, Ikoyi, Lagos. As a lawyer with corporate background that spanned 15 years, she went into the food business, a passion that has materialised into something bigger than her expectations. Recently, she organised the African Young Chefs Competition ‘AYCC’, a platform that is billed to bring young and inspiring African chefs together to change the narrative about African indigenous food to international standards. In a chat with Saturday Woman, she speaks on emerging trends in the culinary and hospitality industry in Nigeria.

Mr Samuel Ortom is the governor of Benue State. In this interview, he spoke on the Anti-Open Grazing Bill he signed into law to address the killings witnessed in recent time following clashes between herdsmen and farmers.

The first black man that lived in Ikoyi was Dr. Ajose and he was given honorary white status because he married a white woman. That was why they allowed him to live there

Managing a truly global company where clients governments demand very high service standards is challenging and exciting

There have been allegations of corruption against many leaders who have held elected positions in the region

We have abdicated our responsibilities as political players, we have surrendered too much to the judiciary, we have involved the judiciary in too many unnecessary political issues, and thereby exposing the judges
to ridicule

I have been telling people that the way we can reach for the solution to our problems in Nigeria is to simplify and clarify it, not complicate it

If the oil blocs are owned by northerners, where are they (oil blocs)? Today, in North-West, we are the lowest in terms of the quality of education; even access, we are the poorest

THE lifestyle of Evans Onwuamadike , the 36 year –old Nnewi, Anambra State –born kidnap kingpin arrested last weekend in Lagos, is different from that of most kidnappers who hailed from the state. This is because unlike his contemporaries who exhibit stupendous wealth in their communities and built mansions and business empires, which were demolished by government on discovery of the source of such wealth, Evans has nothing to show in his Akamili, Umudim, Nnewi village, or even anywhere in Anambra State.