DESPITE its commercial natural gas endowment, Nigeria has not yet recorded significant utilisation of Liquefied Natural Gas, LPG. In this interview with Udeme Akpan and Ediri Ejoh, The Vice President of NLPGA and managing director/CEO of Banner Energy, Mr. Nuhu Yakubu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, canvass for the rapid development and utilisation of LPG in the nation.

The Aare Onakakanfo is a statesman’s position, you have to be moderate in your utterances, you need to be careful on how you handle issues

The Congress has been helping us to ensure that the money taken out of the country is returned despite the efforts by some Nigerians to sabotage the move

Mr Israel Chibueze Ibeleme is a media aide to the Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi. Like any other young man in search of greener pastures, Ibeleme travelled from his Isiala-Oboro village in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State to Port Harcourt in 2003 to live with a cousin but he became homeless two years after when he was driven out of by his relation. From 2005 to 2008, he slept on the street in Rivers State capital while a transformer served as his wardrobe before a ‘Good Samaritan’ picked him up and dropped him in the Government House Port Harcourt.

Ibrahim Galma is the Assistant Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Benue state chapter. In this interview, the Graduate of Animal Science who spoke on behalf of the leadership of the association in the state, gave an insight into the life of the herdsman and his cattle, the challenges he confronts daily and the herdsmen/farmers unending clashes.

As the Asiwaju of the Ijebu Christians Association and the Olori Omo-Oba of Ijebuland, Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun, the Founder of FCMB Group, holds an annual New Year Prayer in his country home in Ijebu. This year’s prayer, held during the week, had in attendance notable Ijebu sons and daughters.

There is speculation that your party, APC will soon suspend you for daring to declare for the presidency or challenging President Buhari, how true is it?

P ROFESSOR Banji Akintoye is a renowned historian and a member of the Southern Leaders Forum. In this interview, Akintoye maintains that Nigeria may eventually break up if it is not properly structured. He also gives an insight to the controversy over who were the original settlers of Lagos and the forthcoming Handshake Across the Niger which seeks to promote unity and collaboration between Yoruba and Igbo. 

Lai Omotola, the Group Managing Director of CFL Group, a purely  indigenous infrastructure development company with core interest in real estate, agriculture, oil & gas in this interview examined the state of the economy in the year 2017. Omotola who is also into publishing stated that Nigeria is not a rich country but trying to move from the third world, adding that for the economy to get better in 2018, it needs tactical, strategic and in-depth operation

Since her university days, the Chief Executive Officer, Knowledge Aid Initiative (KAI), Success Ojo has consistently fought for the interest and social inclusion of the vulnerable people in remote communities. In this interview with Olayinka Latona, she shares her experience over the years, talked about her organisation, the launching of the OneBariga Women Project of the organization and the Christmas Blessing Bag party with 1,000 Children in the slum of Ilaje Bariga, Lagos State, Nigeria.