Esther Quist is a delectable Ghanaian lady who has bigger dreams than her size would ordinarily lead you to believe. A triple-major graduate of Computer Science, Business Administration and Psychology from a university in Poland, she has set aside her degrees to manage a blossoming artiste management company, Red Nation. In this interview, she speaks more about the label and the music industry as a whole.

As part of the change mantra of the APC administration in Bauchi State, the governor is fighting looters and exposing how they shamelessly looted the state with impunity. He has vowed to retrieve all that was looted. Some erroneously rated the governor as a joker on corruption but when he started the war, including rejecting a selfish request from the state’s national lawmakers, they resolved to fight him and make the state ungovernable. We are not folding our arms to watch them and we shall never succumb to their selfish request.

In fact, in my novel ‘The search’, I talked about the military coups. It was like some people would organize themselves and as soon as the group settles down, the chairs are pulled away. There is no doubt that some people in this country feel that they are born to rule Nigeria and that Nigeria must be ruled by them. During the war, the slogan was ‘To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done!’ But the question is to keep Nigeria one for what purpose? So that is the Islamization.

The issue of my purported suspension for anti-party activities by a few misguided party officials soon after I joined the party is most unfortunate. The national leadership of APC waded into the matter and resolved it amicably without the dust generated assailing everyone’s nostrils. The guilty party was directed to tender written unreserved apology to me and I have evidence of their compliance. For now the matter has been closed in good grace.

It may as well be his last major  media interview before he  bows out as governor of Edo State in another two weeks, after serving two terms. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole spoke to journalists at Aso Rock Presidential Villa, last week, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

I have driven ships in the ocean as a captain. And I did that with so many risks and I reached the level politically where I was one of the few that had the privilege to have governed two states in the country which were Niger and Lagos states. From there, I eventually became the Chief of General Staff which translated in civilian terms as a Vice-President. In each of these appointments, there were hurdles and there were also some disappointments but with my faith in God and the struggle to ensure that I remained disciplined, God saw me through. That is why I am here.

Let me say that all is still not well with the Niger Delta despite the intervention of the elders and leaders in the fractured peace process. As you can see, there is a serious lack of trust and confidence among the leaders and people, a situation that breeds suspicion, division and voices of dissent instead of a united, coordinated and respected popular opinion.

I don’t see the reason why they should shy away from the truth of the matter by enacting laws to protect our farmers and our citizens from the rampaging herdsmen

Head and Spiritual Leader of INRI Evangelical and Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, needs no introduction among members of the Lord’s Vineyard who have predicted positively for the love of country.

What we need is to put our own acts together. We fought a war to protect lives and property but why are we kidnapping our own people; why are we seeking the down fall of our own people, why don’t we do onye ahana nwanneya (be our brother’s keeper). If you go to Abuja and you are given a job, you allow your brother and come in there and speak Igbo and not when he speaks Igbo you will say mba, no, don’t speak Igbo here.

That’s the challenge we are facing now; some jumped into the business without proper foundation and legal backings and so the result is inevitable. Some want to tarnish the image of our business. What we are doing here in Enugu for instance is different from what every other person or company is doing. Before we started, we looked at the laws guiding such business and we tried to have enough legal backing to give our business a solid foundation.

Rear Admiral Mike Onah (retd) says Nigeria should face the reality by using a radical approach to resolve the current challenges facing the nation, saying it will lead to the transformation of the country.

Bishop Charles Ighele is the General Superintendent of Holy Spirit Mission Church, the Happy Family Chapel. In this interview, Ighale speaks on the arrest of some judges, corruption and the state of the economy among other issues.
On the clampdown on judges by the DSS

As preparations for the coronation of a new Oba of Benin intensify, the Onojie of Opoji and Vice Chairman, Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs, His Royal Highness (HRH), Ehidiamen Aidonojie 1, disclosed to Saturday Vanguard how traditional rulers who have their roots from the great Benin Kingdom are awaiting the coming of a new Oba. He explained how the Oba had remained the permanent chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs, describing the Oba of Benin as the Supreme leader of Kings in the Kingdom and a first class African King.

Aisha Buhari’s interview with BBC: We only knew Fashola, Amaechi, few others