Governor Samuel Ortom, who is facing raging security challenges unleashed on Benue State by herdsmen and a local militia, allegedly led by a fugitive, Gana, is full of praises to God and security agencies for warding-off the malevolent elements attacking his state. He confesses that if God had not been on the side of the state, the local militia, whom he suspects has ties to Boko Haram terrorists, would have overrun Benue. He also explains why his administration had to enact a Bill seeking to end open grazing in the state.

In the last six months , Godwin Obaseki has been in the saddle as governor of Edo State without setting up a cabinet for governance. Many have adduced the present economic situation as a major reason for this.

The prize seeks excellence in leadership, and that kind of leadership is rare

AIO works on various initiatives to, among others, strengthen a number of insurance pools to grow African insurance and reinsurance capacity across the continent. It has also worked to develop micro insurance.

It is impossible and I say it with every sense of responsibility, it is impossible for an individual be it Nze Chidi Duru or any other party not to have an investment in any PFA and yet the shares of a PFA are credited in his name. In the PRA that we innovated or for which I chaired in the House of Representative and which I also was a joint chair in the Hamonisation Committee of the House and the Senate, there were extant regulations that the National Pension Commission innovated, in sense that for every investment of a shareholder in the industry whether it is a PFA or a PFC, that investment is subject to verification by the National Pension Commission and all those investment including the investment that was done by the shareholders of FGP was verified by the National Pension Commission.

Secondly, if they claim to be descendants of Oduduwa, then there is no way the Olugbo can claim to be superior to the Ooni of Ife

ALHAJI Yerima Shettima is National President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum. Shettima, a human right activist, in this interview dissects resident Muhammadu Buhari two years administration and opines that the administration is a monumental disaster. Excerpts:

Clive Carpenter is Vice Chairman, Business Council for Africa, UK. An international banker and company director with track record in management at board level, Carpenter and Prof. Emeritus Andrew Chambers, a former Dean of Cass Business School, are due to deliver These Minds Executives (TEXEM) lecture entitled, ‘Strategic Leadership for Results-driven Change Management In a Recession’, at the British Deputy High Commissioner’s residence on May 24 and 25. In this interview, he speaks on the essence of the lecture.

I have no relationship with the Swiss government other than to approach them and they came in and they did not participate in the negotiation, but they facilitated the negotiation and they also provided training for the negotiator

In a country of almost 180 million, having this sizable number of citizens outside the country suggests that the nation has a considerable percentage of human assets abroad