…Rules out governorship, ministerial portfolios …Says Buhari’s govt peopled by men who do not like him Patrick Okedinachi Utomi popularly known as Pat Utomi is a Professor of Political Economy and a management expert. A Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria, Utomi founded the Centre of Value in Leadership a few years […]

It is a wide spread belief that what new fashion designers need most for their business is findings. This is a correct assumption, however, to a certain degree. Fresh out of fashion school, you will be busting with excitement over your ideas, the wonderful stylish dresses you are going to make. You will dream of […]

Senator Gershom Bassey represents Cross River South in the Senate where he is Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream). He is a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State. In this interview, Bassey speaks on Governor Ben Ayade’s May 20, 2021 dumping of the PDP to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), insecurity as well as the benefits of the Electoral Act if passed into law.

The World Health Organisation, WHO, says over eight million people die annually from tobacco-related smoke. Most of these deaths occur in low-and middle-income countries. The tobacco industry is known to target new smokers, especially the youths through visuals that glamourise smoking. Because of this, film hubs like Hollywood and Bollywood have banned smoking in movies.

Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams speaks with VanguardLive in a bare-it-all interview. He speaks to the present state of the nation and a good flashback memory lane on the fight and struggle for democracy. Vanguard News Nigeria

By Arogbonlo Israel As farming is beginning to look like the future of the economy in Nigeria, an accountant, Mr. Saliu Rasheed, who recently transition from practicing accounting proffessionally to being a farmer shares his success story with Vanguard. Excerpt: Good afternoon. Congratulations on your ascension into office. Can you tell us a bit about […]

Sam Onyeaka was one of the stormtroopers who made Enugu Rangers African Winners Cup champions in 1977. A veteran of many battles, he survived the Civil War,

Anthony Asiwaju, Professor Emeritus, University of Lagos and a leading authority on borders lives along the Nigerian-Benin Republic border. He spoke to Vanguard on issues around Nigeria’s border management against the backdrop of the closure and recent re-opening of the nation’s land borders.

*Says AfCFTA needs Biden’s support to succeed By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor Professor Murtala  Sagagi is a lecturer at Dangote Business School, Bayero University, Kano. In this interview, the expert on global economics compares Nigeria’s relationship with the US and China under President Donald Trump, saying the country should copy the Chinese economic model to […]

Ochiagha Reagan Ufomba, former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA in Abia, was one of the founders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP

Executive Vice Chairman of the Presidential Task Team, PTT, Kayode Opeifa, recently visited the Corporate Head Office of Vanguard Newspapers, where he spoke with GODFREY BIVBERE & PROVIDENCE ADEYINKA on why the PTT is still involved in Apapa traffic management despite government’s directive, accusations of extortion, the cause of the gridlock at the port in Lagos, contribution of truckers, terminal operators and shipping lines to the traffic snarl and more.

While working behind the scene to give viewers creative, inspiring and entertaining content is primary, supporting SMEs, especially at this time of COVID-19, is key for Yinka Obebe, CEO of DSTV Channel Pop Central. The media entrepreneur is supporting Nigerian SMEs with ad grant for small and medium businesses across Nigeria. The idea, he says, is to give them visibility and, most importantly, a level of verifiability. 

LESI MAOL is a Port Harcourt-based businessman in the oil and gas sector. In this interview, Maol speaks on the claims on the money he allegedly lent to a former ally of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, John Bazia, to pay the school fees of his children studying abroad. Bazia had, while responding to some issues raised by Wike on his (Bazia’s) defection, mentioned that he was being witch-hunted by Maol.

Olufemi Aduwo Is the permanent representative of the Centre For Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI) to the United Nations, and president of, Rights Monitoring Group. In this interview, he speaks on insurgency, #ENDSARS protest, and the army engagement, among other sundry issues… The country’s biggest challenge has been insecurity, fueled by the insurgency. What is […]

Eshanekpe Israel, a.k.a Akpodoro, Coordinator of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDEA, who is also the Coordinator, Urhobo Youths Forum for Change, UYFC, bares his mind to TUNDE OSO on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Presidential Amnesty Programme, the security of oil and gas pipeline facilities