INTERVIEW

In a recent panel on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Africa, Senegal’s President Macky Sall called Ecobank ‘our bank’. The bank was founded to encourage regional integration. Today, it has the largest footprint of any bank in Africa, and is still a rare ‘pan-African conglomerate’. As such,...

Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, speaks on his achievements and a revolution in the education sector. Excerpts! “Q: Sir, it was widely expected that some laudable projects by this administration like the drug mart, the diagnostics centre, and so on would have been commissioned last month during the celebration...

Comments made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari this morning and was accosted by State House Correspondents with questions Q: Can you confirm if the president is fully ready for work? VP: He is doing very well, he is in his office and we...

Mr. Kayode Okunoren is the current President, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), a body of about 450 insurance broking firms in the country. He has been the managing director of many insurance broking companies and a professional of over 40 years experience in insurance industry, Okunoren speaks with...

The December 5 2015 and January 9 2016 governorship election in Bayelsa State, according to Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, was "not just an election, it was war." His contention is contained in a new book in which he chronicled and documented how...

…Warns Atiku, Kwakwanso, Oduah, Obiano, Kalu, OBJ, IBB on their political steps “Buhari means well but he is surrounded by political hyenas” he says General Overseer of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke-Afa, Lagos, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele has advised President Mohammadu Buhari on some urgent steps to be taken in...

President, Muhammadu Buhari has promised to defeat corruption, insecurity and revamp the the nation’s economy in 2017. He made the promise in his New Year message and urged Nigerians to be alert as fleeing insurgents might want to hide in their domains. Full Speech: My dear Compatriots, I am happy...

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson had an interview session with journalists on some issues and his agenda for Bayelsans in 2017.  All manner of rumours are trending with regards to the N14.5 billion given back to the state by the Federal Government. What is the nature of this payment?...

Former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has insisted that his former boss, ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, wanted a lifetime presidency and not just a third term in office. Atiku said this in an interview with a quarterly magazine published by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) called Zero Tolerance. The former vice-president...

The newly installed 52nd president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Deacon Titus Soetan is of the view that Nigerian’s corruption cannot be tackled by accountants alone rather everybody should be involved with entrepreneurship and honesty. He encouraged more chartered accountants as entrepreneurs, running their own businesses...