Interview

Known in multinational circles as a turnaround business strategist, the Managing Director of FrieslandCampina WAMCO and Sub-Saharan Africa Cluster, Ben Langat, has maintained steam in the sustainable dairy breakthroughs that the firm has championed in more than a decade. Since 2010 and still counting, FrieslandCampina WAMCO has invested over N21 …

Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Gbenga Daniel, has now joined the league of former governors representing their constituents in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. In this interview with Gboyega Akinsanmi, Daniel reflects on his administration as two-term governor of Ogun State and justifies his return to active politics …

It was exactly 30 years since the June 12, 1993, presidential election generally believed to have been won by the late Bashorun MKO Abiola but annulled by the then-military government. Abiola died in the ensuing attempt to reclaim his mandate in 1998, about four weeks after the military ruler who …

Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, says her parents sought a kidney donor for her from outside because of the family’s health history.  She spoke in an interview with BBC following the sentencing of Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in prison by a UK …

Damilola Emmanuel Ibrahim, whose stage name is Da’Fresh Olorin, spoke with the publisher of Freelanews, VICTOR OJELABI, about his life, career and the future. He recently dropped a new single titled ‘Agbelebu’, which is already enjoying some attention on social media. It’s available on all streaming platforms. Enjoy our interesting …

Dr. Leke Pitan, a former Lagos State Commissioner for Health under a former governor of the state, now the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a living witness to the radical and enviable reforms carried out in the …

Food prices have been rising around the world, driven first by the Covid pandemic and poor harvests, and made worse by the conflict in Ukraine, which has hit exports of both wheat and fertilizer. Even with a new deal that would allow grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, the …

Recent 2022 statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, indicates that 811 million people still go to bed hungry each night. The report said that after steadily declining for a decade, world hunger is on the rise, affecting 9.9 percent of people globally. From 2019 to 2020, …

Mike Tyson’s new cannabis brand, Tyson 2.0, has appointed its first chief marketing officer, Jackie Guarini. She has plans to take the brand higher than ever. As the company eyes US and Canada expansion, Guarini talks direct-to-consumer challenges and opportunities, creating a consistent brand across different regulatory territories and what …