There is a growing consensus that if Speaker Aminu Tambuwal does not change course or tactics, then his leadership of the House of Representatives would no doubt engender what perhaps may be the highest level of success in the activities of that chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly.

Alhaji (Dr.) Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, immediate past governor of Sokoto State, likes to serve his people and contribute to national political successes. Those efforts, recognized by Sokoto State people, led to his installation by the Sokoto Sultanate and Gwandu Emirate, as the Garkuwan Sokoto, translated to mean “The Shield of the Sokoto Caliphate” in 1996. During Bafarawa’s tenure as governor, President Olusegun Obasanjo of the ruling party in opposition to governor’s ANPP, once appreciated his good performances as governor of Sokoto State to entitle him, “The Road Master.”

Will I ever get tired of coming to the Punk Palace for scoops? I don’t think so. When I put a call through to the Punk King, Charly Boy a.k.a. Area Fada, requesting to interview the grand master of the Nigerian judiciary, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa (rtd), my expectations were naturally high. The excitement level was the same every time one gets the chance to sip from the human fountain of knowledge as represented in the retired judicial giant. Every minute spent in his presence leaves you feeling like one who’s had an encyclopedia of knowledge implanted in the brains. On this cool and breezy afternoon, as I sat and waited in the Punk Palace bush bar, Charly Boy clad in his boxers and T-shirt, his father, the Justice holding on to a half empty bottle of small stout and a filled glass sauntered in.

Dr. Abdullahi Adamu is a two-term governor of Nasarawa State. Adamu, a lawyer, farmer and politician, is a member of the Senate. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard, he speaks on critical issues that could shape the polity for the better in weeks and months to come. For Adamu, who had served as a party chairman, Board of Trustees, Secretary, former minister, president of farmers’ association and now a law maker, he is eminently positioned to assess Nigeria at a time like this.

Born into the royal families of Olugbo, Alagho, Olubo and Etikan in Ilaje LGA, Ondo State on October 1, 1967, Rev. Dr. Felix Rawa, is the Chairman/Managing Director, Unique Sunshine Global Concepts Nigeria Ltd, is a politician and philanthropist. He attended L.A. Primary School, Obe Idapo, Ugbo Kingdom between 1972 and 1978 and proceeded to Idi-Ogba Community Grammar School for his WASC between 1979 and 1984.