IT was like a bolt from the blue when a coalition of nine militant groups, convened by the leader of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, self- styled “Major General Johnmark Ezonbi, announced the withdrawal of the approval given to the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the umbrella body of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of Niger Delta region, led by former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, by militants in the Niger Delta, penultimate weekend.

FESTUS Okoye is a prominent Kaduna-based lawyer who has carved a niche for himself as human right activist. He was a member of the 2014 National Conference and a vocal advocate for the rights of the less privileged in the society.

I had big tummy, no breasts and other puberty things. I suffered so much humiliation in the hands of my class mates

A leader is responsible for governing his people and if there are persons or group of people, who want to make the society ungovernable and make life very uncomfortable, the leader has to look into ways of having a trade by barter to solve the problem

Kunle Ajomale is a popular musician in Nigeria and overseas. His songs remain a recurring decimal in churches and at Christian events. In this interview he talks about his life as a musician, his forthcoming 30 years on stage celebration, and more.

I do not think that the people in government are really in touch with what is going on now in Nigeria

The government is broken, absolutely broken; the absence of the Commander-in-Chief may have caused  quite a lot and you know that there is no country in the world where a President is absent for a very long time and a few people would gather and call themselves a cabal

First Republic politician, nationalist and  elder statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi,in this interview with Saturday Vanguard speaks on restructuring and why it is necessary if Nigeria wants to remain one indivisible entity. He lamented that the Igbo have been treated as slaves in Nigeria, and justified the agitations of separatist groups like MASSOB and IPOB., arguing that referendum does not mean a call for war as it is a practice all over the world.

Lt-Col Anthony Nyiam (retd) is one of the few surviving   men, who staged a coup   against the regime of former Military President, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (retd).

BACKGROUND: After attaining a first degree in Computer Science, I worked for such companies as Pfizer Nigeria (later Neimeth Pharmaceuticals) as a programmer, JKK Limited as hardware engineer and helpdesk 1st/2nd line support, MBC International Bank as Network Analyst and  Project Manager and First Bank as a System Analyst. I was an Application Support Specialist for Merchant Banking Corporation and later Head of Department, Branch LAN support at the Bank. I left MBC International Bank as head E-commerce support under the ICT group. I have worked in almost every sector of the ICT industry.