Nigerian children need books that reflect their identity — Vivian Uwakwe
For Nigerian author and illustrator, Vivian Uwakwe, the journey into children’s book publishing was not a carefully mapped career path
Why PDP can not rule forever, by Bamanga Tukur
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur was the former governor of Gongola State. That was his immediate political office after serving as the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority for several years.
During the Abdulsalami Abubakar transition programme in 1998, Alhaji Tukur became one of the founding fathers of the PDP and served as a minister.
But as it is with almost all things PDP and its former national leader, Olusegun Obasanjo, the centre no longer held and, therefore, Tukur quit that government.
Archive: Justice Eso’s last interview: ‘Why plea bargain breeds corruption’
Read Kayode Eso’s last interview with Vanguard, first published on October 23, 2011. Justice Kayode Eso needs no introduction. For a man whose career as a legal mind spanned about four decades with meritorious alacrity, this former Justice of Nigeria’s Supreme Court will never change.
With what some have described as a caustic tongue, especially when delivering judgments, at 86, retired Justice Eso did not disappoint Sunday Vanguard in this interview.
Sharp-minded, morally upright, Eso is your quintessential legal mind per excellence.
We’ll shut down Nigeria if…—NUPENG
Chief Kokori and Comrade Sulaiman were not alone in their opinions about the consequences of any removal of subsidy, the General Secretary, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, Lagos chapter, Comrade Elijah Okougbo said basic infrastructure such as roads, power supply among other must be fixed before governement contemplate the removal of subsidy or deregulation.
Aregbesola: In Osun, we’re doing what nobody else has done
Rauf Aregbesola, the man who insists that he should be addressed as an Ogbeni, is the Osun State governor. This is not your regular interview because it is the product of an interactive session. For a man who is intelligent, Aregbesola does not make light of that. However, the problem is that so much is almost always expected from such individuals. And that is where Aregbesola’s problems lie. So, he had to take time to reel out so much of what he describes as his achievements. It would be a year next month since he took over.
How Gowon became head of State ahead of me — Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo
Major General Adeyinka Adebayo, the 83-year-old former Military Governor of the defunct Western Region, is President, Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE).
