Until six years ago, Osaro (not real name)m was living quite well back home in Nigeria. He was employed by one of the oil companies after graduating with a first degree in Petroleum Engineering.He was married. But the lure of Europe was too strong for him to resist.

Alhaji Ibrahim Auyo has been a major player in the aviation industry both in Nigeria and the international scene, having served as the pioneer managing director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) between 2000 and 2001.
After stepping down as MD of NAMA in 2001, he moved to the aviation wing of the United Nations Organisation (UN0) and was part of the professionals that formulated policies for the global aviation industry

Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has robust political antecedents. A lawyer by training, he was the deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He worked closely with the late President Umaru Yar’Adua when he was the governor in Katsina before succeeding him.Only recently, he was the coordinator of the north-west zone of the President Jonathan/Sambo campaign. Now, he is seeking re-election via next month’s polls

Chief Babatunde Olusola Benson, SAN, will be 79 on the 4th of July, 2011. As Secretary-General, Nigerian Bar Association, he mooted the idea of forming the African Bar Association, ABA.

Alhaji Isyaku Ibrahim is a politician with a sense of history. In this interview, he takes the reader down memory lane, from the political developments in Nigeria in the first republic, down to the second republic in which he was actively involved, and the aborted third republic.Ibrahim also speaks on the formation of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as a pioneer member, the administration of Obasanjo and the ongoing political process.

Mallam Kasimu Garba Kurfi is Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the APT Securities and Funds Limited and a major player in the capital market sector of Nigerian economy.

Senator Anietie Okon is a member of the President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Council. In this interview, he bares his mind on some national issues ranging from the former President Obasanjo campaign in 1999 to that of Jonathan.
He also chides the North for being an apostle of zoning just as he denies that Obasanjo was a product of zoning.

Reverend Chris Okotie, founder and senior pastor of Household of God Ministries is not new to politics; having taken a shot at the presidency twice earlier in 2003 and in 2007. In fact, he is one of the two veterans of that contest. The other, of course, being General Muhammadu Buhari who is currently parading another pastor- Tunde Bakare, as his running mate.

In this second part of General Muhammadu Buhari’s interview, he touches on the very essence of his challenge against the elite in the country.

Seventy-two naira or its equivalent. That was all it cost, in those days, to give Chief Ayo Adebanjo, now a lawyer and politician, secondary education. And the education was not acquired in an unknown village school. It was at the famous CMS Grammar School, Lagos. Chief Adebanjo who will turn 83 on April 10 spoke on his childhood and political life with Bashir Adefaka.

As family, friends and well wishers of the former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, await his return on completion of his prison term on Saturday February 26, Vanguard can exclusively report that the politician regretted how some of his friends deserted him while serving his jail term.

T he Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah, with a team of officials including the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management, Mr. Okey Itanyi, and a host of others, last weekend, stormed Vanguard premises on a courtesy visit, where the team unveiled some of its agenda to lift the nation to the threshold of strong telecommunication countries of the world.

Captain Mohammed Joji, Secretary-General of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) in this interview with Vanguard’s Favour Nnabugwu in Kaduna penultimate Friday talks on issues bordering on the airfare, facilities at the nation’s airports, the economy, the Nigerian bomber aboard US plane and many others.

For Muhammadu Buhari, this may be the last opportunity for him. Reason: In 2003 and 2007, he sought to become Nigeria’s civilian President but lost under circumstances that he still insists were not normal.

Bala Buhari, former Minister of the Federal Republic and Secretary of the Northern Political Summit Group led by Chief Solomon Lar was the political adviser to the erstwhile National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.