At 26 years old, Mr. Abdur-Raheen Adebayo Shittu was the youngest member of the old Oyo State House of Assembly in 1979.

Major General Tajudeen Adeniyi Olanrewaju is one of the few retired military officers who can be said to have seen it all.

It was sudden and it came as a rude shock. Chief Joju Fadairo had been known to be the factional chairman of the Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP – the faction loyal to Governor Gbenga Daniel.

Mobolaji Bank-Anthony begot Tunde and Tunde begot Tunde (Jnr.). But that is not all about the life of Tunde Bank-Anthony, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Sports Endowment Fund whose philanthropism and care-for-the-next person disposition were inspired by his late maternal grandmother.

Appointed as Minister of Agriculture 11months ago, Professor Sheikh Abdullah, in this interview with Sunday Vanguard’s Jide Ajani, Editor, Northern Operations; Favour Nnabugwu and Gbemiga Olamikan, presents government’s position on the huge challenges in a sector that employs 70 per cent of Nigerians. Abdullah laments that some states are still not meeting their obligations to farmers but reaches a point of consolation that things would get better.

Alhaji Lateef Olufemi Okunnu, SAN, CON, has paid his dues as a major figure in the building of modern day Nigeria.

For a man who spent 25 years as a teacher and 13 years as a school principal, “do you know how many assemblies I have had to address in those years? So, I cannot be scared of having a debate unlike some people.” Those were the words of Ibrahim Shekarau, Kano State Governor, who is aspiring to become the nation’s president in next month’s elections.

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.