There are three senatorial districts in Kwara State otherwise known as the state of harmony. The senatorial districts are Kwara North, Kwara South and Kwara Central covering the sixteen local governments of the State.

The first civilian Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, rarely grants interviews as he commits much of his time to his law practice.

The House of Representatives Wednesday passed the 5th alteration to the Constitution, extending the existing timeline demanded by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free and fair polls next year.

Though, the issue at stake was a larger Niger-Delta problem, he applied some diplomacy and pragmatism that brought the situation under control in his state. It took another two years, that is 2009, for the Federal Government, under the leadership of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to see the wisdom in the approach, and subsequently modified and adopted it.

THE passage by the Senate of the second alteration to the 1999 Constitution penultimate Wednesday marked the climax of the avowal of the Senate that it would do everything within its powers to ensure that the Independent National Electoral Commission is sufficiently empowered both financially and legislatively to conduct a credible, fair and fair election.

The recent disclosure by the Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Chief Mrs Pauline Tallen of her readiness to contest the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries against Governor Chief David Jonah Jang was another cause for disquiet on the politically troubled Plateau.

Intrigues, power play and political maneuvering are at play in Ekiti State over the attempt by Governor Kayode Fayemi to constitute his cabinet Vanguard reliably gathered that Dr. Fayemi is making wider consultations with leaders of the party in the state and other stakeholders over his intention to assemble a formidable team and may finally submit names of his 15-member-cabinet to the state House of Assembly this week

Prof. Akin Oyebode, a lecturer of International Law and Jurisprudence at the University of Lagos, is a renowned academic and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ado-Ekiti. He was the legal adviser to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) between 1991 to 1992 when Professor Attahiru Jega, presently Chairman of the Independent National Commission (INEC), led the union.
In this interview with Vanguard’s Hugo Odiogor, Oyebode spoke on the character of the INEC chairman, the enormity of the challenges facing him and the infantile state of the Nigerian nation after 50 years of self rule.

I ke Ibe is a distinguished lawyer and former Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly in 1993. He is also form trade representative of Imo State to the United States. As the electorate in Imo state warm up to participate actively in the 2011 governorship election Ibe who is known for touching base with the poor, the physically challenged and the rural poor in this interview unveiled his plans for the people of Imo State. The governorship hopeful says would ensure better platform for future leaders in the state if voted int power.

If zoning to marginalised sections of the polity and voting power were to be the only determinants of the 2011 presidential polls, Mrs. Sarah Jubril says she would be the biggest beneficiary. According to her, women had been grossly marginalised in the power-sharing arrangement, with no woman occupying the nation’s highest office since independence in 1960.