CALL him a veteran presidential candidate and you may not be wrong. Since 2003, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has been trying to return to power as a civilian head of state, a position he once held as a military ruler and was kicked out from on August 25, 1985.

Embattled Hosni Mubarak belongs to the class of leaders who believes that they “can fool all the people, all of the time.” So, having fooled some of his country men and women, for 31 years, the last Pharaoh, last week, tried to “fool all of the people of Egypt all of the time,” which is exactly what he did successfully for three decades.

Chief Gabriel Yakubu Aduku is a former Minister of State for Health in the administration of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua. His tenure as a minister was abruptly brought to an end by allegations of corruption.

With the deluge of problems and grievances that characterise the on-going voter registration exercise, it is obvious that at the end of the 22 day exercise which expires today, many Nigerians will remain unregistered.

As the Deputy Coordinator of the South South for the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organization, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Prince Chibudom Nwuche is in the thick of the bid to elect President Goodluck Jonathan in the April elections.