When jurists of the calibre and status of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria , like Justice Mohammadu Uwais , also a former Chairman of the Electoral Reform Committee , took time off the jurisprudential sphere and tried to move into the murky waters of politics in Nigeria , one knew he was bathing in troubled waters.

Ahead of 2011 election, the African Renaissance Party (ARP) has said the Independent National Electoral commission, INEC, must ensure that Nigerians living abroad register and vote in the elections, even as the party insisted that lack of funds is not enough reason to deny citizen in diaspora their fundamental rights

CHIEF Reuben Fasoranti was a former Commissioner for Finance under the administration of the late sage Chief Adekunle Ajasin and now an acting Chairman of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, following the death of its leader the late Abraham Adesanya.

FORMER chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger-Delta, Senator Fred Brume is one of the respected politicians in Delta State, but recently , he quit his position as deputy chairman of the Delta Elders, Leaders and Stakeholders Forum (DELSF), led by former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark. Senator Brume, for the first time, since he dumped the DELSF took time off, Tuesday, in Warri to speak with Saturday Vanguard. Excerpt.

CHIEF John Odigie-Oyegun, first civilian governor of Edo State and member of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Board of Trustees is one of the prominent June 12 activist. In this interview with Vanguard he spoke on the importance of June 12 in the political history of Nigeria. According to him June 12 would not be resolved until late Chief MKO Abiola the acclaimed winner of the Presidential election is recognized as the President-elect that was never sworn-in. He also commented on other national issues. Excerpts: