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[Vanguard Awards] Babangida Zango: Businessman with a heart of gold

THE town of Misau, headquarters of Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State first attracted national attention in the Second Republic. In 1983, then Makaman Misau, Alhaji Muhammadu Kura, was chosen as the running mate of Chief Obafemi Awolowo of the Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, in the presidential election which held later that year.

[Vanguard Awards] Ishaq Oloyede: An usual public administrator

WHILE some people see public office as means of feathering their nests, that is not the case with 67-year-old Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, a professor of Arabic and Islamic Jurisprudence and the Chief Executive Officer/ Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.

[Vanguard Awards] Justice Fati Abubakar: Advancing women’s cause

FORMER Nigerian First Lady and wife of ex-Head of State, Abdulsalam Abubakar, Justice Fatima Abubakar, (retd) was born on April 12, 1951, as the second child of Alhaji Umaru Audi, the late first Waziri of Minna, and Hajia Nana Asmau (daughter of the late Sarkin Hausawa of Minna) in Minna, Niger State.

N-DELTA KILLER SOOT: How they steal crude, refine with hazardous fires

By Egufe Yafugborhi “From Okrika to Marine Base, Kalabari to Abonnema Wharf, Engenni to Ahoada town, Bodo to Bori, Emohua to Choba, the syndicate profiting from the stealing of crude oil, artisanal refining and distribution of derivatives, mainly kerosene and diesel are well known and they operate with reckless abandon.” That was how Enefaa Georgewill, […]

[Vanguard Awards] Charles Mba: Expanding access to urban housing

SPECIAL REPORT A  MAN of humble beginnings, Charles Mba, is the Chief Executive Officer of CDV Group, a leading real estate organisation with a presence across Nigeria. He was neither born great nor had some greatness thrust upon him. He was just like any other child. He, like their children, learnt to crawl, walk and […]

Lateefat Okunnu: Public servant, activist

ALTHOUGH occupants of the office are widely considered as ‘spare tyres’ because, essentially, the functionality of deputy governors depends on the whims and caprices of their principals; most of the deputy governors of Lagos State have unarguably proven to be effective.

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