HAVING  risen through the ranks of the Bauchi State Civil Service to the position of director before venturing into politics, Barrister Mohammed Abubakar had a clear view of the situation in Bauchi State before his inauguration in May 2015. It was that clear perspective that granted him the insight to soothe the felt needs of the people of the state.

FOR more than four decades, Chief Michael Ade Ojo has bestrode the Nigerian automotive sector like a collosus.

THE Managing Director/Chief Executive, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mr. Emeka Emuwa, has emerged The Vanguard Editors’ pick for Banker of the Year, 2017, after a painstaking evaluation of outstanding performance track records of four other bank chiefs.

WRITING in one of his numerous works, the late American author, E.E Cummings said: “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” This quote finds full expression in the story of Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, retd.

PERHAPS, if the Federal Government he served four times as minister had listened to him and taken his proposals as road-map for the development of the Niger-Delta region, and indeed, other parts of the country, maybe much of the pain the nation experienced, and is still experiencing could have been avoided.