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Some stakeholders in this piece by FISAYO FALODI highlight qualities President Muhammadu Buhari should consider before appointing his ministers this month Scheming, lobbying and maneuvering for preference by politicians are some of the activities that are likely to dominate the polity this month as President Muhammadu Buhari is set to appoint members of his executive council as he has earlier promised. Buhari, who many believed would name the cabinet members shortly after he was inaugurated in the second quarter of the year as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, took expectant politicians and technocrats by surprise when he postponed the appointment till this month. Explaining the reason for the delay, the President was quoted to have said in an article published on Washington Post that he decided to put off the appointment to enable him to make the right choice(s). He justified his action by making reference to the United States President, ...

Mr. Asiegbu Mmadubuko, a native of Akaeze village, Urum in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State whose wife was delivered of triplets recently, is writhing in deep agony. Tuesday, June 16, 2015 would remain indelible in their minds. It was the day his wife, Oluchukwu and the triplets in her womb were pulled out from the jaws of death. In the early hours of that day, at about 2am, Oluchukwu who was heavily pregnant came under intense pressure of labour. Her husband, who was alerted, made concerted effort to save the situation but as soon as they stepped out of their house, a baby started coming out. With intense pain and agony, she laid helplessly on the ground, pushing the baby out all alone. Her hubby couldn’t help as he knew nothing about how to handle a pregnant woman in labour. Asiegbu told their heartrending story to Saturday Sun  “On the 16th June, 2015 around 2am, my wife woke me up amid deep groaning, telling me that she was in lab...

Kenya-born Victoria Kimani stormed the Nigerian music scene to make a difference. Couple of years down the line, it seems the curvaceous beauty has found a nest for herself and she is set to blossom and compete with the very best in the industry. Signed to Chocolate City label, the gorgeous diva talked to us about her life: Evolution into music Just like every other talented singer, music started for Victoria Kimani at a very tender age. In fact to show how talented she is, she recorded her first single, titled How I feel, at the age of 16. “I remember singing around the house because my parents played gospel music a lot. But I preferred listening to real American gospel music. Singing along most times, I started practising and miming on my own. So, one day, I was just singing all alone in the house and my dad walked in and caught me singing. He told me that I had a beautiful voice, but I never believed him because I didn’t really know I could sing. I just liked...

TEN years after, the anger arising from the impeachment and subsequent imprisonment of former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamie-yeseigha by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration is still reverberating even though Alamieyeseigha claims he has forgiven Obasanjo. Alamieyeseigha, who spoke to Saturday Vanguard in his country home in Yenagoa, said that he had forgiven all those who plotted and sent him to jail purely for political reasons even though the experience remains very painful to him. The former governor was impeached and removed from office in December 2005 and was subsequently sent to jail for alleged mismanagement of Bayelsa State funds. Some of his property alleged to have been secured with stolen funds in and outside Nigeria were confiscated and given to Bayelsa State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) working in conjunction with foreign security agencies. But Alamieyeseigha, who was granted state pa...