Dr. KC Prince Asagwara has a Ph.D. Degree in Educational Administration, Policy & Strategic Studies from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He also holds an M.P.A. Degree in Finance, Economics, Policy and Management from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, M.A. Degree in Political Science from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and B.A. Degree in Political Science from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He also holds Permanent Professional Teacher Certificate, Manitoba, Canada. Dr. KC. PRINCE ASAGWARA was born at Umuahia in Abia State of Nigeria. Currently he lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with his family.

He was born in Benin City more than fifty years ago. Primary education was at the St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School 1st East Circular Road, Benin City were he served at mass and taught catechism in English and Edo. Secondary education was at Edo College where he served as School Prefect, House Prefect and Class prefect. He left with a distinction at the West Africa School Certificate Examinations. He also excelled in Boys Scout, Red Cross activities, Science Club, Legion of Mary, medium distance races and swimming, in addition to excellent academic work.

Dr Kassim currently serves as the Pathologist in Chief and Director of Laboratory Medicine at the West Parry Sound Health Centre, Parry Sound, Ontario. He is a Professor at the Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
Dr Kassim is the President and Controlling Shareholder of the Parry Sound Laboratory Consulting Associates, a private laboratory consulting company that provides clinical and laboratory management services for five community hospitals in near north Ontario

Abiodun was born in Lagos about 46 years ago. He attended Jehovah Jireh African Church School Lagos, Mayflower Junior School Ikenne, Molusi College Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State Polytechinic for basic studies, and Ogun State University (re-christened Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye for his first degree and Keele University UK for his post-graduate studies. He was a General Secretary Ogun State University Students’ Union (1985) and National Association of Nigerian Students (1985-87) Vice-President (External).

Pius Adesanmi Ph.D
Pius Adesanmi hails from Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government Area, Kogi State. He got two double promotions in primary school, doing only three years of primary education (Primaries one, three, and five), a rapid rise that has sustained in the academic world. He attended the famous Titcombe College, Egbe, where he recorded one more double promotion before proceeding to the University of Ilorin, where he obtained a First Class Honors in French Studies at the age of twenty.

While as a student in America, Vin has always been involved in student government. He was once president of International Students Association; Senator and Vice President of Students Government. Currently, He is the President of Orlu Regional Union, Atlanta. Orlu Regional Union represents the 12 local governments in Orlu/Imo West Senatorial Zone in Nigeria.
Vin is an Attorney by profession. His hobbies include reading, surfing the net, traveling, and hanging with family and friends.

Ike Agbor
Ikechukwu (Ike) Agbor was born in Otulu in Oru Local Government Area of Imo State in Nigeria. He went to the University of Benin where he studied Electrical Engineering. He was a student activist and at various times represented the faculty of engineering in the university’s student union government and the national engineering association. He was nicknamed the Obi of UNIBEN because of similarity in names with the deceased Obi of Agbor—Ikechukwu.

Governor Fashola has rolled up his sleeves and has done what others have failed to do for Lagos in less than two years. NaijaPolitics salute the efforts of this new breed of Nigerian leaders of our generation.
For his stewardship to Nigeria in general and Lagos state in particular, we salute Babatunde Fashola (SAN) Governor, Lagos State and proudly confer on him NaijaPolitics PERSON OF THE YEAR for the Year 2008

Yinka Odumakin
Born on “Human Rights Day” 43 years ago, Yinka Odumakin grew up in Ondo town where he spent the first eleven years of his life though his parents were from Osun State. He was Head boy at St. Augustine Catholic Primary School, Ondo where he cut his teeth in picking up issues for the cheated and denied. He was once given six strokes of the cane without shaking his body on the Assembly ground for fighting a fellow student who was beating a physically challenged boy. After the caning session, the Headmaster, Mr. Felix Akintosoye called him to his office later to apologise that he understood why he fought and nominated him to be Head boy a year after.

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Joe Attueyi, an Alumnus of St. Gregory's College Lagos, University of Nigeria (1984) and Harvard Business School’s GMP program (2006), JMW Europe’s Leaders of The Future program (2001) and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (1997), was until December 2002, General Manager (Production)/ Director of Conoco Energy Nigeria Limited and a member of Conoco’s Nigeria Business Unit leadership team.