IT took the intervention of the Federal Government before the warring factions in the leadership crisis that engulfed the oil-rich Itsekiri community of Ugborodo in Warri South-West Local Government agreed to sheath their swords. Former Commissioner for Health in Delta State, Dr. Alex Ideh and Itsekiri youth leader, Mr. Alex Eyengho, who are leaders in both factions, spoke to Vanguard on the new-found peace.

FEDERAL Government, parents and guardians have attributed the poor performance of students in the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to their poor reading habi

MIchael Opeyemi Bamidele, erstwhile Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State, Special Adviser to Governor Ahmed Tinubu and once a darling of the Asiwaju crowd is today on the other side, flying the kite of Labour Party in next month’s gubernatorial election.

ON Monday, April 14, 2014 over 200 young female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State were abducted by Boko Haram members, sending shock waves across the globe. It is believed that the gunmen took the girls to the Sambisa forest near the Cameroonian border.

THE horrors of over 234 girls kidnapped from their hostel in Chibok three weeks ago cannot be put into words. Every second gone confirms the worst fears of parents. Even the far removed person on the streets worries about the security of his children.