His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwase II, the Olu of Warri, kicked off his coronation anniversary penultimate Saturday. The anniversary is a week-long affair to be rounded off today. The whole country is bound to celebrate with the Itsekiri nation whose cultural heritage is one of the richest in West Africa, like their Yoruba kith and kin with whom they share many affinities.

A graduate of English from the University of Lagos, Mrs.Biachi Valentina Okoro is the Head Teacher at Lagos-based Ile-Anu Group of Schools for Physically Challenged Children. Recently in a chat with Vista Woman, this mother of four who hails from Imo State bemoaned the repulsive attitude some Nigerians have towards children with disabilities.

Mrs.Debo Thompsom is an acclaimed traditional medicine practitioner with numerous awards to her credit. During a recent chat with Vista Woman, this 70 year old CEO of Loftie Natural Medicine who believes the eating habit of most Nigerians is destructive, bemoaned the carefree attitude of Nigerians towards digging dip into the nutritional essence of the food they eat.

Olayinka Babatunde Balogun, until recently, was Principal Staff Officer, PSO, to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Hafiz Ringim. He was one of the few changes the Ringim-led police made late last year. Balogun is the Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State.

Traditional ruler of Ifewara, His Royal Majesty, Oba Hezekiah Adeniyi Owolola started by defending the notion that Ifewara is a small community. “That is a very wrong notion. Initially, we used to have two Oonis, the Ooni of Ife and Ooni of Ifewara. It was changed around 1935 to Olufewara but when I got to the throne, I changed it to Adimula of Ifewara. Adimula means a powerful one you can run to in times of problems or challenges and he is able to save you,” he stated.

ONE of the three sisters of Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, Mrs. Arawumi Akinwole, who is the only one that remains as the G.O.’s mother and now a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Bethlehem Parish in Ifewara was there at the family house when a team of Vanguard visted Ifewara. Interview by SAM EYOBOKA and OLAYINKA LATONA.

From November 2008, when violent ethno-religious crises returned to Jos as a fall out of the local government elections in Jos North LGA after a six-year break (2002-2008), the people of Jos and, indeed, surrounding areas like Bukuru, Riyom, Barikin Ladi and, to an extent, parts of Bassa LGA, have known no peace.

A critical look at the amnesty programme of the Federal Government for the Niger Delta militants one year after.
Since October 4, 2009, the booming of guns in the creeks of the Niger Delta with their harrowing human and economic calamities have been replaced by a peaceful environment conducive for normal living and doing business.

Professor Alphonsus Bosah Chukwurah (ABC) Nwosu was Political Adviser and Minister of Health in the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2003. Before then he was the Chairman, Organizing Committee of MKPOKO IGBO of 1994 and the Head of the Igbo Secretariat at the 1995 Constitutional Conference. Recently he was appointed Director of Research, Planning and Strategy for President Ibrahim Babangida’s Campaign Organization. In this interview, he speaks of what should constitute the Agenda for 2011 Presidential Election, the contentious issue of zoning and advises his kinsmen, Ndigbo not to abandon the accepted concept of zoning which they fashioned and pushed through for redressing marginalization at the 1995 Constitutional Conference

The 2011 presidential race is approaching the second bend with the front runners continuing their quest for the votes of the various geo-political zones. The South East geo-political zone, is the major hunting ground for now. Securing Igbo votes has become crucial, especially for President Goodluck Jonathan; former military President Ibrahim Babangida; and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Yet, there is this seemingly nagging suspicion that the National Security Adviser, NSA, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (rtd), is doing something under the table

The ‘A’ field office of the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has commenced moves aimed at mobilising journalists in the 10 states of its coverage area in the South East, some states in South-South and Benue towards using their media for advocacy and defence of the children.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Libreville, the Gabonese capital, to attend the country’s 50th independence anniversary, last Monday, brought socio-economic activities in Gabon to a halt as Nigerians resident in the central African nation took over the Presidential Wing of the Leon Mba International Airport in the city to receive their president.

On how I was able to come this far, I’ll say “You start as you mean to go on”. If you’re lucky to start young, good! I qualified for law practice when I was 21 years old, and not long after that, I got married.

Akomas is accused of failing to attend the reception for Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu when the APGA leader led the APGA national chairman, Chief Victor Umeh and Governor Peter Obi to the public declaration by Governor Orji for APGA in Umuahia.

The president of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor,on July 6, became the first Pentecostal minister to emerge as the president of the umbrella body of Christians in Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. In his first interview in his church office in Warri, the cleric speaks on his programme for Nigerian Christians and expresses his views on next year’s elections.