IT was just a few minutes to 13.00hours and the service of songs was in session when our chartered Caverton helicopter landed in ancient breezy coastal community of Okoroba, hometown of Mr. Oronto Douglas, a senior aide to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

To truly understand the shame of the kidnap of Professor Mabel Kamene Okonjo, mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Co-ordinating Minister in charge of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, pick a copy of The Economists special edition, THE WORLD IN 2013.

THREE security agencies involved in the nerve-racking operation to rescue Professor Mabel Kamene Titi Okonjo, the 82-year-old mother of Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, released,on Friday, after spending five nights in kidnappers’ den, worked at cross-purposes while the manhunt lasted, Sunday Vanguard can reveal.

While Nigerians continue to grope in the dark over how to craft a workable and governance friendly constitution, Egyptians went out yesterday to vote in a referendum to usher in a new constitution. Controversial and contentious as the vote may have seemed, the people were given the opportunity to take a look at the provisions of the proposed constitution that would govern their affairs.

The family of the late Chief Elijah Babalola,the first university graduate in Ekiti State and Minister of Public Works during the time of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo as Premier of the defunct Western Region, have expressed displeasure over alleged abandonment of the family by the state and federal governments.The family are equally shocked that 28 years after the demise of the first African Principal of the famous Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti, government has not deemed it fit to honour the late politician.