I am in my mid-thirties and got married recently to a man who was married before. My husband is ten years older and we agreed to have one or two children. He already has three from his previous marriage.
I was pregnant before I got married but miscarried in my fifth month

FASHOLA diagnoses the problems and goes at it like a skilled mechanic. He wants to know what will work and what will not work. He is transforming Lagos State ruthlessly because he is not a politician,” says Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka in his recent comment on the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State.

RT. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly is an engaging personality with fresh perspectives on issues that bother on legislature, rule of law and governance. To him the people are central to the building of democracy and their views and opinions must be reflected in how they are governed. In this interview he argued that the Lagos House has been outstanding in representing the interests of Lagosians and believed that Nigerian politics has transcended ethnic divide and is now a battle ground between progressives and conservatives. Excerpts:

ABUJA — FORTY-NINE Nigerians looted the nation’s treasury to the tune of N143.6 billion (One hundred and forty-three billion, six hundred million naira), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed yesterday.

LAGOS — AFTER initial denial by the Gabonese government officials, Africa’s longest serving leader, Gabonese President Omar Bongo, has been confirmed dead. He died at the age of 73.

A statement by the movement signed by its President, Goodluck Diigbo, said the outfit would, however, “endorse the move (amnesty) in a post-conflict climate, not in an ongoing bloody conflict. At this stage, it is not only palliative and dangerous but presumptuous and ill-fated.

THE Anambra State government is to upgrade dilapidated infrastructure in Okija community in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state to enhance the living standard of the people of the area, the state Governor, Mr. Peter Obi has said.

The Ijaw Monitoring Group has described the death of the ex-wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mrs. Mojisola Obasanjo, as a “calamity to the democratic forces struggling to return Nigeria to genuine democracy.”

ABUJA -THE Federal Government on Tuesday stressed the need to review laws guiding the petroleum and other related industries in the country.

The world has, in the last many months, worried about the effect of the “global financial meltdown”, but what has been happening to Gordon’s cabinet since the expenses scandals broke and only days to local and European elections is a clear case of “executive meltdown”, the cabinet is the equivalent of a sinking ship and everyone is in a hurry to bail out.

Joe Ambakaderimo, National President of the group, nevertheless condemned the militants whose continued activities, he said, were disrespectful of the Vice-President and his office.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE 583 Secondary Schools in Enugu State are to be upgraded and equipped with libraries and Information Communication Technology infrastructure under a partnership programme between state government and the United Kingdom.

GENEVA—Nigeria and 182 other member-countries of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), are to focus on the abuse of the girl-child to mark this year’s World Day Against Child Labour on June 12.

Tri-Star Investment Ltd and Marubeni Inc with a mandate to “bribe” Nigerian decision makers of the executive branch of government, NNPC and NLNG officials and other political leaders “according to a sealed indictment filed at the U.S District Court in Houston, Texas” (See March 29 Sunday NEXT) was invented as a means to outwit their home governmnts’ bank monitors and their national regulatory authorities. The scheme was not invented to defeat Nigeria’s EFCC but to avoid detection by the contractors’ legal authorities.

SUPER Eagles set pulses racing on Sunday with their play before the goals over-shadowed their scrappy play which nonetheless sent the team on the heels of hot-favourites, Tunisia, which thumped Mozambique 2-0 to place them on top with six points from two matches. The Eagles have four from same matches. Many Nigerians were awed with the performance of the team that raised so much hope with their tip-top 1-0 victory over former world champions, France.