Chelsea and Eagles midfielder, John Obi Mikel, has resumed training and could be fit for the 2010 World Cup, after making recovery from a knee injury and the consequent surgery during the course of the English Premier League won by the Blues.

ONE of the complications thrown up by the death of the late president Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua is the debate on the political future of his successor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Inadequate power supply has chocked the development and growth of Nigeria’s economy, particularly in the last two decades. The Punch Newspapers editorial of 22/3/2010 explicitly paints this reality. That editorial specifically notes that “Poor power supply has been at the heart of the nation’s wobbly manufacturing sector whose capacity utilization has today plunged to 29 per cent.

Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria are at each other’s throat over allegation of corruption, no regard for due process in the award of the Institute’s contracts, outright rejection of due process and corporate governance. Other ethical issues and suppressed anger are among the several things tearing the ICAN members apart.

EQUITIES Slow down in market indices to ease The downward trend in the equities segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange last week is expected to ease this week, as investors take position in stocks following the attractive results released by a number of the blue chip companies and the low prices of some of the blue chips after a week of steady decline in share prices.