I was very tired and still had so much to do but based on the recommendation of my doctor, I agreed to go home (Cotonou) to rest for 3 days. I had thought it will be nice, indeed, to go home and be cared for by Lawrenta Omono, my wife and best friend

The sight of houses being swept away into the sea kept playing over and over on the television over the weekend. The biggest earthquake in recent memory had just occurred in Japan and the disaster I was watching on television was the Tsunami that followed shortly after. The year 2011 is barely three months old and this is the second, if not third major earthquake but unlike the one in New Zealand; this one packed a knockout punch of a raging Tsunami.

Since my wife and I separated five years ago, I can count the number of times I’ve seen my two children on the fingers of my hands and still have a couple of fingers left,” said 42-year-old Teslim, a self-employed electrical engineer. “This is not because I don’t want to see them; it’s not because I don’t love them. It’s because Folu, my ex and I can’t put our hatred of each other to one side for a moment – even at festive periods and holidays – to think about the people who really matter most — our children.

NO fewer than 50developmental projects across the oil- rich communities of Ondo State have either been abandoned or not executed after collection of mobilisation fees between 2002 and 2009.

The doctor in charge of the Umutu General Hospital, in Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr. Ese Ajueshi, and the Permanent Secretary, Health Management Board, have been directed to appear before Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to explain why the doctor was absent from his duty post.

A Niger Delta activist, Comrade Paul Bebenimibo, yesterday, called on security agencies to take into custody and quiz the former members of the House of Representatives, South-South caucus, who claimed in Abuja, last week, that they were in touch with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta, MEND, and would engage the group in peace talks following its recent threat to bomb oil installations in Niger-Delta and political gatherings in Lagos and Abuja.

DRAMA happened,Saturday, when Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State went on an on-the-spot inspection of the Anegbette-Ekperi Road, in the Etsako Central Local Government Area, which is under construction; when supporters of a Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) member of the House of Representatives and also candidate of the party in next month’s elections, Mr. Abbass Braimah, abandoned the lawmaker’s campaign train to join Oshiomhole.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), candidate for the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alimoso Constituency 1, Prince Bisi Yusuf, has pledged to ensure the total physical development of the area if elected into office in next month’s election.

RIVERS State government has expressed satisfaction with the verdict of the Supreme Court on its oil wells that were ceded to Akwa Ibom State about two years ago. Chief Press Secretary to the governor of the state, Mr Blessing Wikina, in a telephone chat, said though the state was yet to study the judgement in details, it was happy with what it had heard so far on the issue.

Former, Flying Eagles and Green Eagles mid- fielder, Sylvanus Okpala (MON) has expressed optimism that efforts of coach Samson Siasia in the re-building Super Eagles will yield fruits in no distant future.

When the Lulu-led regime of the Nigeria Football Federation ended and a new one emerged, there was the huge expectation that the new Football Federation would bring a further improvement in the development of football in Nigeria . It is, still early in the life of this Maigari-led Federation, to assess its performance.

Former Nigerian Football Association, NFA Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima has stated that Kano Pillars will thrive in their CAF Champions League away tie against Wydad Casablanca in Morocco.

Former NFA Scribe Sani Toro has said it is too early to comment on the new Sports Minister Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, but believes he is a man who is always ready to learn .

Former Super Falcons coach Joseph Ladipo, a.k.a Jossy Lad has appealed to domestic coaches to release their players for early camping for the Women’s World Cup holding in Germany later this year.

The Chairman of Kwara United, Oladimeji Thompson has reiterated the club’s desire to win the Nigerian Premier League and also return to its Ilorin home ground for their league matches in the second half of the season.