Five months ago, a good friend of mine split from her long-term partner who happens to be my boyfriend’s mate. Her ex was insufferable and she should have kicked him out a long time before he finally left her for another woman.

She was very upset at first but now she tells me she’s over with him but is bent on making the most of her single status and is going to have lots of fun. I’m worried if this fun of hers would include her sleeping with any man going. That might spoil her reputation.

While many cell phone users, especially in developing countries still under use their mobile phone because of what observers call lack of IT skills and knowledge, global handset manufacturer, Nokia is currently downloading free Ovi by Nokia software applications that enables users enjoy many applications including games, maps, media, messaging and music.

Google Nigeria has broken the silence and announced that Nigerian users of the Google mail accounts have nothing to worry about following the disturbing hacks that took place in several Asian countries where several hundreds of Google email accounts were broken into by unidentified persons.

Public administrators have been accused of being impediments to the growth and progress of the nation.

Veterans Isiaka Olawale, Abdul Isa, Ogbonnaya Okemiri, Bartholomew Ibenegbu and John Gaadi are among the list of 12 players that the Nigeria Football Federation submitted to FIFA on Tuesday for this month’s African Beach Soccer Championship in Casablanca, Morocco.

THE provision of a functional educational system should be the highest priority of government. This is more important than even addressing the short fall in the power/energy sector as an adequately developed human capacity is the greatest asset any country or people can have.

THE West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has commended Governor Olusegun Mimiko administration of Ondo State over the conduct of incidence-free public examinations in the state.

A football match between BRF Football Academy and Early Start Football Academy both of Lagos on Saturday, 11 June at the Campos mini-stadium, will climax events marking this year’s children’s day celebrations organised by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company.

While football egg heads celebrate Eagles’ draw in Addis Ababa,former Abia state governor Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu Tuesday hit the nail on the head blaming the Glass House for the near disaster.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said it was prepared work with petroleum marketers to flood the country with kerosene, in order to bring an end to the scarcity of the product within 10 days.

Telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria, has donated N15 million to the Kano Polo Club for the organisation of the 2011 polo tournament.

The South-East and South-South Professionals, SESSP, a development and advocacy group, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan on the appointment of Senator Anyim Pius Anyim as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, as well as the re-appointment of General Owoye Azazi, as the National Security Adviser, NSA.

The scheduled proclamation of the new Imo State House of Assembly was delayed for more than four hours, yesterday, following the barricading of the Assembly gate by beneficiaries of the Ikedi Ohakim 10,000 jobs scheme.

THE Oyo State Police Command may declare the feuding leaders of the banned National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, the Chairman of the union and Alhaji Lamidi Mukaila aka Auxiliary wanted.

THE National President of the Nigerian Medical Student Association, Mr. Auwal Shanono, was one of the unlucky victims that were felled during the last Saturday’s violence by members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Ibadan.