Days before Babatunde Omidina was released from detention in the hands of the National Drugs and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on bail as he did not excrete the drugs he was alleged to have swallowed, Saturday Vanguard went to his family residence to feel the pulse of his family and neighbours as what began…

The sad memories of the killing of the wife of the Chairman/Managing Director of Tomline Industrial Company Ltd, Deaconess Edoowaye Bridget Sorae, who was shot on the 28 of August, 2011, by suspected kidnappers, was rekindled last Thursday October 27, 2011 when her remains were interred into Mother Earth in Benin City.

Felix was 13 when he started his life at the Tejuosho market about 20 years ago when he was learning and assisting his elder brother to sell fairly used clothes. He was born into a polygamous family. His mother was the last wife in his father’s house while he was the first child of his mother.

Ten years ago, the bustling town of Zaki_Biam, in a geographical area known as the Sankera axis of Benue State had a sour taste of Nigeria’s military might when a detachment of the Nigerian Army allegedly invaded the town in a reprisal attack for the alleged cold blooded murder of 19 soldiers sent to restore peace in the town following an ethnic violence in the area.

Sadiq Ahmed, five years old, is groaning in pains. He seldoms sleeps and when he does, it will be only for few minutes. He hardly talks and when he does, saliva surges out in large volumes.

Everybody was hilarious and jolly at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church, Cathedral, Ikeja last Wednesday October 19 where the 25th memorial service for the last Newswatch founder Dele Giwa who was killed on October 19, 1986 held. Yet, deep inside them, they were sad.

Until that black night of Monday, August 6, 2007, Mrs Maureen Udeobi, who hails from Achalla in Awka North LGA, was bubbling with life.

For Mrs. Blessing Olayemi, a Personal Assistant to the proprietor, Golden Triangle College, Alagbado, Lagos, her dream is to enjoy a lasting marriage life and together with her husband give their three children a hope for tomorrow.

Ten days after his arrest popular Nigerian comedian, Alhaji Babatunde Omidina, is yet to to pass out drugs. Baba Suwe is in the NDLEA’s custody on suspicion of drug trafficking.

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Lagos branch recently held a Patron’s Day for the late former managing director of the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB).