Venus Williams Arrives in Lagos

Venus Williams has arrived Lagos this evening via a Turkish Airline. Her sister who wasn't with her is expected to arrive by 9pm today too.

Serena and Venus are expected to pay a courtesy visit to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola at the State House in Marina, with a media parley and a tennis clinic to hold at the Tennis Section of Ikoyi Club.

Then on Thursday, they will pay a visit to Government College, Osborne Road, Ikoyi and a red carpet Gala slated for the Federal Palace Hotel in the evening. Another exhibition match at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan is scheduled for Friday before their departure same day.

A Day of Rest?

I turned on my laptop to the news of the bomb blast in Kaduna. I read a suicide bomber hit St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Malali, GRA Kaduna. The attack occurred this morning during the morning mass. The actual number of victims is yet to be ascertained but reports say the Reverend father is seriously injured. The suicide bomber’s half blown body is surrounded by emergency services.

The deteriorating state of affairs in Nigeria is way past alarming. Why won't people live and let live?
How can these bombers claim they are fighting for anything when it is unclear what they are fighting for and taking innocent lives! I doubt the Quran teaches this and it angers me when people use religion as a justification for violence.

I can only do my bit by praying for those poor people and their families in church today. At the same time thank God for my life and those of my family and loved ones.

Happy Sunday folks.