Worried by the continued rise in incidences of malaria, no fewer than 300 Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets, LLINs, were distributed among residents of Otto, Iddo area of Lagos by staff of the Nigeria Bottling Company, NBC, as part of activities to mark the 2011 Health & Safety Week.

Recently retired Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming enrolled at an elite university in Shanghai on Monday, state media said, four months after he quit the game because of nagging injury problems.

THE Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, said it has been supply portable water to communities affected in the Ogoni spill saga, which has occupied recent discourse on environmental pollution in the international scene.

Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Idah Peterside has advised Super Eagles’ head coach, Stephen Keshi not to invite Newcastle United striker, Shola Ameobi to the national team.

Bayern Munich suffered another midfield blow on Monday as Ukraine star Anatoliy Tymoshchuk was banned for three matches, ruling him out of the showdown with champions Borussia Dortmund on November 19.

Michael Jackson’s sister La Toya tweeted her brother was watching Monday inside the US courtroom, where jurors were to give their verdict in the manslaughter trial of the late pop singer’s doctor.

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, will on December 1 be invested as the grand patron of the National Union of Local Government Employees of Nigeria, NULGE, for his outstanding administrative performance and concern for the welfare of local government workers.

Alhaji Ibrahim Gero, leader of the Hausa Community in Delta, has urged the sponsors of Boko Haram, the militant Islamic sect, to have a re-think and work with the Federal Government in rebuilding the nation.

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Monday, arrested two suspects with 6.39kilogrammes of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

As part of activities to mark the 10th anniversary of Women in Management and Business, WIMBIZ, Chairperson of the group, Mrs. Yewande Zaccheaus, said this year’s celebrations would centre on women, who have changed the cause of history and paved the way for the women folks to follow.