Nembe City FC earn promotion without pay
Nembe City Football Club of Bayelsa have earned promotion from the lower cadre to the elite cadre of Nigeria football league, Nigeria Premier League (NPL) with 31 points, after playing a goalless draw with Akwa Starlet in Uyo, without the payment of salaries and sign-on fees to their players for the 2011/2012 Nigeria National League (NNL) season. The team’s General Manager, Meremu Okara, revealed months ago, after the launching of the Bayelsa outfit that “we have the best welfare package”.
Fuel tanker fire: Amaechi orders full probe
Medical workers on Friday struggled to save the survivors of a massive petrol fire in Rivers State, as the death toll, previously put at roughly 100, rose by at least four.
Suicide blast kills five in Maiduguri
The suicide bomber targeting “dignitaries” leaving Friday prayers at the home of a key Islamic leader killed five people in restive Borno state, the police commissioner said .
John Terry cleared of racial abuse charge
LONDON (AFP) – Former England captain John Terry was cleared Friday of allegations that he racially abused rival footballer Anton Ferdinand, the judge saying it was the “only verdict” he could reach.
Obese people more likely to have colon polyps -study
New York – Obese and overweight people are more likely to develop colon polyps, a possible precursor to cancer, than slimmer people, according to an international study. Previous studies have made the connection between obesity and colon cancer, a link recognised by the U.S. National Cancer Institute. But the current study, which appeared in the […]
FG approves N330m grants for Lagos farmers
Federal Government has approved N330 million grants to assist 20, 000 farmers in Lagos state, a measure geared towards increasing food production in the country.
