Rivers athletes set to protest non-payment of salaries
Athletes who will represent Rivers state in the 19th National Sports Festival later this year will stage a peaceful protest to the government house in Port Harcourt this week to protest the non-payment of their sala-ries and allow-ances,according to information reaching our correspondent.
Champions Chelsea unloved but unstoppable
Premier League title beckoned for Chelsea from the moment Andre Schuerrle put them ahead after 20 minutes and 45 seconds of their opening fixture at Burnley on August 18.
You are not our king, community disowns contender
The people of Ukpedi Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have disclaimed a kinsman who allegedly referred to himself as the Ovie of the kingdom.
Chelsea win Premier League title
Chelsea won the 2014/15 English Premier League title after a 1-0 home victory over Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
14-yr-old girl raped by father inspired me to establish rehabilitation centre – Founder, Mirabel Centre
Mrs. Itoro Eze-Anaba is the founder of Mirabel Centre, a foundation set-up to provide free-of-charge rehabilitation for rape victims. For being a trend setter and with her hard work and persistence for setting-up the first rehabilitation centre for rape victims in Nigeria, she emerged one of the three finalists at the much celebrated Vlisco Women’s Month Award 2015, which held at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, last Sunday.
Amid scarcity: The biofuels alternative we need—Obada
Dr. Babatunde Obada is Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Global Biofuels Limited, a biofuels company in Nigeria. He speaks on the passage of 2015 Budget by the Senate without allocation for fuel subsidy, recurring fuel scarcity crisis in the country, the controversy trailing privatisation of the refineries and the need for the incoming government to invest massively in fuel ethanol to stop excessive importation of refined petroleum products.
