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UNIPORT gets continental athletics training centre

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Monday, August 18th, 2014

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) to establish a training centre, the first of its kind in Africa. It will be located at the University of Port Harcourt. This partnership entered on behalf of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), […]

CAF axes Eagles’ opponent, Rwanda, from AFCON

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, August 18th, 2014

By MONICA IHEAKAM on August 18, 2014 · Sports The Confederation of African Football (CAF), Sunday announced the disqualification of Rwanda from the Morocco 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches. Rwanda was in Group A along with South Africa, Nigeria and Sudan, but will now be replaced by Congo, which it had defeated in […]

US: National Guard sent to Ferguson, Missouri to quell riot

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, August 18th, 2014

national guard Breaking News! National Guard sent to Ferguson 0 By Our Reporter on August 18, 2014 · Breaking News Ferguson protests: National Guard sent to Missouri unrest The US state of Missouri is sending the National Guard to the town of Ferguson as protests escalate over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. […]

Ebola: Nigerians descend on Sawyer’s widow for defending her husband’s trip to Nigeria

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories Monday, August 18th, 2014

By Our Reporter on August 17, 2014 · COVER ■ For defending husband Decontee Sawyer, widow of the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer who imported the deadly Ebola virus into Nigeria has come under scathing criticisms from Nigerians for defending her late husband’s mission in Nigeria at a time he was said to have been placed […]

17 Ebola victims escape from quarantine in Liberia

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, August 18th, 2014

There are conflicting reports over the fate of 17 suspected Ebola patients who vanished after a quarantine centre in the Liberian capital was looted. An angry mob attacked the centre in Monrovia’s densely populated West Point township on Saturday evening. A senior health official said all of the patients had been moved to another medical […]

Ghana cholera outbreak at ‘staggering’ level

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, August 15th, 2014

A cholera outbreak in Ghana’s capital has reached “staggering” levels, an official said Friday, blaming poor sanitation and overcrowded health facilities for the rapid spread of the disease. Cholera has killed more than 40 people in Accra since June and infected 3,100 others, according to the Ghana Health Service. While the sprawling city has been […]

New drug, Nano Silva, expected in Lagos hospital

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, August 15th, 2014

Nano Silva, an experimental drug for the treatment of Ebola Virus, was expected to get to the country on Thursday for the treatment of patients at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Yaba, Lagos . The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, also confirmed the […]

Anxiety as first Ebola suspect emerges in Kwara

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, State News Friday, August 15th, 2014

The Chairman, Ebola Viral Disease Control Committee, Kwara State, Prof. Sunday Opabola, on Thursday said that a suspected case of Ebola disease has been reported in the state. He stated that the suspect is a seven-month old baby, who came with his parents from Ibadan for a visit at Ilorin. Addressing journalists in Ilorin on […]

Nigeria moves up in FIFA rankings

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, August 15th, 2014

Nigeria has moved up a spot from the 32nd position they occupied last month to the 33 rd position in the latest rankings released by FIFA yesterday. The Super Eagles have 673 ranking points, nine points from last month’s 664 points, to move up one step in the table despite not playing any match since […]

PDP lines up 35 witnesses against APC

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Ekiti, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Friday, August 15th, 2014

The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday lined up 35 witnesses to counter the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Governorship Election Tribunal against the election of Ayodele Fayose in the June 21 gubernatorial poll in the state. The APC is challenging the declaration of Fayose as the […]