Wednesday, August 20, 2014

I won’t bite again –Suarez


Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez has promised Barcelona fans he will never bite another player, as he was officially unveiled by the club on Tuesday.
The Uruguay striker had been in limbo since FIFA imposed a four-month ban from all football-related activity after his infamous bite on Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
Suarez, who cannot feature for Barcelona in a competitive match until October 26, admitted he is also seeking professional help to avoid any further lengthy sanctions.
“The dream of playing for Barca comes from many years ago, as a kid. Everyone knows my relationship with family living here,” he said.
“My ban is what it is and we have to accept it. I have apologised

Nothing wrong with my dress to Aso Villa– Oboli


Jonathan and Oboli at the screening
Actress-turned film maker, Omoni Oboli, speaks on criticism that trailed the screening of her movie at Aso Villa, in this interview with JAYNE AUGOYE
Nollwood actress and first-time director, Omoni Oboli’s movie, Being Mrs. Elliot, was, on Thursday, screened to President Goodluck Jonathan and some members of his cabinet. While the landmark event ordinarily ought to be celebrated, instead, it is being greeted with mixed reactions as Oboli has come under scrutiny by critics and fans alike.
But Oboli, who studied Foreign Languages at the University of Benin, majoring in French, says she will focus on the positive and not the mixed reactions. Narrating how she got the ‘breakthrough’, she said, The Film Producers Marketers Association of Nigeria actually wrote to the presidency.
She said, “To our greatest surprise, they said they would do it. The event had the president,

What you should know about Ebola


Ebola virus
Hundreds of people are dead as the worst Ebola virus outbreak in history sweeps through West Africa.It began as a handful of cases in Guinea in March but quickly spread to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Here are vital information to know about what the World Health Organisation calls “one of the world’s most virulent diseases.”
The Medicins Sans Frontieres describes Ebola as “one of the world’s most deadly diseases.”
“It is a highly infectious virus that can kill up to 90 per cent of the people who catch it, causing terror among infected communities,” it says.
There is also no vaccination against it.Of Ebola’s five subtypes, the Zaire strain –

Ribadu denies insulting Amaechi, Kwankwaso


Mallam Nuhu Ribadu
The former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has denied making any insulting comment against the governors of Rivers and Kano states.
He also said he did not issue any statement that disparages the All Progressives Congress, the party he left for the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to the former EFCC boss, any statement issued that belittled Amaechi and Kwankwaso   did not come from him, claiming that such statement was fabricated.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Ribadu said, “I know how difficult it may be for you to come to terms with my defection to another party. But I must assure you that it’s a carefully considered decision for which I do not wish to hurt anyone’s feeling.
“I’ll not embark on a needless animosity with my good friends, irrespective of political, religious, regional and ethnic affiliations.”
The 2011 presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of

Ebola: Adadevoh, senior consultant infected by Sawyer, dies


Dr. Stella Adadevoh, a female consultant physician, in Lagos
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded the fifth Ebola virus fatality with the death of Dr. Stella Adadevoh, a female consultant physician, in Lagos.
Adadevoh, a consultant endocrinologist, was the first Nigerian to be diagnosed with the disease.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Dan Nwomeh, announced Adadevoh’s demise on Tuesday evening.
“We regret to announce the death of one of the primary contacts of the index case, the most senior doctor who participated in the management of the patient, a female consultant physician, with this unfortunate development the total number of Ebola virus related deaths now stand at five,” the terse statement read.
The late Adadevoh was a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, and a member of the Nigerian Medical Association and the British-Nigerian Association.
She obtained her MBBS
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