Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de France winner, said Friday that he was “gutted” not to be selected for Team Sky to compete in this year’s race. Wiggins told BBC television that he would not take part in the race he became the first British…
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that his side are interested in signing former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona. Asked if Chelsea had an interest in the Spain international, Mourinho told reporters in London: “We have some…
England winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has a “medial knee ligament” injury, the Football Assocation said in a statement on Thursday which leaves the player’s participation in the World Cup in doubt. Oxlade-Chamberlain picked up the injury during Wednesday…
Swiss international centre-back Philippe Senderos has joined Aston Villa from Valencia on a free transfer, the Premier League club announced on Thursday. “I am really delighted to be joining Aston Villa, a great club with such a big history, and for…
President Goodluck Jonathan has performed the ground breaking ceremony for Eagle Heights University at Omadino and said that the University is one of the series of projects that is positioning Delta State as hub for investment. According to the president, Delta State is host to two Federal Institutions, the University of Petroleum, Effurun and the Maritime University which he performed its ground breaking ceremony at Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government area of the state on May 10. He stated that he will soon perform another ground breaking ceremony for the Gas City, Ogidigben and observed that these projects are positioning…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan indicated at the weekend that the monster of youth unemployment confronting the nation would soon be a thing of the past in the State.Governor Uduaghan offered the glimmer of hope on unemployment during the 8th Convocation ceremony of the Delta State University, Abraka and also used the occasion to warn governorship aspirants in the 2015 polls to pursue their ambitions peacefully, devoid of violence.He congratulated the graduands and assured them that with the Delta beyond Oil programmes, a lot of private investors were coming into the state with good job opportunities.Dr. Uduaghan observed that…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has cautioned leaders in the country to stop the “blame game” but take full responsibility and play active roles in the battle against terrorism.Dr. Uduaghan said this at the 2014 Democracy Day celebration which was marked with solemn inter-denominational church service in Asaba, where prayers were offered for the peace, unity of the country, and release of the abducted female students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.He took a swipe at those who claimed that sponsors and members of the dreaded terrorists group, Boko Haram was faceless, emphasizing that it was impossible for someone not…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged political parties to partner with Government to ensure accelerated development in the country. Dr. Udughan stated this in Asaba when he hosted leaders of political parties in the State to a dinner party as part of the Democracy Day celebration, said that opposition parties should partner with government in identifying developmental needs of the people and meeting those needs. He noted that political parties are the symbol of democracy, meant to draw the attention of Government to what is needed by the masses, what needs to be done and what is involved, stressing that in…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged the people of Niger Delta to be vigilant against pipeline vandals and crude oil thieves as persons who portend danger to their environment. Dr. Uduaghan said that the State Government was in support of those calling for the establishment of modular refineries across the Niger Delta region in place of the illegal ones being destroyed as part of the measures to get the youths gainfully employed among other benefits. He made this assertion when the new Commander in charge of the Joint Task Force code-named Operation Polo Shield, Major-General Emmanuel Atewe paid him a courtesy…
Do you use Google’s Chrome web browser? Are you running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or Windows 8? If you answered “yes” to both sets of those questions, you might want to take a look at the Chromium blog. There, Google revealed yesterday that…
Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah called on Wednesday for international pressure on Israel to let Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem vote in an upcoming general election. Hamdallah’s new unity government is tasked with organising parliamentary…
Mehdi Nemmouche, the French Islamist arrested on suspicion of a triple murder at the Brussels Jewish Museum, is to contest being handed over by France to Belgium, his lawyer said Wednesday. Nemmouche was arrested in Marseille on Friday. He wants to…
Spain’s all-time leading goalscorer David Villa said he will retire from international duty after the World Cup in Brazil, in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. The 32-year-old striker, who signed for New York City FC this week after helping Atletico…
Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal defeated compatriot David Ferrer as well as the Paris gloom to reach his ninth French Open semi-final on Wednesday. The world number one recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to record a 4-6, 6-4, 6…
France coach Didier Deschamps said Wednesday that he had set star winger Franck Ribery, who is suffering from a back problem, a target of returning for Sunday’s friendly against Jamaica. However, Deschamps denied this weekend’s final pre-World Cup warm…
Automatic, the smart driving assistant that gives you information about fuel economy, driving safety and more, is releasing the Android 1.0 version of its app. The new version for Android devices, which has been available in beta up until now, will…
Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco suffered its largest quarterly drop in sales for four decades, it said on Wednesday, hit by supermarket price wars and the rising popularity of German-owned discounters. Tesco, the world’s third biggest supermarket group…
A rogue general, whose repeated deadly assaults on jihadists in Libya’s second city Benghazi have earned him threats of reprisal, escaped a suicide bombing Wednesday, one of his commanders said. But three loyalists of former general and longtime US…
Greece and Nigeria battled to a scoreless draw in an international friendly match that served as a World Cup warm-up for both teams. Greece had their fair share of chances, but couldn’t get past Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, who made a superb…
Nigeria’s new central bank governor began work on Tuesday, starting a fresh chapter in Africa’s biggest economy after his predecessor’s tenure ended in scandal and claims of political connivance. Godwin Emefiele took over from Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,…