The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Chike C. Ogeah Esq, has lamented the passing of Chief Abel Ubeku and Ambassador Ralph Uwechue. In a press release issued in Asaba, Ogeah said both accomplished elder statesmen from Delta State were sterling in their careers and deserve to be celebrated. “It is a huge pride to recall the lives and times of these modern titans. They epitomised honour, candour, excellence, patriotism and love for common good,” Ogeah stated. “As a journalist, publisher and author, Ambassador Uwechue blazed the trail in the portraying Africa to the world as a continent with potentials and…
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As our own Eliot Shorr-Parks reported Wednesday, free-agent quarterback Michael Vick is due in Florham Park for a visit on Friday. But according to a report, the Jets are also exploring ways to bring Vick’s top weapon up the turnpike from Philly, too…
FORT MYERS, Fla. — For the second time in three days, the Yankees and the Red Sox are sharing the field for an exhibition game without Jacoby Ellsbury. The Yankees center fielder has not played since Saturday due to tightness in his right calf. Though…
Whether you think former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor, at the very least you now know that the National Security Agency has expanded the scope of its surveillance of American citizens quite a bit. The government…
Tottenham crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday but not before giving Benfica a huge scare as English interest in the continent’s second-tier tournament ended. Benfica survived a dramatic late onslaught in Lisbon to reach the quarter-finals with…
SHENZHEN, China — ZTE Corporation (âÃÂÃÂZTEâÃÂÃÂ) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, announced it has signed a contract…
By Andi Thomas @andi_thomas on Dec 5 2013, 3:38p + We take a look at the qualification and draw for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, perhaps the strangest in history. Come back in time with SB Nation Soccer to 1950. Then, as now, Brazil were about…
Google said Thursday its popular Gmail service would use encryption to thwart snooping, in the latest move by the tech sector reassuring customers following revelations about US surveillance programs. “Your email is important to you, and making sure…
The French intelligence agency in charge of military and electronic spying is massively collecting data and monitoring networks of telecoms giant Orange, Le Monde newspaper reported in its Friday edition. “The DGSE can read, like an open book, the origin…
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu promised his US counterpart Chuck Hagel in a telephone call Thursday that Moscow would not assault eastern Ukraine. Hagel voiced concern about Russian military movements but Shoigu assured him that “the troops…
The deputy head of the NSA spying agency accused fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Thursday of displaying “amazing arrogance” in revealing US eavesdropping techniques. NSA deputy director Richard Ledgett argued that Snowden, hailed…
Benfica survived a dramatic late onslaught from Tottenham to reach the Europa League quarter-finals with a 2-2 draw in Thursday’s last 16 second leg in Lisbon. After winning the first leg 3-1 at White Hart Lane last week, Jorge Jesus’s team appeared…
Major League Soccer will have its top referees back on the field this weekend after a deal was reached between the referees’ union and the governing group for MLS officials. The five-year contract announced Thursday by the Professional Referee Organization…
Turkey’s combative prime minister warned on Thursday that he would eradicate Twitter in the wake of damaging allegations of corruption in his inner circle that have spread across social networks in recent weeks. “We will wipe out Twitter. I don’t care…
South African retailer Shoprite on Thursday opened its first outlet in northern Nigeria, as part of an aggressive expansion drive and defying wider concerns about security in the region. The store in Kano — the north’s largest city and main commercial…
Ivory Coast announced Thursday it will transfer Charles Ble Goude, the jailed right-hand man of former president Laurent Gbagbo, to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. In September last year, The Hague-based ICC unsealed a…
Another Cromartie is off the market as Antonio agreed to a deal with the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday. The former New York Jets player’s cousin, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, already chose the New York Giants as the cornerback position thins more than…
Usain Bolt is suffering from Jamaica’s much-criticised drugs policy, according to United States Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart. Bolt’s fellow Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown, the two-time Olympic 200 metres champion tested positive…
Officials at the Amazonia Arena in Manaus, where England will go up against Italy in their respective World Cup opener on June 14, Thursday played down reports over-extensive use of fertilizer has damaged the pitch. The stadium, finally inaugurated…
At this point, it’s tough to keep up with all the various rumors that have surfaced regarding Google’s next Nexus tablet. Yesterday, CNET related the prediction of Rhoda Alexander, an analyst at IHS Technology, who says that Google is gunning for…