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  • 3SC to lift Salami’s sanction

    3SC to lift Salami’s sanction

    Glo Premier League club, 3SC, could this week lift the sanction placed on striker, Gbolahan Salami.

    A club official disclosed that the Ibadan outfit are expected to review the punishment meted out to the player after he was declared absent without leave on July 30.

    “The club management is going to review the punishment of Gbolahan Salami this week as the team is expected to return to Ibadan on Tuesday after their league game at Lobi Stars on Sunday,” the 3SC official informed supersport.com.

    Supersport.com learned that Salami made a visit to the office of 3SC based in Jericho area of Ibadan last Thursday to explain why he was unavailable for two days.

    It turned out that Salami had a personal issue to thrash out and informed his coaches about leaving immediately due to its urgency.

    However, the coaches were said to have felt it was unnecessary to make his absence formal since he asked for an excuse. But the shock visit of the Oyo State sports commissioner, Dapo Lam Adesina, to watch the team’s training last week led to the discovery of Salami’s absence. The development led to the club sanctioning the striker.

    Last Wednesday, the 3SC management issued a statement declaring the former Enyimba man missing from their camp for “two days without official permission.”

    Salami could have the punishment of his salary being slashed to half from the month of July upturned after the review. The striker has scored five league goals for the Oluyole Warriors this season.

  • A lift for widows in Rivers

    A lift for widows in Rivers

    Despair has given way for scores of widows in Port-Harcourt, capital of Rivers State. They got cash. They got food. They got clothing. And, above all, they got love from where all those gifts came.

    Their benefactor was the Divine Elects Sapphires Club (DESC), a non-denominational group of Christian professionals.

    The widows’ emotions got the better of them. One launched forward with outstretched arms and embraced the club’s president, Mr Anthony Oko-Ikpor. Others had tears flowing down their cheeks, but they were tears of joy.

    The DESC gave each widow who turned up at the event a bag of rice, a piece of Ankra cloth, N10,000 cash and condiments to cook the rice, among other things.

    Overwhelmed by the gesture, Mrs Hannah Etitinwo from Elekahia community in the state capital recalled how unkind life has been for her since she lost her husband years ago.

    To worsen matters for her since 2007, an ailment left her dependent on medicine and hot water.

    “I drank medicine until the medicine in the chemist’s shop almost finished. It was since this year that I told God that He must heal me and since then I have been receiving favour,” she said.

    Mrs Ibiada Eugene from Bukuma-Agum in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mrs Alice Patrick who came from Port-Harcourt as well as many other widows who benefited from the kind gesture also had similar stories of sorrow to tell.

    With tearful eyes, they prayed for the progress of DESC for sparing a thought for them in a society that is fast becoming too individualistic.

    Addressing the widows, the President of DESC, Mr Oko-Ikpor said that the club embarks on philanthropic services from time to time and that it considered it worthwhile to bring widows together and show them love.

    Oko-Ikpor also told them that just as the club gave them a surprise message to come and collect these items, they would still be called upon to receive empowerment but all they have to do is to believe that with God all things are possible.

    Words of exhortation also came from a member of the Board of Trustees of the club, Mr Ndubuisi Oti who advised the widows to cast their burdens on God who is always the husband of the widows.

     

  • Babcock Varsity alumni lift motherless babies

    An response to their sought support when they visited the SOS Motherless Babies Home some weeks ago, the Babcock University Alumni Association, Ilisan Remo, Shagamu, Ogun State, has donated gift items to the babies.

    While presenting the items, the association’s president, Mr. Nwokocha Chibueze, said the donation was its widow’s mite in support of the good works of the management of the home.

    Chibueze, who was accompanied by his aides, prayed for the staff of the home on their selfless service to the society.

    Receiving the items, father of the home, Mr. Inusa-Ahmed Anthony, thanked the association for the kind gesture, adding that the success recorded so far in the home was made possible by those he referred to as “village mothers who left their biological children to take care of the home.”

    He noted that the motherless babies’ home was a loving haven for every child, adding: “Every child is given the opportunity to study with other children to attain greatness.”

    The association also donated some items to the SOS Motherless Babies’ Home in Ijebu-Owu, Ogun State, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

    The items included two LG washing machines, two 50-kilogramme bags of rice, four cartons of Indomie noodles and eight packs of toiletries.

  • Mikel backs Chelsea to lift EPL title

    Mikel backs Chelsea to lift EPL title

    Mikel Obi has restated his belief that Chelsea could reclaim the EPL title this season after they won at London rivals Arsenal on Saturday.

    Chelsea beat Arsenal at The Emirates 2-1 to stay top of the Premier League with 16 points from six matches. They are also unbeaten.

    Nigeria midfielder Mikel has now told MTNFootball.com ‘The Blues’ could reclaim the crown they lost to Manchester United in the 2010/2011 season.

    “We knew that to win such a game, we needed total focus and this we had. We really deserved the victory at The Emirates and we need to win such games to actualise our dream of winning the league,” Mikel told MTNFootball.com

    “To take points off contenders at their home ground was massive for us and we look forward to consolidate our position in our next game.

    “We have a team who can win the EPL and as well defend the Champions League. We have a large squad of quality players in all positions. We have different approaches to games now as we play attractively and do not forget our job defensively.

    “We are getting better and I am sure we will soon be the perfect team that we wish for.”

    Chelsea are also in the hunt for English League Cup and clash with Manchester United in the fourth round.

    Mikel said he expects a tough battle but again expects Chelsea go past ‘The Red Devils’.

    “They are great side and it is going to be a tough game no doubt because Manchester United are a top side. I respect them but we are not scared of them. We have defeated them previously and I believe we are going to defeat them in this one,” Mikel said.

    Chelsea beat Wolves 6-0 to advance to the next stage of the competition, while Manchester United eliminated Newcastle United 2-1.