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  • Emenike resumes training

    Emenike resumes training

    2013 African Cup of Nations star Emmanuel Emenike resumed training with Turkish champions Fenerbahce in time for the exhibition match with Sheffield United which was staged at Bramall Lane Stadium on Thursday.

    On arrival at the team’s temporary camp in England, the Nigeria international was well received by his teammates and the technical crew.

    Emenike was granted permission by the Yellow Canaries chiefs to extend his holidays after World Cup duty with the Nigeria selection.

    During the tournament in Brazil, the 27 – year – old failed to find target, but assisted in goals scored by Peter Odemwingie (Bosnia) and Ahmed Musa (Argentina).

    Apart from the 2012 – 2013 campaign where injury curtailed his appearances for Spartak Moscow, Emenike has always finished every single season with double – digit goal tally.

    He recorded 12 goals in 28 Super Lig matches last term.

     

  • ACE resumes after strike

    ACE resumes after strike

    After seven months of lull, academic activities have picked up at the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo.

    Its Registrar, Mr. Felix Eniola Aderinboye, in a statement, informed parents and guardians that the college would resume last Sunday while academic activities would commence the next day.

    The institution was shut following an industrial action by three unions – Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education in Nigeria (SSUCOEN), and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU). Workers complied with directives of their national bodies to proceed on strike over the refusal of the Federal Government, to abide with the 2009/2010 agreement purportedly signed with them.

    Similarly, the leadership of COEASU, SSUCOEN and NASU, has directed their members to resume immediately at their various places of work following the suspension of the strike.

    When The Nation visited the 50-year-old college, excited students were seen in large numbers. Some of them were cleaning while others gathered in groups discussing the resumption.

    Workers had also reported for work and were going about their duties.

    A student, Babalola Akinwale, expressed joy that the resumption would enable them complete the rain semester time table which the strike disrupted halfway.

    Also, a worker who spoke in confidence described the development as a good omen.

    The source appealed to the Federal Government to honour the agreement reached with the workers, which prompted the latter to suspend the strike.

    Efforts to speak with the Acting Provost of the College, Dr. Olufemi Olajuyigbe were not successful as he was said to be attending a meeting.

  • Emenike resumes training Wednesday

    Emenike resumes training Wednesday

    Turkish Super Lig defending champions Fenerbahce have resumed pre-season training without their Nigerian striker, Emmanuel Emenike, according to allnigeriasoccer.com.

    The African Cup of Nations top goalscorer has been given an extended vacation by the management of the Yellow Canaries, after World Cup duty with the Super Eagles.

    The 27 – year – old is due to return to his club on Wednesday, July 30, a day before the meeting with Sheffield United, England in a friendly, which will hold at Bramall Lane Stadium in the United Kingdom.

    Emenike started every single game contested by Nigeria at the just concluded World Cup, but did not score a single goal, though he contributed two assists.

    He joined Fenerbahce for a second spell last summer, signing a four-year deal that will run out in 2017.

  • Onazi resumes training in 20 days

    Onazi resumes training in 20 days

    Reports suggesting that Super Eagles’ captain, Ogenyi Onazi will resume full training with Lazio next weekend are incorrect, Team Doctor of the Biancocelesti, Stefano Salvatori, has told Italian media.

    The Nigeria international sprained his ankle in the second round World Cup fixture against France last Monday, and will have to spend one month on the sidelines, starting from the date he sustained the injury, June 30.

    “Onazi? News was spread that he had a fracture. I have had the opportunity to hear from him almost immediately, to confirm this news.

    “The information was not logical. Fortunately that has been cleared; he is now in Nigeria and is doing physiotherapy,” Stefano Salvatori told Lazio Style Radio 100.7.

    He continued: “Recovery times that Eddy has given me are short, but I think he has a very optimistic view. There was a problem, maybe it will not be two weeks, but a little bit more.

    “He will be back in Rome next week, we’ll see him as soon as possible. It made me realize that FIFA and the Nigerian Federation are concerned to ensure that all expenses related to the injury are covered.”

    21-year-old Eddy Onazi has spent the last three and a half years with Lazio, first turning out for the youth team before he was promoted to the main team and offered a professional contract around this time two years ago.

    He still has a contract running with the capital outfit until June 30, 2016, despite reports linking him with teams in England.

     

  • Nsofor resumes training

    Nsofor resumes training

    Victor Obinna Nsofor has kept his hopes of playing at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup alive after he recovered from an injury that has kept him out of training.

    A top source in the Eagles World Cup training camp in Philadelphia, United States of America, told AfricanFootball.com the Jos-born star trained with the rest of the squad on Saturday and Sunday.

    “It is true that Obby (Obinna Nsofor) was injured, but he is back and fit now, he has trained twice with the team and showed no signs of any injury,” the source said.

    Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is expected to announce his fnal 23-man squad  today.

    Nsofor featured at the 2010 World Cup.

    Last season, the striker was shipped out on loan to Italian Serie A side Chievo Verona by Russian club Locomotiv Moscow in the winter.

    Nigeria will face fellow World Cup qualifiers Greece in another warm-up match on Tuesday in Philadelphia.

  • Shell resumes crude lifting from Forcados terminal

    Shell resumes crude lifting from Forcados terminal

    After 51 days of closure, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Venture yesterday lifted force majeure declared on lifting of crude from the Forcados Terminal in the Western Niger Delta.

    SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, Precious Okolobo, said crude lifting resumed at exacting 09: 00 hours Nigerian time. With the resumption of operation at the terminal, about 400,000 barrels per day of crude would be added to the country’s daily exports.

    Okolobo said: “SPDC lifts force majeure on crude exports from Forcados effective 09:00hrs (Nigerian time) today. SPDC JV lifted the force majeure on crude oil exports from Forcados Terminal following removal of a crude theft point on the export line. The subsea line was shut when a leak was discovered on March 4, 2014, leading to the declaration of force majeure on March 25 to allow for repair work.”

    Shell had on March 25, 2014, shut down the Forcados Terminal due to repair works on the 48-inch crude export line at theterminal. The company had said that the subsea line at the terminal was shut when a leak was discovered on March 4, 2014,, which led to suspension of SPDC and third party crude oil exports through the terminal.

    Shell also said that helicopter overflights showed a slight sheen around the export line and a joint investigation conducted by representatives of communities, SPDC, regulators and security agencies determined that the leak was caused by third party interference; unknown persons had installed a crude theft point on the line in water depth of about eight metres.

  • NNPC resumes products pumping

    NNPC resumes products pumping

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has resumed pumping of petroleum products through the Benin-Warri and Kaduna-Jos pipelines. The resumption followed the repair of the vandalized pipelines.

    NNPC’s Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Tumini Green in a statement, condemned the persistent attacks on pipelines, saying vandalism has cost the Corporation several billions of naira that would have impacted positively on the national economy.

    “As soon as we got wind of attacks on our Benin-Warri pipelines and Kaduna-Jos pipelines, we mobilised to the areas affected and as we speak the lines have been repaired and we have resumed pumping of petroleum products through those pipelines. Unfortunately, these vandals attacked our personnel who were on hand to effect repairs on the vandalized pipelines,” Green said.

    She said though two persons died in the Kaduna-Jos incident, no life was lost in Benin-Warri, adding that the two injured are responding to treatment.

  • Ondo tribunal resumes sitting

    The Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure will resume today, following the Court of Appeal’s directive that it should hear the petition of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

    CPC’s petition was struck out by the Justice Andova Kaka’n-led tribunal on the grounds that it lacked merit.

    The Court of Appeal ruled that by dismissing the CPC’s petition before trial, the tribunal denied the party fair hearing.

    It ordered the tribunal to relist the petition for hearing.

    The CPC’s petition was consolidated with that of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    The ACN and the PDP are set for the adoption of their final written addresses, as all parties, including the respondents, have filed their final written addresses.

  • Ogu resumes training today

    Ogu resumes training today

    John Ogu has disclosed he will resume training with his Portuguese club on Thursday after he visited a specialist on a knee complaint.

    The Academica de Coimbra midfielder said he was nursing a knock on the knee even before last month’s World Cup qualifier against Kenya, but he is now set to resume training with the rest of the squad.

    “I will resume training tomorrow (Thursday) with the rest of the squad,” Nigeria international Ogu informed MTNFootball.com

    “I am ok…I don’t have any injury. I didn’t train on Tuesday because I went to see a specialist. I am fine and my knees are okay. I had a knock on my knee even before I came for the Kenya game in Calabar. I got back here to consult a specialist to tell me what to do. I visited him yesterday (Tuesday) and I was told I am fine and that it is just a knock.

    “I was on bench against Porto and have been in training until this week. Today (Wednesday) I worked at the gym, rode bicycle and so on.

    “I am fine and will be ready and fit for the upcoming games with the Super Eagles.”

    Ogu told MTNFootball.com he would have played this weekend against Sporting Braga, but the match has now been shifted till next weekend as Braga will face Porto in the Portuguese cup final.

  • College resumes April

    The newly admitted students of the ACE will resume for academic activities on April 7.

    According to the approved College Calendar for the 2012/2013 academic session the college will hold teaching practice orientation for regular NCE and Degree students and orientation for fresh students.

    The orientation for freshmen will hold between April 8 and 12, while NCE III and Degree III and IV students will resume in their various schools of their postings for teaching practice on the 14th.

    Registration and lectures for freshmen, NCE II and Degree II will commence on the 15th while the College will hold matriculation for fresh students on May 22 and 23. The Harmattan semester will come to an end in July with the commencement of the end of semester examinations.