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THE Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has invited 14 local players for camping ahead of the 2012 London Olympic qualifying tournament scheduled to hold in Venezuela in July.
Nigeria are eyeing one of the three places still available for the games and will be among the 12 sides trying to claim one of them in Caracas, Venezuela.
They will play in Group B against Lithuania, a team that has played at every Olympics since 1992, and hosts Venezuela. Players from Royal Hoopers of Port Harcourt dominated the list of players that are expected in camp which will be opened at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos from April 19- 22nd, 2012.
Royal Hoopers have four players namely: Dike Azuoma, Ohiero Michael Oko, Ojo Adeolu Olaiya and Onyeka Ekpete. Players called up from Kano Pillars are Usman Abubakar, Yusuf Ibrahim Adamu and Mathew Onmonya.
Dodan Warriors also produce three players and they are Yahaya Abdulwahab, Bukar Mohammed Biu and Akita Akpara. Others are Stanley Gumut from Nigerian Customs, Ikyaator Orsee from Lagos Islanders and Onyia Dalignton from Comets completes the list.
Coach Ayodele Bakare from Comets is expected to head the technical crew and will be assisted by Coach Ahmed Sani from Kano Pillars and Ayinla Johnson from Union Bank with Samuel Ogbedimu as the doctor.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Parker regrets confronting Mikel
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TOTTENHAM Hotspur midfielder, Scott Parker says he would live to remember his confrontation with John Obi Mikel during Sunday’s FA Cup semi-finals 5-1 defeat to Chelsea at Wembley.
Parker said he saw red after his clash with the Nigeria midfielder, an incident he can only liken to David Beckham’s infamous lashing out at Argentina’s Diego Simeone at the 1998 World Cup, which led the former England skipper being sent off.
”That was the only thing that riled me up a little bit,” said Parker, who had to be restrained by Chelsea players after Mikel caught him and ended up with a caution by centre referee Martin Atkinson.
The 24-year-old Mikel can be tough with his tackles, but certainly not renowned for dishing out malicious types described by Parker.
For a player handed a deep midfield role, Mikel often finds himself doing the dirty of a gatekeeper, whose role is to mop up pressure in front of Chelsea backline.
Scott Parker
TOTTENHAM Hotspur midfielder, Scott Parker says he would live to remember his confrontation with John Obi Mikel during Sunday’s FA Cup semi-finals 5-1 defeat to Chelsea at Wembley.
Parker said he saw red after his clash with the Nigeria midfielder, an incident he can only liken to David Beckham’s infamous lashing out at Argentina’s Diego Simeone at the 1998 World Cup, which led the former England skipper being sent off.
”That was the only thing that riled me up a little bit,” said Parker, who had to be restrained by Chelsea players after Mikel caught him and ended up with a caution by centre referee Martin Atkinson.
The 24-year-old Mikel can be tough with his tackles, but certainly not renowned for dishing out malicious types described by Parker.
For a player handed a deep midfield role, Mikel often finds himself doing the dirty of a gatekeeper, whose role is to mop up pressure in front of Chelsea backline.
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Police kill Prison Warder in Yenagoa, DPO, others arrested
Tragedy struck in Yenagoa on Sunday evening when an Inspector with the Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr Erezidor Ugo was allegedly killed by a policeman during a scuffle. The incident, according to an eyewitness, occurred opposite Wisdom Estate, along Nikton Road in the Kpansia suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the deceased, was shot in his house while entertaining two of his colleagues, who came to felicitate with him for buying a new car.
A Police patrol team, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ekeki Division, Mr Nemi Iwoh, was said to have arrived the place in response to a distress call from the area, which reported gunshots being fired in the vicinity.
The police team was said to have noticed one of the Prison Warders carrying a gun and tried to disarm him, but he allegedly refused to hand over the gun and in the ensuing scuffle it went off and killed Ugo.
However, wife of the deceased, Mrs. Binafegha Ugo claimed that her husband was shot dead by the police in her presence and that of her six-year-old daughter.
Ugo, who was said to have been shot in the abdomen, was immediately rushed to the Glory Land Hospital, Ovom, where he died.
When NAN visited the hospital, the body of the deceased was found covered on a hospital bed with his relations and friends wailing.
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eguavoen Emokpai confirmed the incident, saying all parties involved in the incident, including the DPO and a Prison Warder had been arrested.
NAN reports that the family of the deceased had at about 7 pm retrieved the corpse from the hospital and placed it at the entrance of the Police Command Headquarters, demanding for “justice”
Security had been beefed up in and around the police headquarters to avert any break down of law and order. (NAN)
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the deceased, was shot in his house while entertaining two of his colleagues, who came to felicitate with him for buying a new car.
A Police patrol team, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ekeki Division, Mr Nemi Iwoh, was said to have arrived the place in response to a distress call from the area, which reported gunshots being fired in the vicinity.
The police team was said to have noticed one of the Prison Warders carrying a gun and tried to disarm him, but he allegedly refused to hand over the gun and in the ensuing scuffle it went off and killed Ugo.
However, wife of the deceased, Mrs. Binafegha Ugo claimed that her husband was shot dead by the police in her presence and that of her six-year-old daughter.
Ugo, who was said to have been shot in the abdomen, was immediately rushed to the Glory Land Hospital, Ovom, where he died.
When NAN visited the hospital, the body of the deceased was found covered on a hospital bed with his relations and friends wailing.
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eguavoen Emokpai confirmed the incident, saying all parties involved in the incident, including the DPO and a Prison Warder had been arrested.
NAN reports that the family of the deceased had at about 7 pm retrieved the corpse from the hospital and placed it at the entrance of the Police Command Headquarters, demanding for “justice”
Security had been beefed up in and around the police headquarters to avert any break down of law and order. (NAN)
Ibori jailed over $250m fraud
LONDON (AFP) - Former Delta state governor, Chief James Ibori was Tuesday jailed by a British court for 13 years on for his part in a $250 million fraud of state funds. James Ibori, 49, who was governor ofoil-rich Delta State between 1999 and 2007, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Scotland Yard says that during his two terms as governor, Ibori “systematically stole funds from the public purse, secreting them in bank accounts across the world”, in a fraud worth $250 million.
In February, Ibori pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder money, five of money laundering and one of obtaining a property transfer by deception.
He also admitted conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to make false instruments, and one count of money laundering linked to a $37-million share fraud surrounding the sale of shares in Nigerian company V Mobile.
Ibori “deliberately and systematically defrauded the people whose interests he had been elected to represent”, said Sue Patten, head of Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service central fraud group.
Britain’s International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said corruption was a “cancer” in the developing world and the sentence sent a strong message to people eying Britain “as a refuge for their crimes”.
“We are committed to rooting out corruption wherever it is undermining development, and will help bring its perpetrators like Ibori to justice and return stolen funds to help the world’s poorest,” he said in a statement.
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Chief James Ibori
In February, Ibori pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder money, five of money laundering and one of obtaining a property transfer by deception.
He also admitted conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to make false instruments, and one count of money laundering linked to a $37-million share fraud surrounding the sale of shares in Nigerian company V Mobile.
Ibori “deliberately and systematically defrauded the people whose interests he had been elected to represent”, said Sue Patten, head of Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service central fraud group.
Britain’s International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said corruption was a “cancer” in the developing world and the sentence sent a strong message to people eying Britain “as a refuge for their crimes”.
“We are committed to rooting out corruption wherever it is undermining development, and will help bring its perpetrators like Ibori to justice and return stolen funds to help the world’s poorest,” he said in a statement.
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