Insiders have disclosed to societynowng that the marriage of Nigerian international footballer, Osaze Odemwingie is troubled. The sources claim family members and friends are of the conviction that ‘marriage is having an adverse effect on his career’. Before he embraced downward spiral after his marriage – Odemwingie was a darling of football fans both in his country and club. The West Brom Albion striker got married to his wife, Sarah Fallon on 26 May 2012- after two years of dating. He engaged authorities of the nation’s football governing body- Nigerian Football Federation and national team coach in a manner that attracted wide spread condemnation and got him sidelined. The former Locomotive Moscow star went on to engage club authorities in similar manner, to an extreme of single handedly trying to switch to another club. The move earned him wide spread ridicule. It also forced him out of team play and reduced him to the status of ‘training material’. Information...
Residents of Makoko/Iwaya Waterfront in Yaba Local Council Development Area, LCDA, will soon begin to enjoy the luxury of a floating school jointly built by the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP and NLE Works, Nigeria. The three storey floating building is part of the regeneration plan for the coastal community. According to the builders the construction of the school is aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Goal II, which is to boost universal primary education. This came barely eight months after the Lagos State government demolished hundreds of ‘illegal structures in the area. The residents of the community anticipate that many of their children will now have access to sound education. The new primary school named ‘Makoko floating School’, was built on a foundation of 256 plastic drums and powered by solar panels suspended on the roof. Investigation further revealed that, many residents are praying that the design will be approved by govern...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s ankle injury could keep him out of the first leg of Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey semi-final against Barcelona on Wednesday. The forward, at £80m the world’s most expensive player, twisted his ankle in Sunday’s 4-0 league victory over Getafe in which he scored a perfect hat-trick – right foot, left foot and header – in just 10 minutes. That means that to play him at the Bernabeu on Wednesday would be a risk but the fact it is the latest instalment of El Clasico may persuade Real to gamble on their star man. Ronaldo was substituted shortly after scoring the third of his goals in a move the club described as ‘precautionary’. His ankle was instantly treated with ice to minimise any potential damage and there remains hope he will play but any time on the sidelines would represent a significant blow to under-pressure manager Jose Mourinho. On Wednesday, Real begin a run of fixtures that will define their season – they face league matches with Sevilla and Barca...
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