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Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, banned from all soccer activity for four months and nine competitive internationals for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match, has lost his appeal, Fifa said on Thursday. Fifa’s appeals committee rejected the appeal filed by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), although it can still take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a Fifa spokeswoman said. The controversial Liverpool striker sank his teeth into Chiellini’s shoulder during Uruguay’s 1-0 win over the Italians on June 24. The win sent Uruguay through to the last 16 where, without the banned Suarez, they lost 2-0 to Colombia. Suarez initially denied biting Chiellini but apologisied nearly a week later. “The truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me,” Suarez said in a statement on Twitter. Fifa’s disciplinary committee ruled that he acted intentionally and ha...

Mrs  Nkechi Okorocha, the wife of the Imo Governor, on Thursday handed over a two-bedroom bungalow to Mrs Susan Obasi, an indigent widow from Umuebi Amuzu in Aboh Mbaise local government area of the state. The bungalow was constructed as part of the third phase of Okorocha’s pet project known as ”She Needs a Roof Project (SNARP)”, designed to provide homes for indigent widows in the state. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Okorocha said the project was designed with the welfare of the poor in mind. She reiterated the commitment of the state government to improve the lot of the masses in the state. This government is totally committed to improving the welfare of the citizens of this state, which is why this project has been largely successful. “It is not a politically motivated venture and my office will continue to look out for genuinely poor women who are in desperate need of a roof over their heads.” The governor’s wife...

Striking lecturers and authorities of Lagos State University have differed over the commencement of academic activities in the university. While the university management through its Public Relations Officer, Kayode   Sutton said issues that resulted to strike in the school have been resolved, the lecturers insisted that the industrial action continues. Lecturers of the school under the aegis of Academic Staff of University Union had embarked on strike in May over fee hike among other issues in the institution. Sutton in a statement said, “The LASU Authority and the institution’s chapter of ASUU have signed an agreement that would signal the end of the strike action embarked upon by the latter in May, 2014. “In an exhaustive meeting which ran into the late hours on  Tuesday, July 8, the two parties reached a truce and put pen on paper on some issues, which led to the strike action that partially grounded academic activities in the Institution for several weeks. ...

maigari. Abuja — A Plateau State High Court has sacked the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari, all Executive members and the Congress. Justice P.L. Lot granted an Order of Interlocutory Injunction, restraining the NFF Executive board and Congress, from continuing to run the affairs of football in the country, until the Motion on Notice before the court is determined. The court therefore, ordered that senior members of the civil service in the NFF should manage the affairs of football in the country within such period. Hearing on the Motion on Notice will come up on July 11, 2014. Meanwhile, Sports Minister and Chairman of National Sports Commission Dr. Tammy Danagogo has reacted immediately to the court order by appointing Lawrence Longyir Katken as the acting Secretary General of the NFF. In a letter to Mr. Katken, the Minister said: "Further to suit No. PLD/J 342/2014 and an order of mandatory injunction, issuing from Hon. Justi...

BRT buses on fire An accident involving a soldier  in the early hours of  Friday at Pamgroove, Ikorodu Road, in Lagos,       has irked the  wrath of  colleagues. It was gathered that a Lagos BRT  commercial bus had hit a soldier on motorcycle, in what soon attracted other soldiers to the scene . An eyewitness account has it  that the soldiers have been  stopping BRT buses    and  beating their drivers as well as discharging passengers. Some of the buses were said to have been damaged by the  soldiers. Many passengers   and other innocent people  were said to have been beaten by the protesting soldiers. It was not  clear as at the time of filing this report  if the soldier involved in the accident died. But  following the incident, traffic has been building up  in the area in the past few hours. Details shortly...