Bus Crushes Okpara Varsity Student To Death In Abia -

A first year diploma student of Computer Science at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was on Monday crushed to death by a bus belonging to the fleet of Akwa Ibom State Transport Corporation, AKTC, in front of the university gate. The student, simply identified as Cynthia, was said to have died on the spot, prompting the students to burn the vehicle that killed her.

The driver was lucky to be alive as the students were said to have accepted the appeal of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Hillary Edeoga, who intervened in time to save the driver’s life. The body of the slain student has since been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Umuahia. Public Relations Officer of the university, Mrs. Onyinye Ralph-Nwachukwu, confirmed the incident and regretted the death of the student. The angry students were said to have descended on the bus when they realized that their colleague was dead, especially when it was said that the drivers attached to the Akwa Ibom Transport Corporation had been warned severally to slow down whenever they approached the school gate located on the busy Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene-Uyo-Calabar narrow road.

When Vanguard visited the university yesterday, it was observed that the burnt vehicle had been removed and students going about their normal academic activities. it was observed that drivers of the Akwa Ibom Company drive very recklessly, despite the poor condition of the road. A resident said: “Drivers of this company are notorious with reckless driving. One wonders if they have value for human beings.You can never see them drive like normal drivers.

 “They don’t mind the condition of the roads they ply. When they approach this gate they hardly slow down despite the warning. Now see this one wasted the life of this young girl. “People who travel all over the country always complain about the recklessness of the drivers attached to this company.

Uchechi Sunday of Nigeria celebrates her team's fourth goal during the match between Nigeria and New Zealand

 

 

Monday, 18 August 2014

MONCTON, NB - AUGUST 17: Uchechi Sunday of Nigeria celebrates her team's fourth goal during the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 Quarter Final match between Nigeria and New Zealand at Moncton Stadium on August 17, 2014 in Moncton, Canada. (Photo by Alex Grimm - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Nigeria's super Sunday

There were seven minutes remaining of Nigeria’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 quarter-final with New Zealand on Sunday when Super Falconets’ coach Peter Dedevbo decided to freshen up his front line.
Though 2-0 up and well in control, the Africans had failed to trouble the Kiwi keeper for some time, prompting Dedevbo to look for someone to shake things up and cap his side’s impending win with a flourish. The player he turned to was the appropriately named Uchechi Sunday, and she did not disappoint.
As she explained in an interview with FIFA.com after the final whistle, the substitute made an instant impact. “I scored with my very first touch,” said the bubbly striker. “That’s football, though, isn’t it? Sometimes you play well and things don’t work out. But today I went out there and found the back of the net straightaway.”
Sunday did not finish there either. With the game moving into stoppage time, she struck again to complete a 4-1 win for Nigeria, who will now meet Korea DPR in the semi-finals.
Sunday’s brace showcased her innate finishing skills. Firing into the roof of the net from a corner to open her account, she then used her pace to score her second, bursting into the box with the ball at her feet, powering past a Kiwi defender and clipping the ball neatly over the keeper.
Laughing as he tried to describe her style of play, she said: “I suppose you could say I’m a goal specialist. I just try to get in the area so I can round moves off by putting the ball in the back of the net. That’s what I’m there for.”

Making an impact
This is not the first time Sunday has jumped off the bench to steal the show, as Sierra Leone’s U-20 side can confirm. Taking up the story, the smiling Sunday said: “We played them during the qualifiers for the World Cup and I came on in the second half in that game too. By the end of it I’d scored five goals.”
She finished the Canada 2014 qualifying competition as her side’s leading scorer with ten goals, nearly a third of the 31 they amassed in total, a figure made all the more impressive by the fact they did not concede once.
The striker has yet to start a game at the finals, however, and has found it hard so far to keep her nerves under control: “It’s impossible not to be nervous when you’re on the bench! It’s far worse than starting because you want to get out there and help your team-mates. And when they make a mistake you think: ‘Ahhhh. I would have done it this way or that way’. Sometimes, though, you just have to sit there and watch and cheer them on.

After her rapid double against New Zealand, is there a chance that Dedevbo might be tempted to give her a start against the North Koreans? Pondering that question, she replied: “I’m dreaming about that semi-final. I don’t know if I’ll start the game – that’s up to the coach – but I do know that no matter who plays, they will have to give their all because we want to be in the final.”

With that final falling on another Sunday, it is understandable why Nigeria’s super Sunday wants to be a part of it.

Apology

Am so sorry for the break