Nigeria: Outstanding Stars Produced - Nelson Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:19:11 GMT
The Pepsi Football Academy initiative, the Festival of Youth has been described as a veritable avenue for discovering budding talents who could be nurtured into outstanding football stars. Consultant to the Pepsi Football Academy, Mr. Iain Nelson stated this in Abeokuta at the just concluded 2008 edition of the Festival of Youth "For the past 10 years, the Pepsi Football Academy has organised this competition for the age groups of U-14 and U-16 as a way of assessing the youngsters and determining the ones that would develop into extremely good players, especially from the U-14 group" Nelson said. Permalink: http://allafrica.com/stories/200812050310.html
Nigeria: Killer Paracetamol Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:15:20 GMT
The death of 39 children linked to a brand of paracetamol identified as My Pikin, has once again confirmed the tragic consequences of the circulation of fake, substandard and adulterated drugs in our society which in turn is a sad testament to our inability as a nation to guarantee the health of infants for that matter. Permalink: http://allafrica.com/stories/200812050038.html