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Sharks F.C.
Sharks Football Club was a Nigerian football club based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They played in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium was Sharks Stadium although they played some of their bigger games at Liberation Stadium, which could accommodate a little over three times the spectators compared to Sharks Stadium. In 2016, the club was officially merged with city rivals Dolphin and the two teams collectively became known as Rivers United. History Sharks were almost relocated to Abeokuta in 1998 due to crowd problems. In protest, they missed the last six games of the 1998 Professional League, finished bottom of the league on 32 points, and were suspended for two years. 2009–10 They started the 2009–10 season slow out of the gate, anchored to the bottom of the table and going through three managers when Kadiri Ikhana left after eight games. On 27 February 2010 they were suspended indefinitely by the league for "noncom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharks Stadium
Sharks Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Part of the Alfred Diete-Spiff Rivers State sports complex, it is used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... matches. It used to be the home stadium of Sharks F.C. before that club merged with Dolphins F.C. in 2016 to form Rivers United F.C. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people. External linksSharks FC swims in own waters soon...(Tide News) Football venues in Nigeria [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Rivers State
The Government of Rivers State consists of elected representatives and appointed officials responsible for the government of Rivers State, Nigeria. Rivers State has a population of about 5 million people, and is one of the 36 states that make up the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The state government is composed of the Executive (government), executive, Legislature, legislative, and Judiciary, judicial branches, whose powers are vested by the Constitution of Nigeria, Constitution in the Rivers State House of Assembly, House of Assembly, the Governor of Rivers State, Governor and the Rivers State High Court of Justice, High Court. The judiciary operates independently of the executive and the legislature. At the local level, elected officials are in charge of local government areas. Executive The executive branch is headed by the Governor of Rivers State, Governor, assisted by the Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Deputy Governor, both elected. The governor appoints the heads of parast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |