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Author: The Nation
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PHOTOS: Guinea Bissau President meets President Tinubu
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PHOTOS: Ondo Chef begins 150-hour cook-a-thon to break Guinness Records
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Davido is a king who loves his wife – Shan George
Veteran actress Shan George has given her verdict on the whole hullabaloo between alleged pregnant side chick(s) of Davido, the singer and his wife, Chioma Adeleke.
On Friday, Anita Brown, the embittered US-based model, alleging pregnancy for Davido decided to include the singer’s wife in her long episode of rants by unleashing a different level of fury and making some defamatory remarks about her.
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Airing her opinion on the whole drama, George declared Davido a king, who loved his wife.
She insisted that was all that mattered arguing, every other thing was simply baseless.
“Davido is a KING and he loves Chioma. The rest na moimoi, Ota-akara talk. End of story. #OBO #davido,” she wrote.
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Workers’ absenteeism contributing to mortality in Anambra hospitals’
Anambra State Government has announced installation of clock-in device in public health facilities targeted at curbing absenteeism and ensuring health workers take their duties seriously.
Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike who stated this on Saturday during a meeting with public hospital’s administrators lamented that during his unannounced visits to some of the hospitals, many health workers were absent, while some health facilities were under lock.
He further regretted that such attitudes was contributing to rate of mortality recorded in the state as well as hindering progress in the health sector, expressing optimism that the device would go a long way in checkmating absenteeism and indolence among health workers.
He said: “Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration is taking healthcare seriously and wants residents to have access to quality health services at the primary health centres, general hospitals and the tertiary health facility.
“This is part of the reasons for the installation of the Clock-in device in all government hospitals to ensure that healthcare workers are at their duty posts to attend to the health needs of the people.
“The device will also monitor the hours health workers put in each day and that will subsequently determine their monthly salaries and allowances.
“The goal is to eliminate maternal and infants mortalities, as well as restore the confidence of our people in the healthcare services we provide in the state, so they do not go to quacks and get killed.”
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Obidike further revealed that government was digitizing the healthcare services through telemedicine and strengthen referral system among the hospitals in the state.
He urged hospital administrators to hold weekly clinical and mortality reviews; and report same to the ministry for appropriate actions.
“We are establishing the ‘Hub and Spoke approach’ for proper networking among the hospitals. The Telemedicine will also allow primary healthcare centres have access to different doctors.
” We are strengthening at least one general hospital in each local government area so that primary health centres can refer patients when the need arises.
“The state government is doing all it can with limited resources and as healthcare providers, we can not afford to fail,” he said.
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NUC tells ASUU to stop misleading Nigerians on varsity curriculum
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to stop misleading Nigerians on the new varsity curriculum.
The commission in a statement by Deputy Executive Secretary, Academics, Dr Noel Saliu, on Friday in Abuja, said contrary to claims by ASUU, all universities were carried along in the development of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards.
Addressing the specific issues raised by ASUU, Saliu said that the assertion that there was no official communication from NUC to the Universities on the review of the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standard (BMAS) was not correct.
“Vice-Chancellors can attest to the fact that the commission has been communicating with them on the issue over the last five years.
”In addition, several virtual and on-site meetings were held to intimate them of the curriculum review, and provide them with updates from time to time.
”The claim that there is no evidence to show that the universities were involved in the true sense of revision of the BMAS development and the subsequent implementation of the CCMAS in the university is also far from the truth.”
He added that the curriculum review process started in 2018 with experts on various subjects in Nigerian universities producing the draft documents.
The Deputy Executive Secretary said that the draft was further forwarded to other experts in Nigerian universities for their inputs.
”Comments received from universities that responded formed part of the working documents forwarded to the various curriculum review panels,” he said.
Saliu added that when the initial drafts of the CCMAS were ready, they were also circulated amongst Nigerian academics, and their inputs were synthesised and incorporated into the respective programmes.
He reminded ASUU that the process of getting and incorporating inputs from Nigerian Universities had been the tradition of NUC since 1989, and had not faltered.
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On the components ASUU claimed were left out, Saliu said that the commission had informed universities from the beginning of the exercise that it would provide for 70 per cent of the minimum course requirements for graduation in Nigerian universities.
The Deputy Executive Secretary said that the universities were expected to make up the remaining 30 per cent.
”The commission did not arbitrarily arrive at this ratio.
“As a matter of fact, the NUC had in previous minimum standards documents, made provision for 100 per cent curriculum requirements to Nigerian universities.
”It is instructive to note that in a retreat with Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities in 2017, the NUC proposed to the universities a 50/50 NUC/Universities Curriculum Provision.
”This was rejected as the universities felt that the action was drastic and that the proposal should be gradually implemented; they proposed 80:20 NUC/ University contribution to the curriculum.
”However, the NUC during the comprehensive curriculum review, decided to adopt a 70:30 NUC/University ratio for the curriculum contents,” he added.
Saliu explained that the idea behind the 70:30 ratio was to eventually place the curriculum in the domain of the universities, where it belongs.
He said the NUC believed that with the full implementation of the idea, universities would run the general requirements for their programmes in line with global realities, such that they would introduce courses based on their peculiarities.
The Deputy Executive Secretary further told ASUU that even the so-called NUC component of the curriculum was determined by Nigerian academics, with the commission only coordinating.
”Based on the foregoing, even when courses are omitted in the 70 per cent CCMAS, such courses can be introduced by the universities in the 30 per cent component.
”Besides, the provision made in the CCMAS is the minimum requirement and the universities can go beyond the minimum stipulations, provided the students are not overloaded,” he explained.
Saliu reminded ASUU that the commission was empowered by law to lay minimum standards for all universities and other institutions of higher learning in the federation.
He said the National Minimum Standards and Establishment of Institutions Act 2004, also empowered NUC to accredit degrees and other academic awards in consultation with universities, with the approval of the President through the minister of education.
He recalled that it was after the enactment of the Act that the commission developed the first set of Minimum Academic Standards in 1989 for all academic programmes in Nigerian Universities at that time.
(NAN)
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Vieira set to be named new RC Strasbourg manager
Patrick Vieira is set to become the new manager at Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg.
BBC Sport understands Vieira, 47, will sign a three-year contract and the deal should be completed on Sunday.
The ex-Arsenal midfielder has been out of work since being sacked by Premier League side Crystal Palace in March.
Chelsea’s owners have recently agreed a deal to buy a majority stake in Strasbourg, who finished 15th in the French top flight last season, five points above the relegation zone.
It is not the first time that Vieira has worked in a multi-club group. He coached Manchester City Under-23s before taking over at New York City, who are also part of the City Football Group.
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He will replace Frederic Antonetti, 61, who guided Strasbourg away from relegation last term but agreed to part ways following the recent investment.
Vieira began his coaching career when he retired from playing with Manchester City in 2011, and took charge of the club’s elite development squad in 2013.
In 2015, the Frenchman became manager of MLS club New York City FC, before returning to Europe three years later, with Ligue 1 side Nice.
Vieira led them to a seventh-place finish in his first season but was sacked in December 2020 after a run of poor form.
In July 2021, a decade after he retired from playing in the English top flight, Vieira returned to the Premier League as Palace manager in place of Roy Hodgson.
He guided the Eagles to 12th in his inaugural season, while Palace also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
However, the 47-year-old was dismissed in March, with the Eagles winless in 2023 and only three points above the Premier League relegation zone.
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VIDEO: Guinea Bissau President meets President Tinubu
Guinea Bissau President meets President Tinubu
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Anambra installs clock-in device to curb absenteeism among health workers
The Anambra State Government says it has commenced installation of clock-in device in public health facilities to curb absenteeism and ensure that health workers take their duties seriously.
Dr Afam Obidike, the Commissioner for Health, said this in Awka during a meeting with administrators of public hospital the state.
Obidike observed that during some of his unannounced visits to hospitals, many health workers were absent while some health facilities did not open for services.
According to him, such attitude has contributed to mortalities recorded in the state and hindered progress in the health sector.
The commissioner said the device would end absenteeism and indolence among health workers.
He said Gov. Chukwuma Soludo administration takes healthcare seriously and wants residents to have access to quality health services at the primary health centres, general hospitals and the tertiary health facilities.
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“This is part of the reasons for the installation of the clock-in device in all government hospitals; it is to ensure that healthcare workers are at their duty posts to attend to the health needs of the people.
“The device will also be used to monitor the hours health workers put in each day and that will subsequently determine their monthly salaries and allowances.
“The goal is to eliminate maternal and infants mortalities, as well as restore the confidence of our people in the healthcare services we provide in the state,” he said.
The Commissioner also said the government was digitilising healthcare services through telemedicine as well as strengthening referral system among the hospitals in the state.
“We are establishing the ‘Hub and Spoke’ approach for proper networking among the hospitals. The telemedicine will also allow primary healthcare centres have access to different doctors.
“We are strengthening at least one general hospital in each local government area so that primary health centres can refer patients when the need arises.
“The state government is doing all it can with limited resources and as healthcare providers we cannot afford to fail,” he said.
Obidike urged the hospital administrators to hold weekly clinical and mortality reviews and report same to the ministry for appropriate actions. (NAN)
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PSG boss Galtier to face trial over alleged racism
Paris St-Germain manager Christophe Galtier will go on trial in December as a result of an investigation into alleged discrimination.
In April, Galtier was accused of making racist remarks when he was manager of Nice – allegations he denied.
On Friday, the 56-year-old was arrested and taken in for questioning following an investigation launched in April.
He will stand trial on December 15 before the Nice Criminal Court.
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Galtier has been charged with “moral harassment and discrimination on the grounds of actual or supposed membership or non-membership of a particular ethnic group, nation, alleged race or religion”, Nice’s public prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme said.
In a leaked email sent to Nice’s owners in April, it was alleged Galtier said there were too many black and Muslim players in the squad.
At the time Galtier said he was “deeply shocked by the claims” and started a defamation suit against two journalists and ex-Nice sporting director Julien Fournier.
Galtier, whose agent son John Valovic-Galtier was also questioned, “denied the offences of which he could be accused”, the prosecutor said.
Galtier guided PSG to the Ligue 1 title last season, but they were eliminated in the Champions League’s last 16 by Bayern Munich.
He is widely expected to leave the Qatar-owned club this summer, with PSG understood to be close to appointing former Spain and Barcelona manager Luis Enrique as their new boss.
Galtier replaced Mauricio Pochettino last summer, after leaving his post at fellow Ligue 1 club Nice.
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Knocks for Peter Obi after deleting tweet addressing Tinubu as president
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has come under intense criticisms after deleting a tweet addressing President Bola Tinubu as “Mr President”.
His action elicited reactions on social media platforms, with many faulting him.
Obi, who is challenging the declaration of President Tinubu, had faulted the convoy of the President.
In the deleted tweet, Obi wrote: “Allegedly showing Mr President moving with about a 120-car convoy. While I have not had the opportunity of seeing the said video, my advice remains consistent – that sacrifices for a better Nigeria must start from the leaders at all levels of government.”
He later deleted the tweet and published a new one that substituted the ‘120-car convoy of ‘Mr President’ with ‘a trending motorcade video’.
In the new tweet, he wrote: “We can’t continue to preach for the people to sacrifice without sacrificing too. The sacrifices must now start from the leaders, visibly, and measurably at all times, because the people are suffering. We must now be at the forefront of addressing the suffering.”
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Reacting, many social media users berated Obi for always pandering to the dictates of his ‘supporters’, others called out the LP candidate for deleting the tweet.
Condemning his action, former media aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Ahmad Bashir wrote: “That was so low. I honestly pity Peter, the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party; so he no longer has control over himself or an opinion of himself.
“How can you delete a well-composed tweet calling your president Mr. President just because some people claiming to be your supporters bullied and dragged you?”
Temitope Ayanbisi @AyanbisiAT tweeted: “By my count, Peter Obi have deleted over 143 tweets since he broke into political limelight. Either he doesn’t think it through before “approving” those tweets, or his social media handler is that “mad man.””
@shaguolo01 said: “On the street of Twitter, reality dawned on Peter Obi and acknowledged Tinubu as Mr PRESIDENT, the musters he created everywhere came and tore him to piece, out of fear he deleted the tweet, but b4 he did that those in the screenshot department has kept this in archive for him.”
@Bolutife said: “Peter Obi will one day mistakenlky delete his Twitter handle, if care isn’t taken.”
@Sholexx_ said: “Peter Obi deleted this thread shows that he doesn’t have a mind of his own. If he had won, he’d not be in control of the country but a mere puppet that will be controlled by some nitwits. I’m so thankful he didn’t win and I’m happy he’d never become President of Nigeria.”
Taiwo Ajakaye said: “Kai, @PeterObi for the fear and backlash of online mobs deleted his tweets and recreated same in their own image according to their likeness….”
Daniel Regha said: “Peter Obi deleting the post where he addressed Tinubu as “Mr President” makes no sense; The presidential election tribunal is still ongoing, but while Nigerians await the outcome, someone is ruling. He should’ve left the post, it doesn’t mean that he acknowledge or admits defeat.”
@Woye1 wrote: “@PeterObi bro, 12 is the maximum number of President’s convoy. It is good you deleted your tweet. Delete that 70m housing deficit tweet too. Visit Enugu on Monday ooo”
