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  • Yaya Toure misses training

    Yaya Toure misses training

    Yaya Toure sat out practice on Saturday, three days before the Ivory Coast plays its opening match at the African Cup of Nations.

    The four-time African player of the year stretched on the side as his teammates practiced at a small stadium in Malabo.

    The Ivory Coast opens play in Group D on Tuesday against Guinea at Estadio de Malabo. Mali will face Cameroon later that night.

    Toure, who plays for Manchester City, is a key player for both his country and his Premier League club. He won his record-equaling fourth African player of the year award this year, putting him level with Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o.

  • Wikki Tourists resume training today

    Wikki Tourists resume training today

    • To invite three coaches for interview

    Players and officials of newly promoted side, Wikki Tourists of Bauchi, will resume training today ahead of the Glo Premier League season.

    The club’s chairman, Suleman Chindo said the team re-grouped on Sunday and the former Wunti FC attacker was emphatic that early preparation was key to performing well in the top division.

    “We are set to make a bold statement in the Premier League from the start of the season. We are not new to the activities in the league. We’ve been there before and we know what is expected of us. We are not in the league to make up the numbers,” Chindo said.

    The former Gombe United forward confirmed that only three out of 12 coaches that applied for the vacant technical adviser job will be interviewed.

    He stated that the management had scrutinised their CVs and will appoint the best hand for the club.

    The likes of Abdullahi Maikaba, Donald Malobo Paris, Zachary Baraje, John Obuh and Abdulrahman Tunde applied for the job.

    Others are Evans Ogenyi, Godfrey Esu, Abdullahi Ahmed Pele, and Hassan Abubakar among others.

    “We’ve received lots of applications and we’ve gone through their CVs; only the best three will be called for interviews. I believe at the end of the day the best coach will be appointed to handle the club,” the former El Kanemi striker said.

  • Youths receive free vocation training

    An an effort to keep youths out of trouble and empower them, the Rotary Club Metropolitan, division 9119, Ikoyi, Lagos, organised a one-day free vocational training recently for youths in their catchment area in Lagos.

    The annual training according to them is to empower youths become entrepreneurs as the number of youths who are seeking admission into the university is on the increase, while many unemployed graduates are languishing.

    Thus, the training is to “empower these youths to become entrepreneurs and create means of livelihood for them,” said the division president, Rotarian Omo Egoegonwa, who partook in the training.

    How to produce antiseptic, liquid soup and finger food, were what the participants were thought this year.

    Free materials were lso provided for them which they will use to start their own business and certificates of participation will also be awarded to them after two weeks of the training, stated Egoegonwa.

    The few who learnt the vocation were picked in Ikoyi and Obalende area in Lagos State because “we have what we call Community Call. Our catchment area is Ikoyi metropolitan and we are trying to assist our immediate community, which is basically why we chose people from here. We have to tract youths that are unemployed who are interested and they don’t have means of training and we are just going to help, and give that extra hand.

    “The vocational training is an annual Rotary project and is an International Non-Governmental Organisation. The club has five needs and this training is one of the needs,” she said.

    However, the training was not well attended as only 10 out of the 21 qualified youths were present to partake in the training. “Some people say anything that is free is not appreciated but if you have to pay for it you will probably be more committed. If we have known that the attendant would be this low, we would have thrown it open for anybody to attend,” she said.

  • 40 air traffic controllers for training

    A total of 40 Air Traffic Controllers are to proceed for training this month on Performance Based Navigation (PBN) in Cairo, Egypt as part of efforts by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to enhance capacity of its critical manpower in operations.

    According to the Managing Director, Mr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam, the training is part of the wider effort of management in ensuring the continuous training and retraining of personnel to keep pace with dynamics of evolving technology. Abdulsalam  who was represented  by the Acting  Direrector of Operations,  Mr Edward Ogedegbe, at this year’s Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) Annual General Meeting (AGM),which held in Kano, also stated that another five Air Traffic Controllers have been billed for   Wind Shear Equipment training in Germany by December, 2014.

    The NAMA boss said that with the Mode ‘S’ Data link and Controller/Pilot Data Link (CPDLC) almost ready for takeoff, much of verbal communication between pilots and control tower would give way to digital/data communication, leading to less fatigue and increased flight precision.

    Abdulsalam also expressed delight that management’s effort in staff training has boosted the area radar control service introduced last year with more Air Traffic Controllers, successfully obtaining ratings from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA).

    Similarly, the NAMA boss  also stated that the collective and harmonious collaboration of the Army, Navy, Air Force and NAMA in airspace coordination will guarantee the safety and security of both civil and military users. He spoke at the 2014 Airspace Management Seminar held at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State.

    He noted that since the airspace is a single resource, the flexibility of its usage by both civil and military will make for more flight efficiency and economic air navigation.

    He said  NAMA is committed to providing technical and operational support for the planned deployment of military radars in support of national security as well as ensuring the interoperability of civil/military components of TRACON.

    Air Commodore Bello Garba of Command Evaluation, Headquarters Command, Kaduna, called for ‘’more concerted liaison between NAMA and the Nigerian Air Force at both strategic and unit levels to ensure effective airspace coordination.

     

     

  • Mbong happy with Bolton training

    Mbong happy with Bolton training

    Nigerian striker Joseph Mbong has said he is delighted that he was immediately accepted by the Bolton Wanderers old timers when he began practicing with the Championship side on Monday.

    Bolton Wanderers, who once had Austin Okocha and Lateef Elford-Alliyu on their payroll, will run the rule over the 17 – year – old until Sunday.

    “They have treated me professionally since I came here. I enjoyed the first day of training since it’s different from what I experience in Malta.

    “I wasn’t treated like a stranger by the players I met. They all asked my name, guided me through training and all that,” Mbong told SL10.ng. Joseph Mbong comes off contract with Hibernians in Malta at the end of this season.

  • ‘Training traditional birth attendants can reduce infant, maternal death’

    ‘Training traditional birth attendants can reduce infant, maternal death’

    Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dame Abimbola Fashola has said training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) is in line with the vision of the state to reduce infant and maternal mortality during childbirth.

    According to her, training of this cadre of healthcare professionals in modern and essential skills in child delivery will support the government to achieve its goals.

    Mrs Fasholoa spoke at the First Convocation of TBAs at the Lagos State College of Health Technology.

    She said TBAs play important roles in the communities, stressing that they should be valued because of the services they render.

    Nigeria, she said, is among countries with the highest rate of infant and maternal mortality, adding that this should not be.

    Mrs Fashola said: “One of the obvious reasons for high infant and maternal death ratio (IMDR) is that expectant mothers in the communities prefer the services of TBAs who do not have formal knowledge on the modern and essential skills in child deliveries and other precautions.”

    The training of the TBAs, she noted, would help to reduce infant and maternal death significantly, and even to “zero level” because the exercise will be done more regularly and across the country.

    She enjoined the beneficiaries to put to use the skills acquired during the training to ensure qualitative delivery.

    Special Adviser to Governor Fashola on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adeshina advised the TBAs to operate within the capacity of their job.

    She said the hospital remains the best place for delivery, adding that TBAs can be helpful by referring critical cases to health facilities where expectant mothers can deliver unharmed.

    Dr Adeshina warned them to know their limit because unnecessary delay can cause preventable deaths of mother and child.

    Chairman, Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board (LSTMB), Dr Bunmi Omoseyindemi said the TBAs were trained through collaboration between the college and the board.

    The TBAs, he said, have been classified as Community Based Health Workers (CBHW) by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), stressing that their training was a strategy to improve healthcare coverage in the communities.

    “This is in line with the World Health Assembly (WHA) strategy on development of traditional medicine to improve health care coverage. This made the World Health Assembly pass some resolutions to recognise the importance of traditional medicine to provision of essential health care, especially to populations with limited access to healthcare system.

    “Traditional medicine was recognised as one of the resources of primary healthcare (PHC) services that could contribute to improve health outcomes, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),” he said.

    Omoseyindemi said the TBAs are involved in assisting in the birth of newborn in developing countries but they are largely self-taught or informally trained.

    “They provide additional services, practical help and education as well as counselling to women. Although they cannot substitute for skilled providers, they can contribute to the survival of mothers and newborns by facilitating access to needed information, clinical services and support,” he said.

    He said their role usually reflects the culture and social structure of the communities, adding: “In some communities, a TBA may be a full-time worker who can be called upon and who expects to be paid in cash or in kind.

    Omoseyindemi said 110 TBAs graduated from the college after successful completion of their programmes.

  • Eaglets return to full training in Calabar

    Eaglets return to full training in Calabar

    Nigeria’s Under-17 team, Golden Eaglets, resumed training at their base in Calabar on Tuesday barely hours after they returned to the country from Libreville where they lost 1-2 to their Gabonese counterparts.

    The contingent, who actually left Libreville on Monday for Lome aboard ASKY Airline, breezed into Lagos in the night through neighbouring Cotonou but finally arrived in Calabar midday on Tuesday aboard Arik Airlines to begin preparation in earnest for the final qualifier against Gabon next week.

    Head Coach Emmanuel Amuneke said it was important to resume training immediately in view of the enormity of the task ahead even as he enjoined the players to give their utmost best.

    “I want you to put behind all that happened in Libreville because that is gone,” Amuneke said.”I want you to know that we are condemned to win our match here and you must be focused on everything we are going to do from now.

    “What we demand of you is hard work and nothing but hard work; because we want you to show Gabon that you don’t need to be aided by the referee to win matches.

    “We believe in you and we want you to apply yourselves because we are going to undergo strenuous work in the coming days as we build up towards the match,” he warned.

    Meanwhile, seven players who failed to make the 18-man list to Libreville have vowed to pull their socks in order to be part of the second leg encounter against Gabon.

    “We are happy that our teammates and other officials are safely back in Calabar but the good thing is that we too have been working even while they were away in Gabon,” stated defensive midfielder, Henry Okebugwu. “We will keep working hard and pay serious attention to the training programmes because we know the coaches will only select the best against Gabon.”

  • Journalists undergo training on election coverage

    Journalists undergo training on election coverage

    The Nigeria Press Council (NPC), in conjunction with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and international donor partners, has organised training for journalists in the Northeastern  on the coverage of the 2015 general elections.

    The journalists and others from the academia and government agencies from the six states in the geo-political zone converged on Bauchi to share ideas about electoral reporting. The theme of the seminar was “Ethical conduct and effective coverage of the 2015 general elections by the Media”.

    The training, which was put together by the Nigeria Press Council (NPC), was supported by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), UKaid, Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA).

    In attendance were 66 participants drawn from  Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe as well as federal and state government officials and the academia.

    Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, urged the media to ensure adequate coverage of election activities beginning with the politicians to the commission.

    He regretted that INEC is one organisation, that has been misunderstood by Nigerians, adding that the commission deserves more commendation than the accusations it receives from Nigerians.

    He said: “If there is any industry today in Nigeria that is highly misunderstood, it is INEC and we need to go beyond misunderstanding to the level of appreciation. People talk about Ekiti and Osun elections as if we had never conducted elections as good as those ones.” Represented by the Director of Voter Education, Alhaji Mohammed Garba, the INEC chairman said the commission did not do anything new in Ekiti or Osun states, stressing that the presence of security operatives only made the people to obey the law and respect the system.

    Jega confirmed: “These two elections are being discussed as the best elections because of the security presence and the fact that the people respected the system. We didn’t do anything different than what we have been doing. But this time around, the security presence made the people to respect the system.

    “Nigerians takes pleasure in breaking the laws. People have to understand that election is water, hospital, road and agriculture. People have to assist INEC to work fine and not to stand by the side and condemn. Everybody should be involved.

    “Election is everybody’s business and if we don’t see it that way, you will come to see it through water, roads and any other means of livelihood. The elite must come to the aid of INEC by partnering with the commission, believing that is your own project and without, it cannot succeed.”

    He challenged Nigerians to be part of election processes at all levels, even if they are active or non-active politicians so as to effect the desired change.

    He said:  “INEC’s business is everybody’s business and the elite must bridge the gap between the non-elite.

    “It took Americans 200 years to get to where they are today. Nigerians have the best brains in the world but Nigerians would have to help INEC in order not to take us 200 years to put the country’s democracy in shape even though, ‘our democracy is just 16 years.’”

    The Acting Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Press Council, Nnamdi Njemanze, urged the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), government, security operatives and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) to do everything possible to protect journalists during elections, especially in the troubled northeast geo-political zone.

    He urged journalists to familiarise themselves with the provisions of the Electoral Act as well as the ethics of journalism profession if they must effectively educate the electorate on things that are expected of them during campaigns, elections and holding government officials accountable.

    Chairman of the Bauchi State Council of NUJ, Comrade Garba Mohammed Dahiru advised journalists to work hard to ensure the sustainability of the country’s democracy which they fought for, adding that the constitution has empowered the media to monitor government’s policies and programmes and report to the masses to make their decisions on the government.

    Dahiru solicited support for INEC and other donor agencies and non-governmental organisation in the training of journalists, especially those in the Northeast region on special tips for reporting election in view of the security challenges in the region.

    In a communiqué at the end of the training, participants agreed that the media have so far not been sufficiently critical in analysing the various campaign promises of parties and their candidates. They also agreed that some media professionals project subjective political biases as objective critical analyses.

    They lamented that certain mindsets about power and politics; the role of the state on society, ethnicity, religion and political succession oftentimes cloud journalists’ judgments in their reportage; while most media organisations jettison the provision of the Broadcasting Code as well as those of the professional Code of Ethic for journalists.

    They also agreed that the media has been found wanting in the screening of the electoral process, while the rural areas have been largely marginalised and have not had adequate media coverage. They also agreed that the mass media can meet its expected role of sustaining the electoral process with the provision of substantial resources and with changes in key areas.

    However, the situation is that media platforms, such as the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) need to be strengthened to be more vibrant.

    They recommended the repositioning of the Nigeria Press Council to enable it to execute its crucial role of providing information that would enhance public knowledge about the electoral process so that voters can make informed decisions; journalists should adopt the proactive measures of self-censorship and utilise the best defence of reporting accurately, impartially and responsibly.

    They also recommended that the mass media confers on voters their status as partakers in decision-making structures by participating in elections. Journalists should therefore, establish cohesive partnership with INEC to ensure appropriate election coverage and mutual dissemination of information that would aid the process rather than denigrate it.

  • Mbong happy with Bolton training

    Mbong happy with Bolton training

    Nigerian striker Joseph Mbong has said he is delighted that he was immediately accepted by the Bolton Wanderers old timers when he began practicing with the Championship side on Monday.

    Bolton Wanderers, who once had Austin Okocha and Lateef Elford-Alliyu on their payroll, will run the rule over the 17 – year – old until Sunday.

    “They have treated me professionally since I came here. I enjoyed the first day of training since it’s different from what I experience in Malta.

    “I wasn’t treated like a stranger by the players I met. They all asked my name, guided me through training and all that,” Mbong told SL10.ng. Joseph Mbong comes off contract with Hibernians in Malta at the end of this season.

  • Institution for child-training (5)

    Dear Reader, this week, as we round off this teaching, I’ll like to quickly share with you on The Power Of Prayer in the process of child-training and Tips for effective child-training.

    Prayer is a spiritual weapon that can be used to bring about discipline in the lives of your children. Prayer power makes child-training easy, because it moulds them spiritually. As a Christian parent, who desires disciplined children, you must spend time to pray with and for your children, daily.

    Mother Wesley, the mother of John and Charles Wesley, was a woman of prayer. She spent time praying for her children. No wonder, her children were foremost among the people who changed and affected their world positively, with impacts that are still being felt today.  You can also do the same. Your children need your prayers.  Do not faint in praying for them, because prayer changes things.

    If you put these two tools to work, disciplining your children will become the easiest thing to do.  I’d like to say here that there is no way you can discipline your children, if you are not disciplined yourself. It is my prayer that God will grant you grace to take responsibilities toward your children.  You will not fail in Jesus’ precious name.

    Let’s briefly outline some various tips for effective child-training:

    •Begin at birth by saying bedtime prayers with your children. You will be amazed how   quickly they pick them up and begin to say prayers with you! Help them to know Jesus as      early as possible.

    •Read to your children Bible stories from children’s Bible for their age group. Family time together and sharing the Bible can be a wonderful experience.

    •Be very patient with your children.

    •Always build confidence in your child by whatever you do.

    •Listen to them; don’t just hear what they are saying, give them your attention and direct eye contact when they speak to you. Your children will let you know what challenges they have, and what you may need to bring to the Lord in intercessory prayer for them. This is such an important way to show them how much you value them, and you will also teach them to pray for others.

    •Watch over your children diligently! Know where they are, who they associate with, what they are watching on T.V., the kind of music they are listening to. Get involved and stay involved. Train them with good Christian moral values.

    •Give your children responsibility early in life. Children love to “help” at a very early age. At first, they may not do things quite the way you would, but they grow up to be self-reliant and dependable.

    •Teach them to respect proper authority.

    •Keep control over the home! Your children must know who is in control.

    •Nothing delights a child more than praise from his parents. Let them know just how much you appreciate them, whenever they do wonderful things.

    •Spend time with your children. Get down to their level and see things from their perspective. Seek to have as much family time as you can; crack jokes and laugh with them because proper humour is good for the soul.

    •Study your children to know who they really are, what they love, etc. Bring out the good whenever possible and try to re-shape any tendency towards bad behaviour. Every child is a masterpiece from God.  Allow them to be individuals.

    •Keep your marriage together! Children need parents who love each other! If you grew up in a home where your parents did not get along, whether divorced or not, you have probably realized later in life the devastating results in your own personal life. However, you can overcome this.

    •Do not leave your children behind when going to Church or Christian gatherings, at whatever age or stage. The Church is also a good institution for learning.

    Do you need God’s grace in your life? Then surrender your life to Christ. This is by confessing your sins and accepting Jesus as your Saviour and Lord. If you are set for it, please say this prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, I come to You today. I am a sinner. I believe You died and rose on the third day. Forgive me of my sins.  Cleanse me with Your Precious Blood. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour.  Now, I know I am a child of God.

     

    Congratulations! You are now born again! Till I come your way next time, please call or write, and share your testimonies with me through: Email: contact@faithoyedepo.org, counselling@faithoyedepo.org and Tel. No: 07026385437, 08141320204.

    For more insight, these books authored by me are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all the Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Building a Successful Family, Understanding Motherhood, Raising Godly Children, and Success in Marriage (Co-Authored with Dr. David Oyedepo).