Tuesday, 24 November 2020

G INFO:THE CLIMATE NEWER POSITION DURING THIS COVID 19

During the spring and summer of 2020, countries in sub-Saharan Africa were facing a food crisis. Unusually heavy rains, floods and locust swarms had devastated crops across East Africa. On top of this, the coronavirus crisis delayed delivery of agricultural equipment, pesticides and fertilizers, while lockdown restrictions prevented farmers from transporting produce and livestock to markets. According to the World Food Programme, more than 40 million people are still facing severe food shortages. The case of sub-Saharan Africa demonstrates that there is a link between the impacts of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. Around the world, communities are experiencing the effects of climate change in different ways, but many of those disproportionately affected are the same people who suffer the socio-economic effects of COVID-19. This fact has given added importance to the issue of climate justice, which recognizes that it is the poorest and most vulnerable people – who have contributed least to carbon emissions and climate change – who are suffering the most. Facing the long-term risks from a changing climate but also the onslaught of extreme weather events, the poorest are least able to respond to these phenomena that damage their already fragile environments. Recognizing humanity’s responsibility for the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the poorest in society, climate justice seeks to reduce inequality and promote transformative approaches to addressing the root causes of climate change. So, what role can the international community play to safeguard the lives and livelihood of the many millions of people who are at the forefront of climate change? The issue of embodying climate justice in post-Covid recovery plans is now moving to the centre of political debate in wealthy societies. But that does not address vulnerabilities in the developing world. The United Nations University estimates that COVID-19 poses a real challenge to the Sustainable Development Goal of ending poverty by 2030 – instead, the number of people living in poverty could increase by between 420 million and 580 million compared with 2018. Because of the economic effects of supply chain disruptions associated with COVID-19, the number of people worldwide suffering from food insecurity could double from about 135 million in 2019 to 265 million people in 2020. The most recent UN report, State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, casts doubt on whether the Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030 will be achievable. The 2025 nutrition targets, which aim to reduce low birth weight in babies, stunting among the under-fives and diet-related overweight problems in children, are at risk too. Biden’s promise of action Nine months after the emergence of the coronavirus, there is a debate on the possibility of a green recovery from the pandemic. Will national recovery strategies promote or undermine climate action? At the same time, there are calls for the recovery to address inequalities between countries and within our societies, to turn, ‘We are all in this together’, into more than a glib phrase. There are some very positive signs that climate justice concerns are being acknowledged in mainstream politics in some developed countries. Joe Biden’s presidential campaign includes the Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice. It explicitly links a clean energy future and green jobs to environmental and climate justice. Published in July 2020 at the height of the pandemic, it stresses the need to ‘engage in community-driven approaches to develop solutions for environmental injustices affecting communities of colour, low- income and indigenous communities’. This is the first presidential campaign in American history to take environmental justice concerns seriously. The plan also calls for creating a White House council on environmental justice and restoring the Environmental Protection Agency’s civil rights office. The plan was compiled through a process of coalition building – bringing together environmental justice advocates, climate campaigners, union leaders and advisers from the financial industry and energy sector. The European Union has announced a €750 billion recovery plan, based on the European Green Deal that was unveiled in early 2020 before the pandemic hit. The Green Deal includes a ‘Just Transition’ mechanism that takes into account the impact of mitigation policies on fossil fuel-based industries so that communities that depend on them are not unjustly affected. In the interests of fairness, differing approaches have been taken to coal and other fossil fuel extraction industries, though climate justice must not be used as an argument by incumbent industries to slow or halt decarbonization. Britain has set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The government’s recovery slogan – tacitly recognizing the stark inequalities in society revealed by the pandemic – is ‘build back better’. But what does this mean? A strategic approach to a green recovery plan needs to embrace the core values of equity and inclusivity. These were embodied in Britain by a citizens’ assembly set up in 2019 to work out a path to reaching net zero by 2050. The assembly included discussions on travel on land and by air, heat and energy use in the home, what we eat, how we use our land and what we buy. At the heart of these discussions was a clear recognition that fairness should be the basis of all solutions. Recovery funding More than $20 trillion in funding initiatives for the post-COVID-19 recovery has been announced, and the UN has sent a clear message that the money must promote a shift towards a green economy. The Green Climate Fund, established by the UN Framework Commission on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has attracted pledges of $10.3 billion as of July 2020. Yet, a common critique of climate finance is that there are no clear criteria to ensure that climate finance reaches the poorest and most vulnerable countries and communities. At the time of the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted five years ago, only 30 per cent of international public climate finance reached the least-developed countries. This spurred a push to give developing countries a greater say in the share of climate funds, so that now the Green Climate Fund’s board boasts equal representation from developed and developing countries. Despite this, the limited reach of climate finance has not changed. A review of the fund’s projects in May 2019 found that only 19 per cent of funds reached the poorest countries as opposed to 65 per cent going to projects in middle-income countries. One reason for this is that funding outside the UNFCCC’s consensus-based processes is influenced by donor states more than developing countries. Ultimately, this has resulted in a situation where climate funds are not disbursed according to the principles of distributive justice and the priorities of developing countries, but tend to align with market-based solutions. The consequence is that climate funds are more likely to finance projects that are more profitable or with lower financial risk. A recent review of multilateral development bank funds revealed that countries most in need of adaptation finance – to help them deal with climate change – are not prioritized, nor is capacity-building focused on countries with weak institutions. The Green Climate Fund itself gave its largest grant of $160 million to the middle-income country Indonesia to develop a geothermal project, whereas Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in the world, was forced to settle for a $45 million grant, after initially requesting $99.6 million, to improve basic access to water and food. The disparity stems from the fact that the fund requires countries to seek co-finance to mitigate financial risk, which Indonesia can do thanks to its ability to attract private investors and draw on its tax base, while Ethiopia cannot.

G SPORTS: WOULD MOURINHO MAKE THE PREMIER LEAGUE WITH TOTTEHAM THIS SEASON!

Tottenham sit top of the Premier League with 20 points from nine games, beating Manchester City on Saturday with a vintage Mourinho performance - they managed just 33 per cent possession as they soaked City's pressure and hit them on the break. In a chaotic season so far, Spurs are beginning to look solid. With fatigue ripe, and pressing sides being caught out, will this season's title go to the best defensive side? And is that perfect for Mourinho's style of play? "What's quite scary about Spurs is that they were two last-minute conceded equalisers away from being four points clear. "In our first podcast of this season I think we were stunned at just how bad Spurs were against Everton, losing 1-0. They were woeful all over the pitch, and I thought this would be a tough season for Mourinho. They are proving a lot of people wrong. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg that day was atrocious, he could not trap a bag of sand, but now he looks like the sort of monster in midfield that wins you trophies. "What's quite scary about Spurs is that they were two last-minute conceded equalisers away from being four points clear. "In our first podcast of this season I think we were stunned at just how bad Spurs were against Everton, losing 1-0. They were woeful all over the pitch, and I thought this would be a tough season for Mourinho. They are proving a lot of people wrong. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg that day was atrocious, he could not trap a bag of sand, but now he looks like the sort of monster in midfield that wins you trophies. "And what I mean by that is: teams who play sensibly, take less risks and manage games will be among those challenging this season. Spurs did all three things on Saturday. I think it's no surprise that Spurs and Chelsea have shut up shop recently and play each other this weekend as two of the most in-form teams in the Premier League. "Spurs have gone from an entertaining style under Poch to a distinct, hard-to-beat style under Jose. The key there is that it's distinct and very on trend for this season. "I'd also say that Spurs' was essentially a studio when Jose walked in - I questioned whether that documentary was good for the club - but Jose has actually done some good PR recently, he's pushed the 'happy' narrative since day one, I'm not sure we all bought into it, but I would say that I think the Instagram account is an attempt to prove that he can be light-hearted, and although it is just another episode of The Jose Show, I think it's actually working for him." "It was trademark Jose. If you rewind back to when he was Chelsea manager, he criticised teams for parking the bus. He then went to Manchester United and got criticised for parking the bus. I think he's got a different type of bus at Tottenham… a turbo-charged bus. When you have outlets like Harry Kane and (Heung-Min) Son, the opposition need to be on their guard for the entire 90 minutes. "What was impressive about Jose Mourinho's masterclass is that he said he had no players around during the international fortnight, so he plotted this on his own. He had very little preparation with the team himself. "What was impressive about Jose Mourinho's masterclass is that he said he had no players around during the international fortnight, so he plotted this on his own. He had very little preparation with the team himself. "Can they? Yes. Will they? I still can't see past Liverpool. If Tottenham were to do it you would have to say it would be up there with Jose's best achievements. It would be comparable with Porto winning the Champions League in 2004, and Inter Milan's Treble in 2010. "If you look at Jose's and his managerial career, he seems to have his greatest moments when his team are underdogs and not expected to do big things. "I just think now, for all the doubts Spurs fans would have had, particularly to do with playing style, Spurs fans are so desperate for a trophy now, and they have the guy who can deliver it. They are in the fight now for the league title itself. It would be an astonishing achievement. Who would have thought we would be saying that a year on?"

G ANIMAL NEWS:NEW CORONAVIRUS GUIDANCE FOR FERRET OWNERS

The government’s scientific advisers are drawing up advice for ferret owners amid fears a mutated version of Covid-19 found in mink could leap to other animals. Denmark is culling millions of mink in a bid to limit the spread of the disease. But experts fear the coronavirus mutation could be found in other animals such as rats, mice and ferrets as well as mink. Newly published documents show the Sage scientific advisory group are concerned the virus could be identified in ferrets in the UK. The documents warn: "The mutations observed in virus isolates from mink have also been observed in virus from ferrets. ...Defra is assessing the risk to people in the UK and developing messaging for ferret owners.” The experts also called for greater surveillance of animal populations and more research into how the mutations could affect humans.

Saturday, 21 November 2020

G BREAKING NEWS: ASSU STRIKE ENDS AS PARTIES COMFORMED

The strike is already having negative effects on students, parents and even the lecturers themselves. And if not addressed soonest, the action is capable of putting the future of undergraduates of public universities in danger and possibly abeyance. In a bid to resolve the issues as soon as possible, the Federal Government yesterday offered N65billion to settle the payment of earned allowances and revitalisation of the federal ivory towers. Though these steps might still not be strong enough to ensure the reopening of the universities, they represent a somewhat way forward, just as the two parties agreed to meet again next Friday to continue the dialogue on the premise that the one week should be used to widen further consultations by both government and ASUU. On the contentious Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS), ASUU informed the meeting that it had carried out a demonstration of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) to all of stakeholders and end users on Thursday, November 5, at the National Universities Commission (NUC), where some stakeholders raised questions that had been addressed. The meeting agreed that going forward, all stakeholders must be carried along in this process to ensure transparency. The Federal Government also agreed to pay ASUU members’ salary arrears from February to June this year using old salary payment platform, the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS). On withheld salaries and non-remittance of check off dues, both parties agreed that the Federal Ministry of Education and Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment should reconsider the “No Work, No Pay” policy, with a view to getting approval for the withheld salaries to be paid. “It was also agreed that the mode of payment applied for the payment of those that had not been captured in the IPPIS platform between the months of February and June this year be adopted for the purpose of payment during this transition period. “On the demand by ASUU for the payment of check off dues, the Accountant General of the Federation requested that ASUU and other unions should provide his office with the necessary information and dedicated account details in writing to facilitate the deductions and remittance of the check off dues,” according to a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting. Already, frustration is beginning to set in for most of the students, especially as their counterparts in private universities have since resumed, with some of them ready to protest their continuous stay at home. Parents on their part fear that university education is going the way of primary and secondary education in most states, where private institutions have become the order of the day. Famous Otuonye, President of the Students Union of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, said Nigerian students are unhappy with the situation, adding: “The strike action has altered our academic calendar, thereby taking us back. Ordinarily, the 2019/2020 academic session is supposed to have ended, but the lingering strike has disrupted it. Students have lost a full academic session. x “The final year students are supposed to have graduated, while the previously graduated students are supposed to have gone for youth service, but the future plans of these students have been terminated as a result of this. “The students are extremely worried and so anxious to resume, more so since the private academic institutions have resumed. It is so appalling that our mates in private schools are now ahead of us, in other words, they are progressing. We are not happy about that,” he lamented. While calling on the Federal Government to see to the demands of ASUU, and the lecturers to consider the students, he said: “If the strike continues, the students would demonstrate their anger, no matter whose ox is gored.” To Sunny Nwakasun, whose children are undergraduates, the Federal Government/ASUU problem is not a healthy development for students and their parents/guardians, as their prolonged stay at home affects the psyche of both the students and their sponsors. “The students, after a long time, could stop reading and engage in some untoward acts or endeavours, including cyber crime and overindulgence watching videos, thereby limiting their retention of what they had learnt. “Some of the children, because of the face off, easily got involved in the recent protests that reportedly led to loss of lives, even as some, due to idleness, were raped, kidnapped or involved in robberies, cult activities, etc. “So, both parties should come to a point of agreement for students to return to schools and become busy with academic activities once again.” A frustrated 200-level undergraduate of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Innocent Chukwuebuka, stated: “The government and ASUU have practically wasted a whole year with their endless disagreement. I feel set back; I cannot exactly put it into words, but it’s a terrible feeling to find yourself at home for so long when you should be in school studying towards a bright future.” “I feel idle as though I have exhausted everything possible to keep busy. The EndSARS protest was a good distraction, as my friends and I dressed up every morning to join the eventful, entertaining and fun-filled protest at airport road in Lagos.

G SPORTS:LIVERPOOL BOSS ENVISAGE SOLUTIONS TO INJURY CRISIS IN JANUARY-JURGEN KLOPP

Jurgen Klopp dealing with several injuries to key players, including Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Virgil Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Thiago Alcantara and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain; Liverpool face Leicester City on Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League England internationals Joe Gomez (knee) and Jordan Henderson (thigh) were the latest to be added to the injury list in the last few days, with the former potentially being ruled out for the rest of the season. With Virgil van Dijk and now Gomez sustaining serious injuries, Klopp is again down to one senior centre-back in Joel Matip, while Trent Alexander-Arnold's continued absence with a calf problem means Klopp will be able to field only one of his first-choice back four against Premier League leaders Leicester on Sunday. Klopp is also waiting for the return of midfielders Fabinho, who can also play in the centre of defence, Thiago Alcantara and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while youngsters Rhys Williams and Neco Williams are injury doubts this weekend. Mohamed Salah, meanwhile, has tested positive for coronavirus, although Klopp avoided criticising the forward for attending his brother's wedding. "That we look for solutions and the transfer market - that is clear. But in the moment we have the situation we have. "I don't want to compare situations but when I came to Dortmund in 2008 my two centre-halves were 19 and turned 20 that winter and we played with them for that entire time. Mats Hummels and Neven Subotic. "We have talent here. They are young - 18, 19, 23 - and we have more experienced players, so we will see. Everybody has a chance. "They can smell the chance and they step up. They want to show they are ready and we will see. "We have midfielders - not in the moment but hopefully in a couple of weeks - who can play the more defensive role as well. For the moment we are fine. "I'm really confident it will work out with the boys and then hopefully we can convince the rest of the world as well." Fabinho has a chance of being fit for Sunday after returning to training but the wait appears to be going on for Thiago, the summer signing who so energised the fanbase following his arrival from Bayern Munich. The Spain international played just 135 minutes in two appearances before sustaining a knee injury in last month's Merseyside derby - overshadowed by the anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained by Van Dijk in the same match - and his return is taking longer than expected. When it was suggested supporters are desperate to see the world-class midfielder back in action, Klopp replied: "So am I. I cannot change these things. We have to deal with the consequences of injuries, of the accidents, the fouls or whatever. "If he could have played before he would have played before but he couldn't but he is out there on the pitch running, doing a lot of stuff, and it will not be too long any more. "In the beginning we got the horrible pictures from Virgil and were kind of relieved it's not that serious for Thiago, but it was always clear it wouldn't be two or three days. "At first we thought it would settle quickly but it didn't and that's what you have to accept. We will not rush it. We prepare him for the rest of the season, not for the first game he can play again. "Players have to train in the big sessions with the team, and not only once. "Fabinho was part of that and what we make of that I don't know yet because I don't know how he reacts but Fabinho was part of normal team training."

Thursday, 22 October 2020

G GOSPEL: HEAVENLY PRESENCE FOR THE FIRST RAPTURE IS IMPLEMENTED IN CHRIST JESUS THIS 2020 FOR SATAN IS NO MORE,REPENT AND MAKE HEAVEN WITHOUT EXCUSSES FOR SATAN IS GONE(REVELATION 19 AND REVELATION 20).

Revelation and physical manifestations had taken place in our “LORD JESUS” that he yets lives and was never a mere man but “GOD HIMSELF”. He has brought to the notice of everyone on earth spiritually and physically that he is “GOD AND OUR REDEEMER”(JOHN6:63,ROMAN1:19)that his “Word” in “REVELATION 19” is fulfilled for SATAN AND HIS ANGELS(MATTHEW25) are presently put in chains for now SATAN has no power over anyone, for what ever sin that is committed now, is you as person and “OUR GOD WILL HOLD YOU RESPONSIBILY AND NOT SATAN FOR HE HAS PUT SATAN TO HIS CHAINS ACCORDING TO HIS WORD IN REVELATION 19”. Therefore, the WORLD IS HOLY NOW WITHOUT SATAN (HEBREW 10:19) AND WE ARE LIVING IN HIS PRESENCE IN REVELATION 20 WHICH SATAN AND FAKE PROPHETS ARE PRESENTLY DWELLING IN CHAINS, SO YOU CAN ONLY SAVE YOURSELF FOR BEING BORN AGAIN SO AS TO AVOID THE PUNISHMENT MADE FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS ALONE AND MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT PLACE YOUR FAITH IN YOURSELF OR ANY PROPHET BUT OUR LORD JESUS ALONE IN THIS END TIME BECAUSE AFTER THIS, IN ACCORDANT WITH THE WORD OF GOD IN REVELATION 20 TO REVELATION 22, SATAN WILL BE RELEASED AFTER THE FIRST RAPTURE WHICH WE ARE IN ITS ERA. MIND YOU, DO NOT THINK BECAUSE A DAY IN GOD’S SIGHT IS ONE THOUSAND YEARS(1000YRS) ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE WILL NOW LEAD YOU INTO SIN THINKING YOU MIGHT DIE BEFORE THEN, WHICH MEANS YOU MIGHT NOT EXPERIENCE THE TIME OF THE BEAST! SORRY! YOU LIED TO YOURSELF, FOR THE RAPTURE WILL BE AS YOU ARE PRESENTLY ON EARTH “SPIRIT,SOUL AND BODY(EHESIANS 4:4) TO EXPERIENCE HELL WITH GREAT TORMENT AS SATAN, NO ONE CAN ESCAPE IT… IN JESUS NAME AMEN.

Sunday, 11 October 2020

G POLITICS: APC SPOKESMAN BLAMED THE SARS UNLAWFULLNESS ON PDP- YEKINI NABENA

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The spokesman for the APC, Yekini Nabena, said this in a series of tweets on Sunday while reacting to the scrap of the police outfit. “Who created SARS? PDP,” Nabena tweeted. Nabena, in a further statement signed on behalf of the APC, said the scrapping of SARS showed the resolve of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to ensure police reforms. He, therefore, called on civil society organisations and Nigerians as a whole to work with the IG to ensure that the reforms are holistic. The APC spokesman wrote, “The APC welcomes the disbandment of the Special Anti Robbery Squad and views the responsive decision as a major and concrete step towards. President Muhammadu Buhari affirmed resolve to achieve better policing and necessary reforms. “From the recent #BlackLivesMatter social movement to other global clamours for review of police operations particularly in regard to citizens they are empowered to protect, the need for police reforms in Nigeria is urgent and continuous. “With benefit of experience and public outcry over the operations of the now disbanded SARS, the APC is confident that the new policing arrangement promised by the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, will balance the need to effectively combat armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country and ensure humane, professional and accountable police operations. “We call on Nigerians to take advantage of the citizens’ and strategic stakeholders’ forum which is being formed to regularly interface with Police leadership at all levels and advise on police activities as they affect the general public. The spokesman for the ruling All Progressives Congress has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party for creating the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police which was scrapped by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Sunday.

G ENTERTAINMENT: DAVIDO ENCOURAGED NIGERIAN YOUTHS WITH HIS GUTS TO LEAD A PROTEST TOMORROW VIA END OF SARS PROTEST #SUPPORT DAVIDO

Nigerian singer David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has promised to lead EndSARS protest. The singer in a tweet today, October 10, urged Nigerian youths to come out in masses, as he will be leading the End SARS campaign tomorrow in Abuja, October 11. Davido announced this on Twitter, as he wrote; “Abuja 2moro …. !!! Who with me??? #EndSarsNow ”

Saturday, 10 October 2020

G NEWS:OYO STATE GOVERNOR SEYI COMFIRMED ONE OF THE DEATH OF THE END OF SARS PROTESTERS

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Saturday confirmed the death of Jimoh Isiaka, one of the EndSARS protesters in Ogbomosho, a town in Oyo State. “I have received with deep sadness the news of the passing of one of our children, Jimoh Isiaka, who was shot during the ENDSARS protest in Ogbomoso. He later died at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, earlier today,” Makinde tweeted. “Also, at this same protest, Abdulrasaq Olawale, Oluwadamilare Gbolohunmi, and five other persons sustained injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.” This is coming after the Nigerian Police Force denied shooting at the EndSARS protesters in Ogbomosho. The police spokesman in Oyo State Olugbenga Fadeyi in a statement issued on Saturday said that the police did not fire a single shot at any protesters. “The Police did not fire a shot or kill any protester as widely circulated,” Fadeyi said. The police used tear gas to disperse the protesters when “they started throwing stones into the Police premises and attempted to gain entrance into the premises.”

Tuesday, 7 July 2020

G SPORTS: RALF RANGNICK TO BECOME AC MILAN TECHNICAL DIRECTOR. OKOR AKPOS

Ralf Rangnick to become AC Milan coach and technical director at end of Serie A season

AC Milan will appoint Ralf Rangnick as their new head coach and technical director at the end of the Serie A season, according to Sky in Italy.

The 62-year-old will replace Stefano Pioli as head coach and club legend Paolo Maldini as technical director.Rangnick is currently head of sport and development with Red Bull, and has been head coach at RB Leipzig on two occasions.

he German has also coached Stuttgart, Schalke and Hoffenheim, but has never worked as a manager outside of his homeland.

Rangnick was understood to have been a contender to replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal in 2018, as well as Sam Allardyce as England manager in 2016, and has been cited by Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel as a key influence on their careers.

Rangnick's imminent arrival means Pioli will leave Milan following their final Serie A fixture of the season, at home to Cagliari on August 2.

The 54-year-old Italian was only appointed in October and has guided Milan to seventh in Serie A, two points behind sixth-placed Napoli.

G SPORTS: PREMIER LEAGUES CARRIAGE, CLUBS DISPLAYING NEW KITS

The 2019/20 Premier League season has not yet finished but clubs are already showing off new kits.

Several commercial contracts have expired since the Premier League resumed following the coronavirus outbreak and that has meant an early glimpse of new strips from the likes of Chelsea and West Ham.

OKOWA,OMO-AGEGE,WAIVE,RICHARD KOFI AND COUNSELOR TEGIRI OGHOAGBERU TURNED DEAF EAR TO THE OGUNAME COMMUNITY IN OLOMU KINGDOM IN DELTA STATE DESPITE THEIR PLIGHT. OKOR AKPOS

In a discourse with the prime minister of the aforementioned community in Delta State, Rev Lucky Ovie Whiskey, the Oguname Olomu kingdom in the Ughelli South local government area in Delta State is one of the oil beneficial community in Delta State since the Olumo kingdom is one of the oil producing land in the state. The aforesaid community is a member community in the the oil producing community in the region known as OML-30(oil producing community)but yet developmental and welfare programme is nothing to talk about in the region due to its intensive level of poverty and development meted upon the people and the region by the government.

None of the government allocations and projects has reached theses people despite the impute of the Olumo land is adding to the state and the federation. No drainages in the community, lack of health care,lack of secondary schools and poor and ramshackle primary school structure whereby during the raining season the field is water logged and no youths and women empowerment programmes for the people as well. Looking to their state of living, it beat my imagination on how they survive, yet the Okowa, Omo-Agege, Richard Kofi who is the local government chairman that is supposed to forward the needs of these people to the notice of the state government is in-active.

The only help which is not too qualified in-terms of rehabilitation on their primary school is done by an oil company known as Heritage Oil Services limited though they also provide four scholarship whereby three are for secondary school level while one is tertiary level but as the saying goes, a tree cannot make a forest. It is the civic right of these people as fellow Nigerians and Deltans to benefit from every government programme allocated in the country and the state.The community is using this medium to call on the Okowa,Omo-Agege, Francis Ejiroghene Waive and the Ughelli South local government chairman known as Richard Kofi together with the counselor Tegiri Oghoagberu to seeing to the immediate plights of their needs.

Friday, 5 June 2020

G BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA STANDS TO LOOSE 24COUNCIL TO UN

By July 10 this year, Nigeria may lose 24 local councils, by way of ceding, to a new country to be known as United Nations Organisation (UNO) State of Cameroon at its borders with la Republique du Cameroun.
The Guardian learnt that the withdrawal of his country’s soldiers by President Paul Biya from the southern part of the planned UNO State of Cameroon has set the stage for the creation of the new state being spearheaded by the UN.

G BREAKING NEWS: HYDOROXYCHLOROQUINE FOR COVID-19: LANCET RETRACT PAPER TRIALS

Covid-19: Lancet retracts paper that halted

hydroxychloroquine trials

The Lancet paper that halted global trials of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 because of fears of increased deaths has been retracted after a Guardian investigation found inconsistencies in the data.
The lead author, Prof Mandeep Mehra, from the Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston, Massachusetts decided to ask the Lancet for the retraction because he could no longer vouch for the data’s accuracy.
The journal’s editor, Richard Horton, said he was appalled by developments.

This is a shocking example of research misconduct in the middle of a global health emergency,” he told the Guardian.

A Guardian investigation had revealed errors in the data that was provided for the research by US company Surgisphere. These were later explained by the company as some patients being wrongly allocated to Australia instead of Asia. But more anomalies were then picked up. A further Guardian investigation found that there were serious questions to be asked about the company itself.
An independent audit company was asked to examine a database provided by Surgisphere to ensure it had the data from more than 96,000 Covid-19 patients in 671 hospitals worldwide, that it was obtained properly and was accurate.
Surgisphere’s CEO, Sapan Desai, had said he would cooperate with the independent audit, but it is understood he refused to give the investigators access to all the data they asked for.
In a statement on Thursday, Mehra said: “Our independent peer reviewers informed us that Surgisphere would not transfer the full dataset, client contracts, and the full ISO audit report to their servers for analysis as such transfer would violate client agreements and confidentiality requirements. As such, our reviewers were not able to conduct an independent and private peer review and therefore notified us of their withdrawal from the peer-review process.”
The Lancet study had a dramatic impact on attempts to find out whether the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, and its older version, chloroquine, could help treat patients with Covid-19. The US president, Donald Trump was among those who backed the drug before any high-quality trial evidence had been published. The World Health Organization and several countries suspended randomised controlled trials that were set up to find an answer. Those trials have now been restarted. Many scientists were angry that they had been stopped on the basis of a trial that was observational and not a “gold standard” RCT.
Mehra had commissioned an independent audit of the data after scientists questioned it.
In its investigation, the Guardian put a detailed list of concerns to Desai about the database, the study findings and his background. He responded:
There continues to be a fundamental misunderstanding about what our system is and how it works.

“There are also a number of inaccuracies and unrelated connections that you are trying to make with a clear bias toward attempting to discredit who we are and what we do,” he said. “We do not agree with your premise or the nature of what you have put together, and I am sad to see that what should have been a scientific discussion has been denigrated into this sort of discussion.”
Shortly after the Lancet retracted its study, the New England Journal of Medicine retracted a paper based on the Surgisphere database, also co-authored by Mehra and Desai. The study purported to include data from Covid-19 patients from 169 hospitals in 11 countries in Asia, Europe and North America. It found common drugs given for heart disease were not associated with a higher risk of death in Covid-19 patients. In a statement, published by the journal, the authors said: “Because all the authors were not granted access to the raw data and the raw data could not be made available to a third-party auditor, we are unable to validate the primary data sources underlying our article, ‘Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19’. We therefore request that the article be retracted.
“We apologise to the editors and to readers of the Journal for the difficulties that this has caused.”

G BREAKING NEWS: PREVENTION FOR CORONAVIRUS WITH PALM-OIL . Okor Akpos

Intake of palm oil protects one from various toxic substance and diseases, therefore, it can avert the dreaded disease known as covid-19. Following various experiences here in Nigeria in Africa, God has blessed Africans with undying herbal knowledge to curing certain diseases which sometimes had not be proven medically but it works.
Certain children and even adults who were victims of toxic intake were detoxified with just palm-oil and they became naturally and medically okay. There is no risk in taking natural palm oil, therefore, you do not need a lab test or medical check up to take it as a preventive major to covid-19 pending till when its proper cure is put in place medically, The palm oil needs to be natural without boiling or using it for cooking before intake, just take a spoonful each morning as first aid against the dreaded disease, is better than just allowing or exposing yourself to the risk the effection for natural palm oil do fight against poison and other toxic matters in the body.

Make sure nothing is added to the palm oil before intake, just a spoonful is enough each morning before you step out of your house but for those who have medical issues to restrain from palm-oil or ground-nut oil should please consult their doctors before embarking on this processing. Palm-oil has no natural or medical effect to the body, so please do see the need to use it as a prevention for our ancient fathers and even up till date, it is still used as a quick first aid to detoxify poison from the body locally.

G ENTERTAINMENT: THE NEW COVID-19 JOKES THAT GET PEOPLE LAUGHING ON AIRTEL AND 9MOBILE NETWORK

Text 6270525 to 791 or 6581269 to 791 on "AIRTEL NETWORK", then text 9931317 to 251 or 9931416 to 251 on 9MOBILE NETWORK. Please share with friends and put a smile on someone's face with these hilarious "CORONAVIRUS JOKES.

Tuesday, 26 May 2020

G BREAKING NEWS: CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, MAKE YOUR CALLERS HAPPY ON AIRTEL WITH AKPOSJOKES ON CORONAVIRUS

TEXT 6581269 TO 791 ON AIRTEL TO GET AKPOS JOKE( BANK INTERVIEW) AS UR RING BACK TUNE, GET UR CALLERS LAUGHING

GET YOUR CALLERS HAPPY WITH AKPOSJOKE ON AIRTEL NETWORK BY TEXTING 6270525 to 791 TO GET AKPOS TEACHER INTERVIEW AND PUT A SMILE ON SOMEONES FACE DURING THIS LOCKDOWN.

Saturday, 21 March 2020

G SPORTS: MICHAEL FATIALOFA WALKS AFTER INJURY

Worcester lock Michael Fatialofa has walked unaided less than 11 weeks after a serious neck injury left him in intensive care.

The 27-year-old has been in hospital since suffering the injury in a game against Saracens on 4 January.
"You're witnessing a miracle that even medical professionals can't explain," wrote Fatialofa's wife Tatiana with a video of him walking on Instagram.
"They are so shook by his progress given his critical level of injury."
She added: "He was literally paralysed from the neck down just 10 weeks ago and currently spinal cord injuries do not have a clinical cure, but my amazing husband is proof that god is never limited to human wisdom. So so so thankful."
Fatialofa was diagnosed with a spinal contusion, which causes compression on the spine, and had surgery to relieve the pressure on his spinal cord.
The forward spent more than a fortnight in intensive care at St Mary's Hospital, London before being transferred to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire.
Though Tatiana Fatialofa celebrated her husband's progress, she added that the amount of time the couple can spend together will likely be reduced as the hospital makes changes to cope with the coronavirus outbreak.
"We've been advised by the hospital that visiting probably will be reduced to only one hour soon and while I understand completely it's still so hard on the heart," she explained.
Worcester Warriors' home game against Harlequins on 11 April was due to act as a fundraiser for the New Zealand-born lock, but this game will not go ahead with the Premiership currently suspended until 14 April.

G SPORTS: CORONAVIRUS ALERTS IN TOKYO

Hamilton in self-isolation
Lewis Hamilton has confirmed he's been in self-isolation - but says he's showing no symptoms.
Hamilton was pictured at the same event as Idris Elba and Sophie Trudeau - wife of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Both have since confirmed a positive test for Covid-19.

"I wanted to let you know that I'm doing well, feeling healthy and working out twice a day," he told fans in a message on Twitter.

"I have zero symptoms and it's now been 17 days since I saw Sophie and Idris.
"I have been in touch with Idris and happy to hear he is OK.
"I did speak to my doctor and double checked if I needed to take a test but the truth is, there is a limited amount of tests and there are people who need it more than I do, especially when I wasn't showing any symptoms at all. So what I've done is keep myself isolated this past week, actually since practice was cancelled last Friday."
3 hours ago Olympics 'can't take place as scheduled'
UK Athletics chairman Nic Coward said: "We thought the facilities would be able to remain open," Coward told the Daily Telegraph.
"Now they can't. They are closing. And that is creating stress.

"I think that will have to lead to the conclusion that the Games must be (postponed); that the decision has to be made that the Olympic and Paralympic Games can't take place as currently scheduled.

"I've got no doubt, absolutely no doubt, that Tokyo will host an amazing Olympics.
"The issue right now is people and the stress."

G ENTERTAINMENT: NIGERIAN UPRISING STAR IGNITES A PLATFORM IN CALIFONIA,CEEJAY BOY HOOKED UP WITH AMANZE EMEZIEM FOR A NEW SINGLE.

Music in Nigeria has impacted the world with the Nigerian original flavour whereby those in the western parts of the world do not see Afro feel or vibes as strange for its unique styles of delivery. Recently one of the newly household name which every nigerians is looking up to in the music industry whose single is yet to be officially released though already in one or two platforms such as www.60vocals.com, mainwhile, via the management skeptism in order to bringing the uprising Afropop star in AMNESIA RECORDS known as CEEJAY BOY with his newly single titled "THANK GOD IS FRIDAY" to reaching the availability of public demands is present on process.

CEEJAY BOY just hooked up with a Nigerian Califonia base Afro Hiphop star known as AMANZE EMEZIEM who is also making waves in the Nigerian entertainment industry, and as well done collaboration with AFRONETO who also had taken the Afropop vibes to global re-corning. CEE JAY is also working on a collaboration with Oritsefemi which soon will ignite the industry and the globe with an amazing delight of a new modern Afro pop with an evergreen touch. God has been so amazing that music is now turning to a moral platform where everyone, no matter their believes can relates with. The aforesaid music is endowed with motivating sounds which standard according to NCC(Nigerian Communication Commission) for anyone to listen to its lyrics.

Saturday, 22 February 2020

G POLITICS: EU SUMMIT COLLAPSED

A summit of EU leaders seeking to fill a €75bn hole in the bloc’s budget left by Brexit dramatically collapsed after Angela Merkel led major contributors in rejecting a proposal that would have left them paying billions more.

The meeting in Brussels was brought to an abrupt end on Friday evening with the leaders deeply divided, leaving the European council president, Charles Michel, to admit: “We need more time.”

The UK’s departure has left EU states struggling to fund plans over the next seven years to tackle the climate emergency, aid poorer regions and continue to subsidise farmers through the common agricultural policy.

The 27 heads of state and government must agree on a budget for the next seven years, and the European parliament must give its endorsement, before the end of 2020, to avoid the EU’s spending programmes grinding to a halt. “We are super, super late,” admitted one EU official.

Michel, a former prime minister of Belgium, came under fire during the summit, which started on Thursday afternoon, for aiming “far too high” with a proposed budget of 1.074% of the bloc’s gross national income (€1.094tn).

Four member states, known as the “frugals” – the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria and Sweden – have insisted that the EU budget amounts to no more than 1% of the bloc’s gross national income.

They received the support of Merkel, the German chancellor, in opposing proposals that would slash the rebates they receive on their contributions, designed to ensure that the biggest contributors do not overpay.

EU leaders express concern over filling €75bn Brexit shortfall – video

One EU diplomat said of Michel: “He wanted enough cash to buy a Range Rover; we only have the money for a Volkswagen – and worst of all he asked Mutti [Merkel] to pay for the Range Rover.”

Responding to claims from reporters that the summit had been a failure, Michel insisted that the issue had to be debated at the “highest political level” and that he now better understood the member states’ positions. “As my grandmother used to say, ‘In order to succeed we have to at least try,’” Michel said.

A late suggestion on Friday tabled by the European commission proposed to reduce the size of the additional burden on the the biggest payers, including Germany, through significant cuts in the EU’s science and research programmes. The compromise proposal would trim €10bn off a budget put forward by Michel.

Under the new plan, the four “frugal” member states and Germany would retain their rebates. France would also see increased cash for its farmers through the common agricultural policy.

The proposal failed to secure the unanimous support of the leaders, however. “That is democracy,” the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said at a press conference at the end of the summit. “It is a good tradition in democracy to debate on the different views, the different emphases … We are not there yet, but we are in a good way.”

Merkel told reporters: “The differences were simply too big.”

Diplomats from the self-styled “friends of cohesion” grouping, consisting of the net recipients of EU cash, put the failure down to a lack of solidarity among the richest member states.

The rightwing nationalist prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, who has built much of his success on attacking Brussels, told reporters: “Our ambition isn’t only to be very strong friends of the cohesion policy, but to also be very strong friends that work together for a strong EU, and for a strong EU budget for the next period.”

During the last round of budget negotiations, it took the European council two summits to reach an agreement on the EU’s long-term spending, known as the multi-financial framework. A second summit is expected in March.

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G ENTERTAINMENT: TUFACE TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM

On February 21, 2020, Nigerian legend, 2baba will release his seventh studio album, 'Warriors' on Friday, February 28, 2020.

The announcement was made via 2baba's Instagram account. In the announcement, the legend wrote, "Anticipate!!! This album is for warriors."

The album will be a follow-up to 2014 effort, Ascension. Although2baba released the commemorative Face2Face 10.0 and compilation album, Rewind.Select.Update, they are not original albums.

The album will be his fifth album release under Hypertek and it will be a commemorative effort for 20 years of excellence in Nigerian music.

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