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DuBLINGreenb:
Their pikin nose go wide well well come flat

See the mama nose, even papa nose sef

Ahh Yemi alade don fat finish oh

pocohantas:
Uche Ogbodo is an old Nollywood actress. She acted alongside Genevieve, Hanks, Rita Dominic, Desmond Elliot and Kate Henshaw. But just like Danielle Okeke and Mary Njoku, they never made it past C-list.

What I don’t understand is how Uche is in her mid-30s and majority of the other aforementioned names are in their 40s. Not forgetting that Uche acted in campus movies with them that year.

J2381:
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Brentford have gained promotion to the Premier
League for the first time since 1947 after defeating
Swansea 2-0 in the Championship play-off final on
Saturday, Completesports.com reports.

First half goals from Ivan Toney and Emiliano
Marcondes secured the win for Brentford against a
10-man Swansea.

Toney opened scoring from the penalty in the 10th
minute before Marcondes made it 2-0 on 20
minutes.

Swansea were reduced to 10 men after Jay Fulton
was sent off for a foul on Mathias Jensen.

The Bees, as Brentford are fondly called, were
beaten in last season’s second-tier play-off final by
Fulham, who ran out 2-1 winners after extra time.

But the pain of Brentford’s last visit to this stadium
turned to elation as they finally tasted play-off
success at the 10th time of asking.

They now join Championship winners Norwich and
Watford as the three teams that gained promotion
to the Premier League ahead of next season.

PDPGuy:
Fun fact: Edouard Mendy will become the first African goalkeeper to play in a UCL final

Oksman:
"Super Blood Moon."
A full moon that happens when the moon is at the closest point in its orbit to Earth. The distance is normally around 242000km but now it is at it's closest point to the earth in orbit at about 218000km. It's closeness to the earth makes it bigger and brighter by about 7% and 15% respectively.

The Programme Manager, Anambra State Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Management, Ugochukwu Chukwulobelu, has said that one in every 13 residents of Anambra is infected with tuberculosis.

Mr Chukwulobelu made the assertion on Friday during an advocacy visit to the State Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Charles Nwoji, in Awka.

He said that the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) 2020 global report indicated that Tuberculosis (TB) was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and Nigeria was classified as the number one country with a high burden of TB in Africa.

“No fewer than 18 Nigerians die every hour of TB and one case of untreated TB can infect between 10 and 15 persons per year.

“Anambra is among the high burden states in the country. It was estimated that one in every 13 residents has TB.

“In the first quarter of 2021, about 1,200 TB cases were diagnosed in Anambra and we still need to do more because there is a huge number of TB patients in communities that are not notified,” he said.

Mr Chukwulobelu blamed lack of funds and low awareness for the high burden of TB in the state.

According to him, it is imperative to seek for the agency’s collaboration in order to sensitise the public on the prevention, causes and symptoms of tuberculosis.

“People’s knowledge of tuberculosis in Anambra is low; we have discovered that only few residents have knowledge about tuberculosis.

“Tuberculosis, which is an airborne disease, is treatable and curable if detected early, and we want to inform people through this collaboration that the diagnosis and treatment for TB is free in over 600 DOT centres in the state.

“Persistent cough of two weeks or more duration may be due to TB and needs to be further investigated to prevent spreading the germ to others.

“We are appealing to residents to report suspected cases of tuberculosis in their communities to the nearest healthcare centre for appropriate action,” he said.

Responding, Mr Nwoji promised to support the programme by raising awareness on the challenges of the disease and the necessary measures to be taken to reduce its prevalence in the state.

He commended their initiative to seek collaboration with the agency for the purpose of awareness creation.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that tuberculosis is a disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which usually attacks the lungs and could also damage other parts of the body.

It spreads through the air when a person with tuberculosis of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, or talks.

(NAN)

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has approved the appointment of a deputy registrar, Emmanuel Famu, as the acting registrar for the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo.

This was contained in a statement issued late Thursday night by the university’s coordinator of the centre for information, press and public relations (CIPPR), Ademola Adekoya.

The new development, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, is a follow up to the recent announcement of the dissolution of the university’s governing council by the governor, and the directive that the former registrar, Olayinka Amuni, should embark on compulsory leave pending the conclusion of the processes for the appointment of the institution’s 9th substantive vice-chancellor.

According to the statement, Mr Fanu’s nomination was submitted to Mr Sanwo-Olu on behalf of the university by his special adviser on education, Tokunbo Wahab, who is said to have acted as the university’s “surrogate governing council.”

The statement reads in part; “Mr. Fanu was until his new appointment, the Deputy Registrar and Secretary, Post-Graduate School of the University.

“His appointment will run until the selection process of the 9th Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University is concluded.”

Why acting registrar?
Following the controversies surrounding the appointment of the university’s 9th substantive vice-chancellor and the cancellation of the first selection process by the governor who doubles as the Visitor to the institution, a visitation panel was set up to unravel the mystery behind the controversies.

Headed by the Pro-Chancellor of the Ekiti State University and former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Bamitale Omole, the six-man visitation panel also has as members, a former vice-chancellor of University of Port Harcourt, Joseph Ajienka; a renowned political scientist, Ayo Olukotun; former Lagos Solicitor-General, Lawal Pedro; former Registrar of University of Ibadan (UI), Olujimi Olukoya, and a director in the state’s public service, Funmilola Olajide, who functioned as the panel’s Secretary.

Contained in the panel’s report which was submitted on May 10 are recommendations for the dissolution of the Adebayo Ninalowo-led governing council, directive for the registrar to embark on compulsory leave, and setting up of a full-fledged visitation panel.

Mr Amuni is reportedly being punished for allegedly not properly guiding the governing council to adhere strictly to the laws in the selection process in the appointment of the institution’s 9th substantive vice-chancellor.

Acting registrar’s profile
Born in 1968, Mr. Fanu, a graduate of LASU, hails from Badagry in Lagos.

For his first degree, he studied Physical and Health Education and graduated in 1996. He has a Master’s in Public Administration from the university in 2005, and bagged a diploma certificate in Law in 2021.


According to Mr Fanu’s profile which is exclusively obtained by this newspaper, he joined the services of the university as administrative officer II in 1999 and rose to become a deputy registrar on October 1, 2018.

Mr Fanu was appointed the deputy registrar and secretary to the postgraduate school in 2020 and had remained in that position until his latest appointment.

aremuforlife:
Most of these new generation kings are not ready for the duty attached with the throne, they are only after the authorities. Kings should be indoctrinated right from birth.

swiz123:
Of course our defence contributed to Mendy's clean sheets. There were many matches were the opponents fail to register a shot on target this season. But then, Mendy is an excellent shot stopper than Ederson whom I always confuse with Victor Valdez at times

The Ekiti State Government has directed the authorities of Moba Local Government to stop the monthly salaries of the Obasaoye of Isaoye Ekiti, Gabriel Olajide, for abandoning his royal duties and refusal to appear or live in the town for over three years.

The Deputy Governor, Bisi Egbeyemi, gave the directive on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, during a meeting he held with traditional rulers and other stakeholders from the community.

Members of Isaoye Ekiti community had written a petition to the state government, where they had accused Mr Olajide of abdicating his throne, as well as other acts of misconduct.

The state government was said to have received a security report from the State Security Services(SSS), stating that there was the likelihood of violence over conflict between the monarch and his chiefs who accused him of highhandedness and disrespect for the town’s tradition.

The report, it was gathered, informed the meeting where the aggrieved chiefs brought their grievances.

Speaking on behalf of the chiefs, the Obaisa of Isaoye, Joseph Ogidi, said that Mr Olajide, who ascended the throne in 2017, had abandoned the community and had failed to yield to government’s directive issued at a meeting presided over by the Deputy Governor on November 17, 2018 that he should resume his official duties.

The community in its petition to the state government demanded the dethronement of Mr Olajide for allegedly sponsoring attacks on his subjects, “abandonment of his throne, violation of the town’s cultural heritage, destruction of the shrines and artefacts, using the police to harass his subjects, refusal to participate in cultural and traditional practices which he claimed are against his faith and refusal to appear in the town for over three years.”

The petition also accused Mr Olajide of using his connection as a police officer to cause the arrest and detention of his subjects by the men of the Nigerian Police.

Mr Ogidi had earlier told the Deputy Governor that Mr Olajide’s latest refusal to allow Abiola Adeyeye, the Eyebasa of Isaoye, to hold a feast in honour of the chiefs had threatened the peace of the community and could snowball into crisis if there was no prompt government intervention.

He explained that every appeal to the monarch to heed the government’s directive last issued in November 2018 to return home and perform his royal duties and provide day-to-day leadership to the community had fallen on deaf ears.

Mr Ogidi disclosed that the Moba Traditional Council presided over by the immediate past Oore of Otun Ekiti, Adedapo Popoola, failed to convince Mr Olajide to back down from his hard line stance against his subjects which compelled them to officially request for his dethronement by the state government.

Responding to the allegations, Mr Olajide admitted that he had abandoned his domain for the “fear of the unknown” and maintained that he would would not change his position.

He claimed that the people of the town had denied him access to the palace.

The Deputy Governor, Mr Egbeyemi, wondered why Mr Olajide refused to perform his official duties as a traditional ruler for over three years despite government’s intervention in the conflict with his subjects.

He said the monarch lacked the moral justification to be collecting salaries for duties not rendered.

Mr Egbeyemi subsequently directed Moba Local Government to stop the monthly salaries of the Obasaoye with immediate effect.

He also directed that Mrs Adeyeye should go ahead with her “Iwuye” ceremony as the Eyebasa having been appointed since 2010 and in line with the wishes of the community.

The Deputy Governor, however, declined the community’s request for Mr Olajide’s dethronement, saying the application to that effect is already before the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers which is expected to make appropriate recommendations to the state government.

“You were enthroned as the king of your town and you have not stayed in that town for the past three years and you are using the police to arrest the people you are supposed to be leading as an Oba ” Mr Egbeyemi noted.

“You know I told you since 2018 that if you prefer your police duty to the throne, the choice is yours and you can leave it and face your police duty but your functions as an Oba must not suffer because your community needs you.

“You said you can’t perform sacrifices and participate in rituals. If you can’t do it, you will have problems with your people. This government does want your town to dethrone you. How can you be made an Oba and you run away from the throne?

“You stay outside and you unleash the police on your people. The person that wants to hold a feast for the chiefs (Eyebasa) to mark her chieftaincy you stopped her from doing so.

“Chiefs, let the woman hold her “Iwuye” ceremony because the government has spoken. But I don’t want your Oba to be dethroned, but his salary must be
stopped because he should not collect money for the work he has not done.”