Once Upon A Time – Sept. 27 – 1822 – Jean-François Champollion Announces He Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphics Using The Rosetta Stone

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September 27, 2022

1066 William the Conqueror’s troops set sail from Normandy to conquer England

1290 Earthquake in the Gulf of Chihli (Bohai Sea) near China, reportedly kills 100,000 people

1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain

1821 Mexican revolutionary forces led by Agustín de Iturbide occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw, bringing an end to the Mexican War of Independence

1822 French scholar Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics using the Rosetta Stone

1905 The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc².

1908 Henry Ford’s first Ford Model T automobile leaves the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan

HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY

TODAY IN FILM & TV

1993 British crime series “Cracker” created by Jimmy McGovern starring Robbie Coltrane debuts on ITV in the UK

2021 Netflix says Shonda Rhimes’ “Bridgerton” is its most-watched series ever, with “Extraction”, starring Chris Hemsworth, its No. 1 film

TODAY IN MUSIC

1912 W. C. Handy publishes “Memphis Blues”, considered the 1st blues song

TODAY IN SPORT

1923 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs

MORE FACTS….

1825 George Stephenson’s “Locomotion No. 1” becomes the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England

1590 Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history

FAMOUS WEDDINGS

1759 Political activist Thomas Paine (22) weds household servant Mary Lambert (21)

1865 Physicist Johannes van der Waals (27) weds Anna Magdalena Smit (18)

1876 Poet Frederic Mistral (46) weds Marie Louise Aimee Rivière

EFCC Tasks Corps Members to Engage in Whistle Blowing

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September 27, 2022

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged corps members across the country to take advantage of the whistle blowing policy of the government and expose corrupt practices in their places of primary assignment.

The Kano Zonal Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE Farouq Dogondaj, gave the charge in Dutse, Jigawa State on Thursday, September 22, 2022 while addressing members of the EFCC/ Community Development Service group of the NYSC.

According to him, the task of moving the nation forward, could only be successful, when corps members join forces with other interest groups to expose cases of economic and financial crimes in their environments.

Dogondaji, who spoke through the Head of Public Affairs of the Command, Idris Isiyaku, urged corps members to see themselves as critical stakeholders in the fi#ht against economic crimes and shun all internet-related offences.

Students Protest Govt Plans to Separate Boys from Girls in Schools

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September 27, 2022

Secondary school students on Monday, September 26, took to the streets of Bauchi to protest the separation of boys from girls in their schools.

Commissioner for Education Dr. Aliyu Tilde last week said the government resolved to separate male and female pupils in public secondary schools due to moral decadence among the pupils on social media, which has become prevalent in mixed schools.

According to him, the government has decided to revisit the 1978 policy that abrogated core education in the state adding the move would only be executed whenever and wherever it was possible.

He said private schools would take a cue from the initiative and separate the males who would be attending their academic activities in one institution and the females in another separate institution.

The protest is coming as schools in Bauchi resumed for a new academic session after a long holiday.

Football Earnings: Mbappe Becomes World’s Highest Paid Player

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September 27, 2022

With the FIFA World Cup 2022 fast approaching, each national team is scouting highly skilled players at the top of their game. But top talent comes at a cost, the wages of the world’s top soccer players are at an all-time high.

France has the highest paid soccer player in the world with Kylian Mbappe earning over $88 million a year. Argentina is second, with Lionel Messi ($59m) and Brazil third with Neymar ($50m).

Earning nearly $21m annually, Sadio Mané ranked as the highest paid soccer player in Africa!

The 37-year-old Christiano Ronaldo is the highest paid soccer player in Portugal while Eden Hazard is the highest earner in Belgium. Together with Mbappé, they are the top 3 highest paid footballers in Europe.

South Korean superstar Heung-Min Son is the highest paid in the country and in Asia. Paris Saint-Germain hosts the most affluent stars in six nations, followed by Napoli, Liverpool and Barcelona with four.

The English Premier League is home to the country’s best paid stars (24).

Queen Elizabeth II: Royal Mail Unveils Stamps In Memory Of Late Monarch

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September 27, 2022

Four commemorative stamps featuring portraits of Queen Elizabeth II at different points of her reign are being released by Royal Mail.

The first and second class stamps picture the late monarch from during the first year of her reign in 1952 through to the 1990s, while on a visit to Prague Castle.

The stamps, priced from £1.85, will be on sale from 10 November. They are the first to be approved by King Charles THE THIRD.

The oldest photograph used in the series was taken by Dorothy Wilding in 1952, to the Queen’s accession. It will feature on second-class stamps.

One of the first-class stamps has a photo taken by royal photographer Cecil Beaton in 1968, where she is standing in her admiral’s cloak with her head tilted to the left.

A portrait taken in November 1984 by Yousuf Karsh will appear on the £1.85 stamps. A photo by Tim Graham from 1996 when the Queen attended a banquet at Prague Castle during her visit to the Czech Republic will be the image on the £2.55 stamps.

A presentation pack of all four stamps will be £6.95.

Nigeria’s CBN Increases Interest Rate To 15.5%

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September 27, 2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, to 15.5 percent from 14 percent to tame rising inflation.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made this known on Tuesday after a Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja.

Emefiele said, “The committee voted unanimously to raise the MPR to 15.5, retain the asymmetric corridor at +100 -700 basis points around the MPR. Increase the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to a minimum of 32.5% and retain liquidity ratio at 30%.”

Giving an explainer earlier, the apex bank’s governor said, “Members deliberated the impact of the widening margin between the current policy rate of 14 percent and the inflation rate of 20.52 percent.

“At this meeting, the option of reducing the policy rate was not considered as this would be gravely detrimental to reigning in inflation. The committee thus agreed unanimously to raise the policy rate to narrow the interest rate gap and rein in inflation. The committee thus voted unanimously to raise the MPR.

“10 members voted to raise the MPR by 150 basis points, one (voted to raise it) by 100 basis points and one by 50 basis points. 10 members voted to increase CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) by 500 basis points, while two members voted to increase it by 750 basis points.”

Nigeria’s 62nd Independence: All God Has Spoken, Will Come To Pass – V.P. Osinbajo

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September 27, 2022

Christians In Nigeria Have Held An Interdenominational Church Service At The National Ecumenical Centre In Abuja, To Mark The 62nd Independence Anniversary Of The Nation.

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary To The Government Of The Federation, Boss Mustapha, Head Of The Civil Service Of The Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, Service Chiefs, Ministers And The Diplomatic Community Were Also In Attendance.

Prof. Osinbajo Said A Prayer For The Peace And Progress Of The Nation Taking His Reference From The Book Of The Bible, Deuteronomy 33:25, “As Your Days, So Shall Your Strength Be”.

The congregation was ushered into a series of special prayers for 2023 general elections, political aspirants and Nigerians in general.

Representatives of the United Nations, the United States of America, Iraq and several other countries were in attendance.

Board Members Of Toronto Museum Resign En Masse In Dispute Over Management Issues

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Koko Lawrence

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September 27, 2022

The Power Plant, a leading contemporary art space on Toronto’s waterfront, has lost nearly its entire board of directors, with 24 out of 27 of its members resigning en masse. The members who resigned did so due to objections to the institution’s management by an affiliated nonprofit organization, the Harbourfront Centre, and have called for the institution to be held “accountable.”

The news, which was first reported by the Art Newspaper, comes less than a month after the Power Plant’s director and artistic director, Gaëtane Verna, departed to lead the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University. Verna had been director at the Power Plant for ten years.

In a resignation letter that has circulated on social media, 15 board members, including the Indigenous artist Maria Hupfield (Anishinaabe-kwe of Wasauksing First Nation) and actor Richard Lee, detailed their claims, specifically against the Harbourfront Centre, a separate nonprofit that appoints around half of the Power Plant’s board and manages the site of the contemporary art space’s current location.

The letter reads, “Due to Harbourfront’s actions and our current impasse, we have concluded we can no longer fulfill our commitments and duties owed to the Power Plant’s stakeholders, including government stakeholders, funders, artists, the arts community at large and individual supporters of the Power Plant. The independent directors of the Power Plant have no choice but to resign because of the actions taken by Harbourfront.”

According to the letter by the resigning board members, on June 2, shortly after the Power Plant hosted its 35th-anniversary gala, the Harbourfront Centre sought to terminate 12 of the Power Plant’s board members “and replace them with its own slate of directors from its own board or staff. This decision was made without consulting the Power Plant, nor was any compelling rationale provided.”

Those 12 board members included six women and five people who identify as Black, Indigenous or people of color, according to the letter. The letter adds that the Harbourfront Centre subsequently took legal action against the Power Plant, which had a budget of around CAD$3.3 million in 2021, according to its most recent annual report.

Just In: Court Strikes out NANS’ Suit Against ASUU, FG

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September 27, 2022

The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a suit the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, filed to compel the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government to call off the ongoing strike action.

Justice Polycarp Hamman terminated further proceedings in the matter, after it was withdrawn by factional President of NANS, Umar Faruk Lawal.

Lawal had told the court that he filed the suit marked NICN/ABJ/273/2022, for himself and on behalf of NANS.

Aside from ASUU which was cited as the 1st Respondent, the Minister of Education and the Attorney-General of the Federation were listed as 2nd and 3rd Respondents, respectively.

When the matter came up on Tuesday, Lawal, notified the court that he filed a motion for discontinuance.

He premised his decision to withdraw the suit on account of the challenge by the student body which contested his standing and denied that he is the President of NANS as he had deposed to.

Though the other two Respondents were not represented, however, counsel to ASUU, Marshal Abubakar, informed the court that he was not opposed to Lawal’s application to withdraw the suit.

Consequently, Justice Hamman struck out the matter.

It will be recalled that two NANS presidential candidates had claimed victory at an election the students’ body conducted recently.

While Lawal who is of the Department of Library and Information Science of the Bayero University, Kano, insisted that he won the election, the NANs Convention Planning Committee declared Usman Barambu as the President-elect of the association.

ASUU had since gone before the Court of Appeal in Abuja to set aside the NIC judgment that ordered it to call off its over seven-month old strike action.

The union, in a 14-ground of appeal, also applied for a stay of execution of the judgement.

The NIC had in the judgement that was delivered on September 21, ordered the striking varsity lecturers to return to the classroom, pending the determination of a suit the Federal Government filed to query the legality of their strike action.

The interim injunction directing ASUU members to resume work followed an application FG filed through its lawyer, James Igwe.

Justice Hamman held that the order was both in national interest and for the sake of undergraduates in the country that have been at home since February 14.

He held that the strike action was detrimental to public university students that cannot afford to attend private tertiary institutions.

“The balance of convenience tilts in favour of the applicant.

“I hold that this application is meritorious and this application is granted”, Justice Hamman ruled.

However, ASUU, in its appeal, maintained that Justice Hamman “erred in law and occasioned a miscarriage of justice when he decided to hear and determine the Respondents’ motion for interlocutory injunction when he knew or ought to have known that the substantive suit was not initiated by due process of law”.

It argued that the mandatory steps and procedure stipulated in Part 1 of the Trade Dispute Act, TDA, was not followed by FG.

More so, ASUU averred that the trial judge acted utra vires and misdirected himself when he unlawfully assumed jurisdiction to entertain the matter, adding that what was granted as an interlocutory order was the same relief FG sought in its substantive suit.

Nigerian Govt Makes U-turn on Order Directing VCs to Reopen Universities

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September 27, 2022