A token created after a McDonald’s response to Elon Musk proposal to eat a happy meal on TV if the retail restaurant giant accepted Dogecoin as a means of payment, surged as much as 285,614% in a few hours as opportunistic actors jumped at the chance to make cash in what many are calling a bear crypto market.
McDonald’s responded to Elon Musk’s tweet asking one of America’s oldest retail giants to accept dogecoin as a means of payment and in turn, he will eat McDonald’s bestselling meal combo, the happy meal, on TV. They responded stating, “Only if Tesla accepts grimacecoin,” referencing the company’s purple mascot named after a tastebud.
While McDonald’s hasn’t pivoted to a crypto token company yet, Wednesday’s tweet spurred the creation of nearly 10 grimacecoins on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network alone.
Sadio Mane scored as Senegal beat nine-man Cape Verde 2-0 in the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations, but was immediately forced off with concussion.
Mane curled in off the underside of the crossbar soon after keeper Vozinha had been dismissed over a nasty clash of heads with the Liverpool forward.
Mane continued despite appearing to be briefly knocked out in the incident.
After celebrating his goal he lay down on halfway, and before the game restarted he was led off the field.
Cape Verde midfielder Patrick Andrade had been shown a straight red card midway through the first half, while Bamba Dieng added Senegal’s second in second-half injury time.
Senegal will face either Mali or Equatorial Guinea in the last eight on Sunday.
Concern for Mane after clash
Tournament organisers the Confederation of African Football may have questions to answer about their concussion protocols after Vozinha and Liverpool striker Mane were both floored in the 53rd minute.
The Cape Verde keeper rushed out of his box in an attempt to intercept a long kick downfield by Senegal keeper Edouard Mendy, and collided head-first at pace with Mane, who had got to the ball first and headed forward.
After a lengthy stoppage a clearly groggy Vozinha was about to be substituted but, following a video assistant referee review, deserved to receive Cape Verde’s second red card for his reckless challenge.
Somehow Mane was deemed fit to continue and, after having a shot saved by substitute keeper Marcio Rosa, the forward then broke the deadlock from the resulting corner.
Senegal manager Aliou Cisse said Mane had been taken to hospital following the game.
“He felt faint, his head was spinning and he had to go there,” said Cisse.
Mane later posted a picture from his hospital bed of himself and Vozinha on his Instagram account, adding that everything was well.
Why wasn’t Mane substituted straight away?
Mane’s head clash was really uncomfortable to watch. It was clear that the Liverpool forward was knocked out as he fell and hit his head again on the turf – he looked like a defeated boxer.
Meanwhile, the Cape Verde keeper couldn’t walk straight before being ushered away by his team-mates following his red card.
But it’s the aftermath that raises questions. Why wasn’t Mane substituted straight away?
Yes, he scored not long after the collision but the decision not to take him off looked even more unwise when he laid down on the pitch following his goal and clearly looked in distress, before eventually being replaced.
It wasn’t a good look and you just hope Mane is OK.
More red cards in knock-out stages
Cape Verde midfielder Patrick Andrade was sent off in the first half, and keeper Vozinha followed after the break
Senegal had topped their group despite scoring once in just three matches, and spurned several more chances in front of goal.
Mane hit the right-hand upright in the first minute, and the Teranga Lions had a man advantage 20 minutes later when Andrade was dismissed following a VAR consultation.
He had caught Pape Gueye on the top of the ankle with his studs and his initial yellow was upgraded to red, meaning all five last-16 ties at the tournament have had at least one sending-off.
Two men down, Cape Verde had few forays forward and Julio Tavares had their best chance with five minutes left but tamely flicked a cross straight at Mendy.
Dieng, who had earlier sent two attempts wide, wrapped up the game from a counter-attack as the islanders pushed for a late equaliser.
Senegal were runners-up in 2019 and remain among the favourites to win the Nations Cup, but coach Aliou Cisse will need further improvements in the final third if the West Africans are to lift the trophy for the first time.
Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the Australian Open semi-finals for the third time with a dominant straight sets victory over Jannik Sinner.
The 23-year-old Greek, beaten in the last four in 2019 and 2021, won 6-3 6-4 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena.
Italian Sinner, the 11th seed, failed to witness a break point in the match.
He will now face the winner of Russian Daniil Medvedev – the highest seeded player in the draw – against Canada’s ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Tsitsipas wrapped up the opening set in 36 minutes and broke early in the second with a superb array of groundstrokes before the rain began to pour in Melbourne.
That meant the roof needed to come on, and the court be towelled down. But after an 18-minute break the players returned and Tsitsipas picked where he left off to close out the set.
The 20-year-old Sinner was aiming to follow compatriot Matteo Berrettini, who progressed on Tuesday, as the first Italian man to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
But he was unable to lay a glove on the Tsitsipas serve and it was the Greek who again broke early in the third, teeing up the moment with a stunning backhand winner.
Tsitsipas immediately broke again and clinically polished off the victory to progress in two hours six minutes and continue his pursuit of a first Grand Slam.
“I am very, very happy with the way I served today and used my tactics,” said Tsitsipas, who was also pleased with how he adapted to the roof closing.
“It is part of the game. You never know what to expect from the weather. I knew I was heading towards the right direction.
“The conditions might have changed a little bit – slightly faster, not as bouncy – so my mind did. I tried to adapt and it just worked.”
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has charged staff of the institution to show interest in the future of the system and contribute towards its development at all times.
Ogundipe said this at a ceremony organised by the university to honour 59 members who served the university for 35 years and more and are about to retire.
He said they needed to be recognised and appreciated for their support, contributions, and sacrifices made to the system, explaining the event was meant to motivate the retirees and let those still in service know that they too would be recognised, celebrated and rewarded accordingly.
The event was the climax of a series of activities marking the 52nd convocation of the university.
In his remarks, the chairman of the occasion and immediate-past vice-chancellor of the institution, Prof. Rahamon Bello, assured the retirees that life after retirement is not as difficult as they imagined.
Bello said the event would motivate staff in the system to put in their best, knowing that they would also be honoured one day.
One of the awardees, Prof. Winifred Makanjuola, retiring after 40 years from the Department of Zoology, stressed the importance of hard work and determination.
She said she feels fulfilled, having garnered a lot of experience in service and graduated many students, some of whom are professors.
Prof. Duro Oni, who will retire from the Department of Creative Arts after 45 years, commended the University for organising the long service award.
The high point of the event was the presentation of gifts to the outgoing staff members.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal has approved the appointment of Prof. Malami Umar Tambuwal as the first vice-chancellor of the newly established Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto.
Umar Tambuwal, was a registrar of the state’s defunct college of education now upgraded to a varsity.
Prior to his appointment, he was a dean in the Faculty of Education at the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS).
The governor also appointed Prof. Muhammad Aminu Mode and Prof. Nasiru Mukhtar Gatawa as vice-chancellors in charge of academics and administration, respectively.
Both were also former staff of Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS).
While Prof. Mode once headed UDUS Department of the Modern and European Languages, Prof. Gatawa worked at the university’s Economics Department, where he rose through the ranks from graduate assistant to a professor.
Other management and principal officers appointed by Tambuwal are Amina Yusuf Garba as registrar and Sulaiman Dikko as the librarian.
Garba, who had a stint at UDUS as an assistant registrar and deputy registrar, was the immediate past registrar of Sokoto state University before her appointment.
Meanwhile, the governor has directed that the remaining management positions of the university’s bursar and director of works and physical planning should be provided by the finance and works ministries, respectively
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday said Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, would commence full academic activities before the end of February, 2022.
Okowa disclosed this while fielding questions from news men shortly after inspecting the ongoing projects in the new university as well as the offices and residential apartments of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and the Chief of Staff, under construction.
He stated that all the courses of the university presented for the first year programme had been accredited by National Universities Commission (NUC), adding that no fewer than 500 students had already been offered admission to study various courses as accredited for the university.
According to him, more students who meet the admission requirements for the accredited courses in the university would be offerred admission by the institution.
The Governor, who inspected the Administrative Building, Vice Chancellor’s Lodge, Faculty of Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture and the university’s gate house, expressed satisfaction with the level of work so far executed by the contractors.
While saying that the administrative building and the Vice-Chancellor’s lodge would be completed in March, 2022, he stated that Faculty of Environmental Science which was nearing completion would be ready in February.
On Faculty of Agriculture, Okowa described it as “the star project’’ and said that it would be completed in October, 2022 and that construction of the roads connecting various faculties in the university were on course.
He also inspected the university’s gate under construction and affirmed that the Anwai/Ugbolu road would be expanded and beautified to link Ugbolu and give colour to the university and the Leisure Park and Film Village being built by his administration.
Okowa added that the Faculty of Agricultural Science would accommodate a 500-seater auditorium and two 250-sitting-capacity auditoriums, including the Faculty’s building.
“I am quite satisfied with the level of works done in the various projects at the Dennis Osadebay University.
“A lot has been done. We are happy with the progress of work recorded in the university and l do hope that at the beginning of April, there will be a change in that campus. For now it is no longer looking like a glorified primary school,” he added.
The governor pledged his administration’s commitment to completing all ongoing projects in line with contractual agreement.
Lagos State Government has stressed that quality education is crucial to the state’s progress and growth in this 21st century.
Executive Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board’s, LASUBEB, Wahab Alawiye-King, made the remarks at the commemoration of year 2022 International Day of Education, themed: ‘Changing Course, Transforming Education,” held in Ikeja.
Alawiye-King, therefore, promised not to relent in its efforts towards improving primary education in the state.
Recall that EKOEXCEL was launched in 2019 by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to provide quality education and up-skill teachers leveraging technology
Alawiye-King, commenting on this year’s celebration and EKOEXCEL’s strides, said good education is the foundation for the better future the present administration wants for all Lagos state pupils.
While, highlighting the achievements of EKOEXCEL in just two years of existence, he said it would not relent in up-scaling the skills of teachers and improving pupils’ learning environment.
“The recently released EKOEXCEL 2020-2021 Endline Fluency and Numeracy Evaluation that showed EKOEXCEL pupils are making remarkable progress in oral reading fluency and foundational numeracy compared to their performance before the initiative’s commencement, is a challenge to us to up our game and we shall do just that so that by the next evaluation, we will have more progress to report”, Alawiye-King said
The Permanent Board Member of LASUBEB and oversight chair of the EKOEXCEL programme, Adebayo Adefuye, in his remark, disclosed that the initiative has big ambitions this year, with the total transformation of basic education the overarching goal.
According to him; “Just like the theme of this year’s International Day of Education ‘Changing Course, Transforming Education’, we at EKOEXCEL won’t relent until we completely change the course of public education in Lagos for the better. A total transformation of public primary education is our goal and we are happy we are on course”, Adefuye said.
He further stated, “EKOEXCEL has commenced a robust public awareness campaign which include driving enrolment and reducing the number of out of school children in alignment with the government’s ‘Leave No Child Behind Policy’ and boosting academic excellence from a foundational level in Lagos public schools.
“The others include engaging parents and communities on the need and importance of education and connecting citizens to the government’s economic growth agenda through the transformation of education. “
The Benue State Chairman of Social Democratic Party, SDP, John Enemari has appealed to the Benue state government to name the Benue State University, BSU, after the second civilian Governor of the state and founder of the institution, the late Reverend Father Moses Adasu.
The later cleric was elected governor of the state between January 1992 and November 1993 on the platform of the Social Democratic party..
Addressing the media on Tuesday in Makurdi, Enemari urged the state government to honour the memory of the former Governor by naming the state owned university after him.
He said: “I appeal to the state government to emulate what the Federal Government did with the former Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi which has been renamed Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, JOSTUM, to honour the legendary JS Tarka of blessed memory.”
Tunisian President Kais Saied’s chief of staff and closest adviser Nadia Akacha has announced her resignation due what she says are fundamental differences in opinion over the country’s interests.
Taking to social media without elaborating, she wrote that she is faced with fundamental differences in opinion regarding Tunisia’s best interests adding that it was her duty to withdraw.
Akacha has been Saied’s closest aide since he rose to office in a 2019 landslide and since his July moves to suspend parliament and assume executive power in a measure his foes call a coup.
There was no immediate comment or official confirmation of her resignation from the presidential palace.
Akacha had been described by Tunisian government officials, foreign diplomats and former president staff as Saied’s closest and most trusted adviser and the conduit for almost all interactions with him.
Saied’s seizure of broad powers and declared plans to redraw the constitution have cast Tunisia’s decade-old democratic system into doubt and hindered a push for an international rescue plan for public finances.
The president has initiated an online public consultation before drafting a new constitution that he says will be put to a referendum, but has not brought major political or civil society players into the process.
Though his actions appeared to have broad support at first among Tunisians weary of economic stagnation and political paralysis, political leaders have voiced increasing opposition.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has announced his party will drop its storied but contested name, sidestepping factional squabbles and a legal dispute.
Nelson Chamisa, who narrowly lost elections in 2018 to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, announced he had registered a new party called Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).
Addressing a News Conference, Chamisa said they are having citizens coming together, a citizens’ affair and a citizen’s way to call for change for Zimbabwe.
The decision drops the name of the Movement for Democratic Change, which was formed out of the union movement in 1999 to challenge the ruling ZANU-PF’s stranglehold on power.
The MDC quickly emerged as the most potent opposition party that Zimbabwe had ever seen, inspiring labour groups around the region to take similar steps into politics.
But in recent years, the party has splintered into a variety of groupings all claiming the MDC name, symbols and colours.
Chamisa registered the party with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ahead of by-elections in March to fill 133 local and parliamentary seats.
Those give Chamisa a chance to test drive the CCC ahead of the next general elections in 2023.
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