The Premier League match between Burnley and Tottenham was called off a little under an hour before kick-off on Sunday because of heavy snow at Turf Moor.
Attempts to clear the pitch proved in vain as the undersoil heating struggled to cope and snow fell as quickly as it could be removed.
The announcement was made shortly after both sides had named their teams for the match in the northwest of England.
“Due to concerns with the playing surface and surrounding areas, it’s been deemed that the game can’t go ahead safely,” said a tweet on Burnley’s official account.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche told the BBC the snow was falling so thickly that it was re-covering the pitch every time it was cleared.
“The referee explained the safety angle as well so it was important to make a decision early,” he said.
“It fell that quick and that heavy. It’s still quite strong now. (The pitch) can’t get rid of the snow that quick.”
Antonio Conte’s Spurs are seventh in the table while Burnley were seeking to move out of the relegation zone after being unbeaten in their past four matches.
Edema Godmin Fuludu is a Nigerian Ex International who played as a midfielder in his career days as a footballer. He played club football for New Nigerian Bank, BCC Lions and Julius Berger all in Nigeria and and Altay F. C in Turkey. Edema Fuludu played internationally for the Super Eagles of Nigeria and was part of the triumphant Nigeria’s squad at 1994 African Cup of Nations . Fuludu has served as head coach of Warri Wolves and Chairman Delta State Football Association. He shares his thoughts with LN247 on the raging debate on the state of Nigerian football, the Super Eagles as well as the embattled manager Gernot Rohr.
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Facts are sacrosanct. The truth must be told. Gernot Rohr has not fallen short of the targets set for him by his employers the NFF. He has qualified the team for AFCON and gotten to the World cup Africa play offs and he may or may not qualify for Qater 2022.
I think talks about the need to sack him is coming on the hills of his inability to produce a team that plays with consistency and robust kind of way the Super Eagles were known for. Given the arrays of young and enterprising players in the likes of Osimhen, Ndidi, Ekong, Aribo and Chukwueze to mention a few Rhor could not in 5 years establish pattern desirable to the average Nigerian Super Eagles fan. His negative attitude towards home grown talents and undesirability to help develop our football as National teams’ Technical Adviser are the main issues leading to this uproar about his removal.
His sack will of course Shake up the Super Eagles but it definitely will just be a stop gap remedy in re-engineering the National team. Other factors working against the team that we can lay bear on the table include but not limited to-:
Welfare and prompt remuneration of players. It is not fair to owe players so much backlog of allowances having performed and matters arising from it treated like master servant relationship with subtle threats like we can replace you as many are even begging to put on the National jersey.
Merit on invitation to the National team has taken a back drop such that the modus operandi in invitation is “corrupted”. We have a technical department yet one Tunde is sitting in Europe determining who gets called up or not. 3 The Technical department of the NFF which is a very vital organ of the NFF am sure has little or no input in what happens to the Super Eagles. This should not be in normal circumstances. 4.Complacency has set in in majority of the current players due to lack of effective competition for placement in the team. Fear of losing positions has disappeared thus reducing the verve to put up hundred percent at all times.
Personally I think too many diaspora players is also another factor. Those who were born and bred in Nigeria have this different psyche and are always happy to be back home and want to perform to not only win but please their families, friends and associates in Nigeria. They understand the street mentality here and expect to see and felicitate with people here after a game regardless of the associated financial pressure on them. This is purely a subjective opinion but it has it’s psychological consequences.
Finance: The NFF needs funds and these funds when accessed must be judiciously and transparently deployed according to needs. Government must and should release funds as at when due and hold the receivers accountable. Too much controversy on funds received and utilized by the leadership of the NFF.
The current NFF President seems to be the star player of the National team. He is apparently more popular than the active players on the media front. He should delegate and make sure actions are taken. Now reports say he is traveling to London to discuss with a substantive new coach. WHAT TO DO What we need to do include getting a new coach to inject new ideas and pump up players adrenaline on the need to be more patriotic and of course provide for their welfare. I am an advocate of a home base coach with structured backroom staff helped by an accountable Technical Department of the NFF. We need a coach who will be allowed to do his job without the Federation imposing so much influence on what must be or not. A coach who will not allow players forced on him. We must begin to put into use positive scouting mechanism that allows merit to rule who gets called up. Focus must also come to our domestic league because a country’s football prowess is mostly determined by its league. We had a football culture and pattern. There was a Super Eagles of Nigeria. The future is now.
If you always feel a clogged nose, constant cough, and phlegm, there is the possibility of having excess mucus production in your body. Indeed, whenever our body or immune system fights any kind of infection, there are increasing chances of over-production of mucus. This mucus gets thick after some time, raising congestion-related issues, cold, cough, and sometimes the situation becomes worse and severe. However, there are several foods nature has made available to us to resolve this. You would be pleased to know that these natural foods can eliminate mucus and cleanse the body.
Ginger
Ginger is a powerful anti-bacterial ingredient and contains many beneficial factors, and has been used as a remedy from ancient times. The richness of antioxidants directly triggers the excess mucus and kills it naturally. You can use ginger in multiple ways, and this super remedy can clear the mucus quickly and in a few weeks. You can add ginger in your tea, soups, or stew or as a main course. Just grate some fresh ginger and add it into a glass of lukewarm water and drink it once a day. You can also add some turmeric with ginger, and both will work great to reduce mucus and prevent re-production.
Garlic and Onion
Garlic is the best anti-bacterial spice and it contains healing properties, and the Onion also has multiple functional components that directly work on mucus and kills it naturally. Some people do not like the smell of garlic or onion, but with these benefits you will agree with me that its worth a try. However, you can add them to your regular foods, soup, or stew. Just grate some garlic cloves or onions and add them to your favourite dish so you can enjoy all the goodness.
Apples
Apples are rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, and potassium and these all are needed to decrease mucus from the body. Most people love to eat apples. One of the beautiful ways to enjoy your apples is by adding them to your cakes or deserts not to worry about losing its nutrients in the heat, you can enjoy your dish with all the benefits of the apple.
Berries
Berries are rich in vitamin C, minerals, and rich antioxidants, and that’s what is needed to kill mucus naturally. You can eat blueberries, strawberries, elderberries, cranberries because all types of berries have many valuable factors to prevent mucus. You can eat berries or also make smoothies or add them to your cereals. They taste great and carry several healthy nutrients value that is important for your health. The fibre added in berries helps to cure infections and hydrate the body.
Pineapple
Pineapple has plenty of health benefits one of such is its unique component called bromelain; it is a protein that helps to kill mucus rapidly. Many people love to eat pineapple because of its juicy and delicious taste. Some eat to get the antioxidants, but many of us are not aware that expert advice to eat pineapple after sinus operation to reduce mucus production. One can also have pineapple juice but do not add anything to it. Just to simply drink its juice or eat it directly, regularly can help get rid of mucus.
Broccoli
As we all know, veggies are good for our overall health, especially veggies like broccoli, cauliflower, beans, and Brussels sprouts work well to reduce mucus because these veggies have fibre, enzymes, and antioxidants. These magical components break down the mucus amount, and clears the excess mucus from the throats and body. You can simply eat them raw, of course after washing making sure they are clean or you can steam them and add them into soup, stew, pasta, or noodles. You can also make broccoli soup by thoroughly blending it and adding some pine nuts to it.
Conclusion Having Mucus in ones throat can really be discomforting and irritating, but so far we have listed some foods nature has provided that we can use without any side effects. Let’s take advantage of them and create healthy lifestyles. Enjoy!
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, says the board uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, colleges of education, polytechnics and other allies from 2017 to 2020.
He stated this at the consultative sensitization meeting with select stakeholders in Abuja.
Oloyede said the illegality was perpetrated in all the six geopolitical zones by public and private higher institutions.
The registrar said the situation had damaged the image of the country.
Stating about 114 universities accounted for 67.795 of the illegal admissions, 137 polytechnics 489,918; 80 colleges of education for 142, 818 and 37 other institutions, 5,678 cases.
He said such admissions were unknown to JAMB as prescribed by law.
He, however, said the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had assented to the JAMB’s plea for a last chance for the violators.
Oloyede said the institutions disregarded JAMB’s Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS which allows institutions to “only admit candidates that met the requirements.”
“He also approved the caveat that the culprits should, first and foremost, declare the number of candidates admitted outside CAPS between 2017 and 2020 by sending a formal letter of confession and disclosure to the JAMB Registrar,” he added.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has said twenty thousand graduates will commence paid fellowship in January 2022 through the United Nations Development Programme and Federal Government partnership.
The VP stated this on Friday at the 2021 Presidential Policy Dialogue of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
According to him, the partnership is under the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme, which is aimed at opening up opportunities to address unemployment by providing 20,000 young Nigerian graduates annually with year-long job placement opportunities in both the public and private sectors across the country.
In a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, on Saturday, the VP also stated the Federal Government’s interventions in reducing the country’s youth unemployment gap through job initiatives.
“These include the N-Power scheme (where up to 1.5 million young Nigerians were recruited over two cohorts), and the Jubilee Fellows Programme – in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, the European Union, and other partners – a one-year work placement scheme for 20,000 young Nigerians set to kick-off in January 2022,” the statement read in part.
The VP was quoted as saying, “While this was a scratch on the surface as well over two million young people enter into the workforce every year, there is no doubt that the Nigeria private sector has to thrive in order to create the number and kinds of jobs that we need but it is also important for the Nigerian youth to acquire the skills and knowledge of the workplace.”
Osinbajo also disclosed that the collaboration of both government and the private sector “must promote productivity and value addition and move away from the despair of managing limited resources to producing and creating more in a competitive and sustainable manner.”
He said through the new National Development Plan, the Federal Government is placing particular focus on job creation, value addition, and promoting a business-friendly environment.
Explaining how the collaboration would be implemented, Osinbajo stated that the Plan “envisages an investment commitment of N348trillion over the plan period of which it is expected that Government at all levels will come up with about N49.7trillion or about 14%, while the private sector is expected to invest N298 trillion or about 86%.”
Seychelles remains one of the safest destinations, says a top government official on Saturday.
The statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde follows statements in the international news that the island nation has recorded cases of the new variant, omicron.
According to the Seychelles’ Minister for Health, Mrs Peggy Vidot, to date no cases of the new South African variant has been reported in the island nation.
Seychelles is a tourism archipelago located over a thousand kilometres away from mainland Africa.
Radegonde reassured visitors planning their holidays to Seychelles in December, that the destination remains very safe.
Christmas is a very big celebration in Angola. Over 50% of the population are Catholic, with at least another 25% being other kinds of Christians. So going to church on Christmas Day is important.
There are Midnight Mass services on Christmas Eve and also a Mass on Christmas Day.
A Christmas Day Mass is also broadcast on national TV, so people can watch it from home if they are not able to go to church. During Advent, many people go to special church services.
The main Christmas meal is eaten after the Christmas Day church service.
Family and friends visit each others houses and guests are always welcome. People often save up throughout the year so they can afford some special foods for the big Christmas meal.
In rural parts of Angola, families might rear animals especially to eat at Christmas.
The meal traditionally consists of ‘pirão’ or ‘funge’ (a type of polenta made of corn meal or cassava flour) with rice, spaghetti, french fries, turkey, fried chicken and dishes like ‘ozido de bacalhau’ (cooked cold fish with vegetables), ‘calulu’ (a dish of fired fish or beef with tomatoes, garlic, okra, sweet potatoes and spinach, etc.) and ‘mufete’ (grilled fish served with stewed palm oil beans, sweet potato, plantain and cassava).
Dessert is often a Bolo Rei cake, due to Angola’s historical connection with Portugal. Bolo Rei is especially popular in cities.
The main decoration in most houses will be a Nativity Scene (Presépio). Other decorations like Christmas Trees and stockings are becoming more widespread.
Giving gifts is more common in cities than in rural areas. Big shops in the cities will also be decorated with lights for Christmas.
In Angola the main language spoken is Portuguese, so Happy/Merry Christmas is ‘Feliz Natal’.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has approved a new Water Strategy for 2021-2025.
In a statement issued in Abidjan, the bank titled the five-year water strategy as: “Towards a Water-Secure Africa’’ and said it was approved on Nov. 17.
It aims to increase water security in Africa and to foster its sustainable, green and inclusive socio-economic growth and development.
Dr Beth Dunford, the bank’s Vice-President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, said it was a significant milestone for the bank.
This, she explained, was in terms of regarding water development and sanitation as key components to improve the quality of life for the people of Africa.
She said the strategy would help the bank to expand its role as the continent’s partner, while promoting integrated development and management of Africa’s water sector.
The strategy is expected to guide AfDB’s implementation of its policy on water, which it approved earlier in 2021.
The water strategy’s four pillars underscore the importance of water and sanitation for socio-economic development; sustainability, resilience, and inclusivity; food production, nutrition and hydropower.
It aligns with the bank’s high fives and thus contributes also to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
Osward Chanda, the bank’s Director for Water Development and Sanitation was quoted as saying that water is a key enabler for many of the United Nations’ SDGs.
“The bank considers water to be essential for life, health, dignity, empowerment, environmental sustainability, peace and prosperity,’’ he said.
The bank said that more than 100 of its stakeholders provided inputs to develop the strategy, which the board lauded as exemplary.
The bank recalled that since 2010, it has invested an estimated 6.2 billion dollars in water supply and sanitation services.
It recalled also that as at the end of October 2021, its active water sector portfolio stood at 5.02 billion dollars.
This, it said, comprised 104 projects implemented in 40 countries and five multinational projects.
The African Development Bank has called on African countries to have clear-cut policies that will address the funding gaps in the sanitation and hygiene sector.
Mr Nelson Gomonda, AfDB’s Rural Water and Sanitation expert, made this call at the virtual Africa Water and Sanitation Week.
Speaking on “Driving National Progress on Hand Hygiene Through Diverse Financing”, Gomonda said it was worrisome that low investment in hygiene was inherent in countries.
He said it was of great concern that many countries did not have these plans in place.
Gomonda said having plans and policies was a major requirement for them to enjoy funding from development partners, who may want to give grants.
According to him, the AfDB was intervening in Namibia to the tune of $5 million, because the country had plans on what it needs and how to meet the challenges.
“African nations must be clear on their needs for sanitation financing, and these must be backed by policies, they must be up on their feet.
“They must develop these polices, cost it, to address hygiene promotion,’’ Gomonda said.
He called for appointment of hygiene champions in countries that would spearhead advocacies for importance of sanitation and hygiene in the region.
Mr George Jobe, Malawi Health Equity Network, noted that the challenges of poor access of water and sanitation had seen increasing cholera cases with impact, especially in under-five children.
Jobe said access to water and sanitation was negotiable, hence the need for its inclusion in the nation’s annual budget.
He stressed that continuous and frequent budget analysis would be an avenue for key stakeholders to know the issues and also create an opportunity for lobbying for inclusive development.
“We recall the Abuja Declaration in which countries have made pledge to commit 15 per cent of annual budgets to health financing.
“These issues cut across water and sanitation and there is the need for monitoring these commitments’’ Jobe said.
He also expressed the need to build capacities of local and rural communities to reawaken their interest on importance of sanitation financing.
Ms. Susanna Smets, Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist, World Bank, said hand hygiene was the most affordable investment in health.
She said that collective effort of all was needed to support governments to reflect these needs.
In 2015, the Ngor Declaration called for universal access to “adequate and sustainable” hygiene services by 2030.
Yet, Africa is not on track to meet the Ngor Vision and SDG target by 2030.
According to the latest JMP estimates, in 23 countries in Africa, at least a quarter of the population have no access to a hand washing facility with soap and water at home in 2020.
Institutional arrangements for hygiene at national and sub-national levels are often complex, presenting a challenge for securing and tracking financial allocations.
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has commenced the annual clearing and removal of water hyacinth across Jetties and terminals in the State.
General Manager Lagos State waterways Authority, Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel while speaking to newsmen explained that pegging and clearing of the Water Hyacinth have commenced at areas with very high infestation and impact on navigation.
Water hyacinth is a problematic invasive species that creates serious impediment to smooth navigation on the Waterways during it’s season. It obstruct the free flow of ferry traffic on the state inland waterways.
Therefore LASWA along side other State MDA’s and Federal Agencies are collaborating and have mobilized adequate Labour force and machinery to commence clearing of the stubborn weed immediately.
The General Manager LASWA added that the first phase of the project is pegging down the water hyacinth to curtail its movement and infestation across ferry channels, followed by proper clearing of the aquatic weed using both manual Labour and weed harvesting machines.
This effort in no doubt will mitigate the occasional damage of Boat Engines caused by this floating aquatic plant and will eliminate delays in travel time while promoting the use of water transport as a viable alternative that is safe, fast and secure.
Mr. Oluwadamilola reiterated the state government’s commitment towards improving safety standards and procedures of the state inland waterways so to achieve the safety of all Waterways users, he advises Boat Captains to always drive with caution during this season while soliciting maximum cooperation of all stakeholders.
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