U.S. President Donald Trump, second right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, third left, attend talks during the G20 summit in Hamburg Germany, Friday July 7, 2017. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is on the left and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is on the right. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
The Bishop of Anglican Communion, Kaduna Diocese, Timothy Yahaya, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he had “lost grip on good governance in Nigeria, just as political leaders are now behaving as if they are no longer accountable to the people.”
In his New Year message to the citizens, the cleric reminded the Buhari administration that, “if they escape account of man, they cannot escape the account of God.”
Yahaya regretted that the President had “failed to deliver on the promises he made over six years ago while running for the presidency.”
Reviewing the fight against corruption, insecurity and the economic policies of the current administration, he argued that the situation had gone worse.
General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG Worldwide), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to heed counsel by tagging bandits terrorists.
The cleric, who presided over a New Year service, yesterday, at the church’s headquarters in Ebute-Metta and later spoke through the Assistant General Overseer, (Admin. & Personnel), Pastor Johnson Odesola, noted that Nigerians had been traumatised enough, as they “cannot freely move in their own country for the fear of bandits, kidnappers among others that have drawn international sympathy.”
Adeboye advised Buhari to do more on security by curbing the activities of the hoodlums, demanding accountability and regular updates from the service chiefs on insecurity in the country.
He also urged the Nigerian leader to ensure that his administration remains very sensitive and proactive to security reports.
The clergy assured Nigerians that 2022 “is a year of progress and joy for as many that would draw closer to God.”
Veteran Roberto Bautista Agut upset world number eight Casper Ruud on Monday to give Spain their second straight win at the ATP Cup, a record matched by Hubert Hurkacz’s Poland.
The 33-year-old Bautista Agut is the lead singles player for his country in the absence of 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and has stepped up in style.
After crushing Chile’s world number 17 Cristian Garin in Sydney on Saturday, he backed it up with a battling 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) victory over Ruud, the first Norwegian to win an ATP Tour title.
It ensured Spain won the tie with an unassailable 2-0 ahead of a dead doubles rubber after Pablo Carreno Busta made a quick start when he dismissed Norway’s 345th-ranked Viktor Durasovic 6-3, 6-3 in just 69 minutes.
The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives on Friday said it would commence three-day warning strike on Monday, January 10.
This was disclosed in a statement by the state secretary of the union, Oloruntoba Odumosu, noting that the strike was necessary to compel the Lagos State Government to act promptly on its demands.
“The State Executive Council of the association at its meeting on December 29, 2021, resolved that the Council should embark on a three-day warning strike starting 08:00 am on Monday, January 10, 2022, to 08:00 pm on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
“This warning strike is to compel the Lagos State Government to act promptly on the following issues; acute shortage of nurses and midwives in health facilities; payment of retention allowance; proper consolidation of the CONHESS salary structure; regularisation of graduate nurses and stagnated nurses; improved welfare and working condition of nurses; improved hazard allowance; nurses representation in relevant boards and policy making and life insurance scheme for nurses and other health workers,” the statement read.
Odumosu added that the strike would be total and comprehensive with the exemption of federal health institutions in the state.
Former Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa is dead.
A family source, who confirmed the death, said Tofa passed in the early hours of Monday at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano after a brief illness.
Tofa died 29 years after contesting and losing a presidential election against late Chief Mashood Abiola, an election that was botched by the military junta of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.
The death of the elder statesman and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) early went viral on social media last Friday but was later put to rest by the family source who confirmed that the business tycoon was only critically sick then.
The burial arrangement is to be announced but the deceased may be buried today in line with Islamic rites.
The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has donated delivery kits and baby items to 600 mothers of new born babies in selected Primary Health Care Centres across the six Area Councils of the territory as part of activities to celebrate the New Year.
She, however, used the occasion to reiterate the FCT Administration’s determination to support those in genuine needs and emphasized the administration’s desire to promote the culture of being our brother’s keepers at all times.
Earlier, one of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Dennis Uke, mother of baby Adiya Uke, in Dutse Makaranta Primary Health Care Centre, who delivered at 4:10am thanked the minister for the kind gesture, adding that the items and cash donation would assist mothers at this early stage of delivery.
The ministerial team also visited Old Kutunku Primary Health Care Centre in Gwagwalada Area Council, Lugbe Primary Health Care Centre in Abuja Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Dutse Primary Health Care in Bwari Area Council, Dabi Bako Primary Health Care in Kwali Area Council, New Township Clinic in Abaji Area Council among others.
Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, wife of the Lagos state Governor on the first day of the year 2022, welcomed and presented gifts items to the first babies of the year in three public hospitals namely: Harvey Road Health Centre, Onikan Health Centre and Lagos Island Maternity Hospital.
Baby Abdulganiu, a male who weighed 3.2kg delivered at exactly 12:00:15am by Mrs. Shukurat Abdulganiu is the first baby of the year at Harvey Road Hospital. Another baby, also male who weighed 2.5 kg and delivered at 12:00am by Mrs Adesola Ajila is the first baby of the year at Onikan Health Centre, while the first baby of year at the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital is baby Layembi. The baby; a male who weighed 3.1kg was delivered at 12:10am by Mrs Simbiat Layembi.
Welcoming the first babies at these hospitals, Sanwo-Olu said the birth of a newborn is a symbolic and significant event that brings forth the assurance that human heritage is carried on to the next generation.
“The gift of a new baby is a priceless one from God. It, therefore, gladdens me to be in the midst of the Lagos Health Family to receive and celebrate the First Baby of the year 2022” She noted.
Sanwo-Olu commended the Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi and the Lagos health family for the laudable improvement recorded in the health sector.
She said: “The State Government, through the Health Ministry, has continued to deliver on its mandate to all residents in the State. Over the years, the State Government has strengthened its Maternal and Child Health policies and programs, upgrading and constructing new Maternal and Child health facilities towards the provision of efficient, accessible, and affordable mother and child services.
While presenting gifts to the parents of the newly born, the first lady commended all philanthropists, corporate bodies, Non-governmental organizations and civil society groups involved in any form of partnership towards complimenting the vision of the state government in the health sector.
Earlier in his remarks, the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi noted that the first baby of the year remains a symbolic event which marks the first activity of the government every year adding that the event is a demonstration of the priority placed on the provision of sustainable health care delivery in the state.
Abayomi stated further that the Ministry of Health remains committed to implementing policies, programmes and projects that will promote maternal and child well-being as well as prevent and reduce maternal and child mortality in the State.
He added that the State government through the Ministry of Health will continue to provide qualitative and equitable health care services to all citizens of the State through strengthening of structures, health promoting programs and expanding services that will promote healthy living including neonatal and child survival.
In his remarks, the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola assured that the State government will continue to stimulate the required quality of health service delivery that is poised to address existing health gaps.
Muri-Okunola who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye, urged residents to embrace the Lagos State Health Insurance Scheme for seamless access to quality and efficient health care services in Lagos State.
He stressed that the Lagos State Health Scheme which is now in full swing will continue to give succor to residents.
366 The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
1492 Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula.
1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible’s march to Novgorod begins.
1905 American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms.
1942 World War II: the 28 nations at war with Axis powers pledge to make no separate peace deals.
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The Ogun State Government has announced a new date for schools resumption.
It was earlier announced that schools in the state will resume January 4 but in the latest press statement, the government announced that schools will now resume January 10.
The press statement was signed by the State commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu.
Before resumption, Arigbabu said learners and parents are required to sign an undertaking to abide by laid down regulations.
It read, “The Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology wishes to announce to the general public that the resumption date for the 2nd term 2021/2022 academic session for all primary and secondary schools as well as government science and technical colleges in the state has changed to Monday, 10th January, 2022.
“The change is necessitated by the series of pre-resumption activities lined up by the ministry to further reposition our schools.
“As part of resumption guidelines, each parent/guardian and learner are expected, between Tuesday 4th and Monday 10th January 2022, to sign an undertaking of willingness to abide by laid down regulations and support the school in ensuring and enforcing discipline.
“Parents, guardians, and all school administrators are therefore enjoined to note the new resumption date while awaiting details of other pre-resumption activities.
“We wish all our learners compliments of the season and a peaceful term.”
The Lagos State Government has fixed Tuesday, January 4, for public and private primary and secondary schools to resume for the second term for the 2021/2022 academic session in the state.
According to a statement issued by the office of the education quality assurance (OEQA) unit of the state’s ministry of education and signed by its public affairs officer, Olaniran Emmanuel, the second term mid-term break will be observed between Thursday, 17 and Friday, 18, February 2022 while schools would be closed on Friday, April 8.
Olaniran quoted the director-general of OEQA, Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, that all learners are expected back in school as academic activities start the same day.
The statement reads in part; “The director-general wishes the students and teachers happy resumption while enjoining all school leaders to enforce strict compliance with all subsisting safety protocols in the state.
“The Office of Education Quality Assurance will monitor compliance with the resumption date in the Lagos State Unified Academic Calendar and observe teaching and learning process in schools.”
Seriki-Ayeni enjoined boarding students to resume on Monday 3rd January, 2022 in preparation for academic activities
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