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VIDEO: Eva Alordiah – Shots on Shots (Iceprince cover)
VIDEO: Eva Alordiah – Shots on Shots (Iceprince cover)
Nigerian female rapper Eva Alordiah covers Iceprince’s ‘Shots on Shots’ which features Sarkodie originally and produced by Chopstix
VIDEO PREMIERE: PARTY LIKE FELA by ONOSZ
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A wise man once said "Do not do what you cannot continue to deliver.
For the world wants to see a continuity of delivery of
set standards" .... ONOSZ has been consistent in dropping hit song after hit song. From CIRCULATE to ROLL AM and then PARTY LIKE FELA, he has proved to everyone with his versatility and amazing vocal delivery that he can hold his own on any level in music. We are proud to bring you the video to "Party Like Fela" by ONOSZ. We know y'all been waiting for it.
For the world wants to see a continuity of delivery of
set standards" .... ONOSZ has been consistent in dropping hit song after hit song. From CIRCULATE to ROLL AM and then PARTY LIKE FELA, he has proved to everyone with his versatility and amazing vocal delivery that he can hold his own on any level in music. We are proud to bring you the video to "Party Like Fela" by ONOSZ. We know y'all been waiting for it.
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Olu Maintain - Olu in Brazil
Olu In Brazil is Olu Maintain’s follow up single to critically acclaimed video and song Ennuff Effizzi, he demonstrates that consistency is in fact the name of the game. O.i.B (Olu In Brazil) was shot in the beautiful islands and villas of Brazil.
Directed by GIOVANNii – Vivendi & Dj TEE
Patients Suffer As Doctors’ Strike Bites Harder
As the nationwide warning strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) enters its second day, the situation at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Choba near Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday, looked desperate as patients were locked out of the clinics and labour wards, with no Doctors available to attend to them.
Some of the patients at the hospital, who spoke with The Tide yesterday, stated that they were confused on what to do, and complained that the strikes in the health sector in Nigeria were too frequent for comfort.
They appealed to the government to accede to the demands of the resident doctors while charging the doctors to be reminded that their job was a humanitarian one.
Meanwhile, the President, NARD, UPTH Chapter, Dr Prince Dan-Jumbo, has stated that the strike action, which commenced Monday, will terminate tomorrow at 8am.
Dan-Jumbo said that the reasons for the strike action bordered on lack of funding and policy framework for training of resident doctors, and general poor funding of the health sector.
He said that the doctors were also in solidarity with their colleagues at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, whom he said, the Medical Director of the centre, Dr Uwakwem, had held onto their December, 2013 to February, 2014, salaries without any convincing reason.
According Dan-Jumbo, since 2013, most doctors had been receiving only 90 per cent of their salaries in addition to late payment of salaries and allowances, which he said, could no longer be condoned.
He added that at the expiration of the three-day warning strike, if nothing tangible is done, they would have no other option than to embark on an indefinite strike by July 1, 2014.
Dan-Jumbo observed that the patients had been handed over to the consultants, saying that the patients were owned by the consultants by virtue of the fact that the hospital is an extension of the University of Port Harcourt.
Elsewhere, pregnant women, children, the aged and patients seeking care in public hospitals are bearing the brunt of the three-day warning strike by the resident doctors.
In Lagos, the strike took most patients unawares as they arrived early to keep appointments at various clinics, as only skeletal services were available.
Activities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba; Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba; National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi were severely hampered as most of the outpatient clinics, though open, were almost deserted as little or no activity was going on.
At the LUTH yesterday, the Accident and Emergency ward was shut, and new patients were turned back. The Ante-Natal Clinic and Children Out Patient Department were also bereft of activity as there were no doctors attending to patients.
At the Ear, Nose and Throat, ENT, department, few patients on appointment were seen being attended to by a consultant.
Several pregnant women waiting at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology departments of LUTH said none of them had been attended to.
A similar scenario was on at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, where only senior medical consultants, nurses, ward aides and other auxiliary staff were seen attending to patients in the wards and the Accident and Emergency unit of the hospital.
The outpatient clinics were open but devoid of the usual activities.
A hospital source disclosed that contingency measures were in place to cushion the effects of the strike.
At the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, dozens of patients booked for appointment, left the hospital premises in annoyance after waiting for long hours without getting attention, while a few patients were observed sleeping in the waiting room.
Some of the patients said they had no choice than to wait until they were attended to.
Speaking to newsmen, President, NARD, LUTH, Dr. Omojowolo Olubunmi, who disclosed that the industrial action at LUTH was in line with the NARD’s three-day warning strike, also explained that the strike at LUTH was indefinite.
He said: “It is just coincidence that our strike coincided with the three-day warning strike called by our national body, but the strike in LUTH is indefinite and we have decided not to back down until our demands from management of LUTH are met. “
But LUTH’s Chief Medical Director, Professor Akin Osibogun, said that the hospital was still open to public.
Osibogun, who stated that the strike was not in the interest of the patients, defended the management’s stand on some of the outstanding issues with ARD, urged the warring parties to exercise patience.
President of NARD, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, Dr. Akindele Akinta-yo, said the doctors can only attend to emergency cases.
On his part, President, ARD-Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Olusegun Akinwotu affirmed that if their demand is not met, there is tendency of embarking on an indefinite strike come July 1, as earlier directed by their national body.
At the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa States, services were grounded as doctors stayed away from their duty posts.
Also taking part in the strike were members of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), at the FMC, Yenagoa, over non-payment of promotion arrears.
Chairman, FMC, Yenagoa chapter of NARD, Dr. Ugoeze Asinobi, said members of the association complied with the directive of their national body.
However, an executive member of JOHESU, Mr. Simon Barnabas, said the unions were compelled to embark on a warning strike over non-payment of promotion arrears.
In Benin, the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), complied with the warning strike, unlike their counterparts at the Benin Central Hospital, who shunned the action.
President of the Association of Resident Doctors, UBTH branch, Dr. Goodluck Imoudu, said the warning strike achieved 100 per cent success.
But, in sharp contrast, normal services were maintained at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu; National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu (NOHE), and the Enugu State Teaching Hospital, Park Lane, as doctors ignored the call to embark on strike.
Tonye Nria-Dappa, with agency reports
Patients Suffer As Doctors’ Strike Bites Harder
As the nationwide warning strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) enters its second day, the situation at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Choba near Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday, looked desperate as patients were locked out of the clinics and labour wards, with no Doctors available to attend to them.
Some of the patients at the hospital, who spoke with The Tide yesterday, stated that they were confused on what to do, and complained that the strikes in the health sector in Nigeria were too frequent for comfort.
They appealed to the government to accede to the demands of the resident doctors while charging the doctors to be reminded that their job was a humanitarian one.
Meanwhile, the President, NARD, UPTH Chapter, Dr Prince Dan-Jumbo, has stated that the strike action, which commenced Monday, will terminate tomorrow at 8am.
Dan-Jumbo said that the reasons for the strike action bordered on lack of funding and policy framework for training of resident doctors, and general poor funding of the health sector.
He said that the doctors were also in solidarity with their colleagues at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, whom he said, the Medical Director of the centre, Dr Uwakwem, had held onto their December, 2013 to February, 2014, salaries without any convincing reason.
According Dan-Jumbo, since 2013, most doctors had been receiving only 90 per cent of their salaries in addition to late payment of salaries and allowances, which he said, could no longer be condoned.
He added that at the expiration of the three-day warning strike, if nothing tangible is done, they would have no other option than to embark on an indefinite strike by July 1, 2014.
Dan-Jumbo observed that the patients had been handed over to the consultants, saying that the patients were owned by the consultants by virtue of the fact that the hospital is an extension of the University of Port Harcourt.
Elsewhere, pregnant women, children, the aged and patients seeking care in public hospitals are bearing the brunt of the three-day warning strike by the resident doctors.
In Lagos, the strike took most patients unawares as they arrived early to keep appointments at various clinics, as only skeletal services were available.
Activities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba; Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba; National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi were severely hampered as most of the outpatient clinics, though open, were almost deserted as little or no activity was going on.
At the LUTH yesterday, the Accident and Emergency ward was shut, and new patients were turned back. The Ante-Natal Clinic and Children Out Patient Department were also bereft of activity as there were no doctors attending to patients.
At the Ear, Nose and Throat, ENT, department, few patients on appointment were seen being attended to by a consultant.
Several pregnant women waiting at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology departments of LUTH said none of them had been attended to.
A similar scenario was on at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, where only senior medical consultants, nurses, ward aides and other auxiliary staff were seen attending to patients in the wards and the Accident and Emergency unit of the hospital.
The outpatient clinics were open but devoid of the usual activities.
A hospital source disclosed that contingency measures were in place to cushion the effects of the strike.
At the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, dozens of patients booked for appointment, left the hospital premises in annoyance after waiting for long hours without getting attention, while a few patients were observed sleeping in the waiting room.
Some of the patients said they had no choice than to wait until they were attended to.
Speaking to newsmen, President, NARD, LUTH, Dr. Omojowolo Olubunmi, who disclosed that the industrial action at LUTH was in line with the NARD’s three-day warning strike, also explained that the strike at LUTH was indefinite.
He said: “It is just coincidence that our strike coincided with the three-day warning strike called by our national body, but the strike in LUTH is indefinite and we have decided not to back down until our demands from management of LUTH are met. “
But LUTH’s Chief Medical Director, Professor Akin Osibogun, said that the hospital was still open to public.
Osibogun, who stated that the strike was not in the interest of the patients, defended the management’s stand on some of the outstanding issues with ARD, urged the warring parties to exercise patience.
President of NARD, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, Dr. Akindele Akinta-yo, said the doctors can only attend to emergency cases.
On his part, President, ARD-Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Olusegun Akinwotu affirmed that if their demand is not met, there is tendency of embarking on an indefinite strike come July 1, as earlier directed by their national body.
At the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa States, services were grounded as doctors stayed away from their duty posts.
Also taking part in the strike were members of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), at the FMC, Yenagoa, over non-payment of promotion arrears.
Chairman, FMC, Yenagoa chapter of NARD, Dr. Ugoeze Asinobi, said members of the association complied with the directive of their national body.
However, an executive member of JOHESU, Mr. Simon Barnabas, said the unions were compelled to embark on a warning strike over non-payment of promotion arrears.
In Benin, the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), complied with the warning strike, unlike their counterparts at the Benin Central Hospital, who shunned the action.
President of the Association of Resident Doctors, UBTH branch, Dr. Goodluck Imoudu, said the warning strike achieved 100 per cent success.
But, in sharp contrast, normal services were maintained at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu; National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu (NOHE), and the Enugu State Teaching Hospital, Park Lane, as doctors ignored the call to embark on strike.
Tonye Nria-Dappa, with agency reports
Nigerian Couple Wins $50m Canadian Lottery
A Nigerian couple based in Canada and enjoying dual nationality is now $50million richer after hitting the jackpot in a lottery.
Hakeem and Abiola Nosiru endured a roller-coaster ride of emotions when the lottery ticket went missing only to be found and returned by someone at their church, according to MailOnline of Britain.
“Hakeem Nosiru won the January 17 Lotto Max draw and was one day away from claiming the money when the signed ticket, which he taped to the inside his wife’s purse for safekeeping, was missing after they attended church,” the report said.
It said that “despair turned to joy after a fellow member of the congregation discovered the ticket and reunited it with them on April 1 – a return made possible because Nosiru signed the ticket with their address.
“But the saga wasn’t over yet, as Nosiru gave the ticket to Ontario Provincial Police, who were investigating the matter for Ontario Lottery and Gaming to ensure there were no further snags.
“Everything checked out and Nosiru and his wife Abiola were beaming for the cameras at the OLG prize center Monday, telling reporters they were planning on travelling the world and helping out their family.”
Abiola Nosiru said that when she realised her husband’s winning ticket had disappeared from her purse, “I had a fly in my stomach and I couldn’t sleep for days. I couldn’t eat. I was devastated.
“We just wanted to see the reality. And the reality is right here now,” she added, fighting back tears.
She wasn’t sure what they’ll do for the woman who ended their losing streak, but told her: “I just want to say thank you.
UNEP Report: MOSOP Threatens To Storm Abuja
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has issued a June 30, 2014 ultimatum to the Federal Government to begin the process of cleaning up Ogoniland or face a series of protests in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
MOSOP threatened to storm Abuja, the nation’s capital, if the Federal Government failed to start the restoration of Ogoni environment based on the recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme.
The group lamented that nothing had been done to clean up the area since the presentation of the report to the central government in 2011.
MOSOP President, Mr. Legborsi Pyagbara, said in a statement yesterday by his Media/Public Affairs Advisor, Mr. Bari-ala Kpalap, that government had continued to delay the implementation of the UNEP report, even when a high-powered delegation from Ogoni had visited President Goodluck Jonathan on the matter.
Pyagbara, who had earlier spoken at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, United States of America, described the Federal Government’s silence on the UNEP recommendations as insensitive and unfortunate.
He said, “as the World Environmental Day draws closer, the (MOSOP) has warned that if by June 30, the Federal Government of Nigeria fails to emplace any genuine process of restoring the Ogoni environment.
“At the expiration of the ultimatum, the series of peaceful protests deliberately delayed since last year would be resumed as MOSOP will have no choice than to mobilize the Ogoni people and her friends to march on Abuja in protest against its murderous inaction on the matter.
“In 2010, prior to the release of the report, UNEP had informed government and its agencies; and other relevant interests about the severity of the degradation of the Ogoni environment and advised quick and sustained response to prevent public health crisis in the region.
“True to UNEP’s declaration, between February and May 2014, the communities have collectively buried over 50 natives.
The deceases suffered cancer, lung (respiratory) and other adverse health conditions associated with hydrocarbon pollution,” he added
Amaechi Bags UN Diplomatic Passport, Award
Rivers State Governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has been honoured with the United Nations (UN) Diplomatic Passport for his contributions to human capital development as an ambassador of the UN.
Amaechi, who was earlier honoured with the ‘Associate Fellowship’ of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva, Switzerland by the UN for his development of the education sector, was honoured with a UN diplomatic passport to further appreciate his genuine channeling of resources to the development of human race.
The award which was specifically for his contributions to the Education Sector has placed Rivers as the best state in Nigeria with 21st century education facility.
The award, in addition to diplomatic passport, entitles Amaechi to a UN certificate that confers immunity whenever on any UN Assignment.
The award was given to the governor for his contributions in the Education sector by placing Rivers State as the best state in Nigeria with 21st Century Educational facilities.
It is also for his outstanding contributions to United Nations Institute for Training and Research Programmes in Nigeria, and for promoting overall United Nations activities in the South-South geo-political zone of the country by providing an outstanding facility with the capacity of housing over 15 UN agencies in Port Harcourt.
UNITAR Country Director, Larry Boms said, “Governor Amaechi is recognized for his leadership in governance, infrastructural development, social economic development and distributional equity and justice.
“Besides the recognition the award bestows on the Amaechi administration, it has positioned Rivers State on the global map of United Nation Offices thanks to the governor’s support to UNITAR programmes. In the longer term, the presence of UNITAR would attract more UN agencies to Rivers State
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