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Lassa Fever claims 10.

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At least 35 people across five states have been confirmed to have Lassa fever and seven have died across three states in the last one week, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said.

The new cases brought to 353 the number of cases confirmed for Lassa since the start of January. In the same period, 110 people have died.

A total 1,121 cases have been suspected for Lassa but 723 have tested negative, eight are listed as “probable” cases and 37 still await laboratory results. At least 85% of all the cases confirmed for Lassa were from Edo, Ondo and Ebonyi-the three most-affected states.

Two health workers were confirmed positive this week in Ebonyi, bringing the number of health workers affected to 16 in six states. Some 35 people remained hospitalized at Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo, 18 at Federal Medical Centre, Owo and 16 at Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.

Officials have identified 3,126 contacts in 18 states, where Lassa fever is active. Germany-based Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine is supporting reference laboratories in Edo, Abuja and Lagos with testing reagents, NCDC said in a situation report.

Belema oil donates 30 blocks of flats to Nigerian Army

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A Rivers State based indigenous oil company, Belemaoil, has donated 30 blocks of flats to the 16 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Bayelsa State.

The donation is for the lower ranks at the division. President and Founder of Belemaoil Producing Ltd, Jack-Rich Tein Jr, made the donation during the ground breaking ceremony of the 16 Brigade Camp in Yenagoa.

Tein Jr also announced a scholarship award of N150,000 each to 300 children of the Nigerian Army men and officials who lost their lives during peace keeping missions in Niger Delta and the Northeast, amounting to about N45m per annum.

“It’s a great honour for our humble selves to be here today and this is the second project that Belemaoil is doing. The last was a 100 bed hostel space at Elele.

“I thought it is important for Belemaoil to be part of this project that will motivate the Nigerian Army. I, on behalf of my company hereby pronounce the award of 300 scholarships at N150,000 each, amounting to N45million per annum, for the servicemen and women who paid the ultimate price in the Northeast and in the Niger Delta

“Belemaoil has decided to take over the construction of 30 units Corporal and below quarters for the Camp Burutai,” he said.

Rohr rules out new players

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Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has ruled out the possibility of bringing in new players to the squad ahead the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

The Franco-German coach revealed that he is poised to stick to the bulk of the players that secures the qualification berth to the Mundial.

“We have built a good environment for the team and I believe all the players gave everything to secure the ticket to Russia,” Rohr told BBC Sport.

With first-choice goalkeeper Carl Ikeme undergoing treatment for leukemia, the Nigerian team has witnessed a crisis in the goalkeeping department. Despite this, Rohr is adamant that the core squad players have done enough to deserve a place in the team thus, there is no need for an addition.

“It looks very impossible to get Carl Ikeme to play in Russia, but Ikechukwu Ezenwa showed in big matches so far that he can be in goal.

“The young boy Uzoho had a great game against Argentina so I’ve sent the goalkeeper trainer to continue to provide support for this boy in Spain.

“We are not limited as we also have other goalkeepers like Akpeyi, Ajiboye and Alampasu in the team, so I believe we are fine.”

Despite solicitations for a recall of veteran players that have once played for the team, the 64-year-old gaffer insists that his team has a good blend of youth and experience with the required quality for the global football fiesta.

“You have to respect what the former players have done in the past but be careful that you don’t try to bring them back because people think so,” said Rohr.

“We have big experience in captain [John] Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and our left back Elderson who is now playing in Belgium.

“If we feel the need to strengthen this squad we know what to do because for nearly two years now we’ve had a good atmosphere so far. Another good news is that the young striker in Wolfsburg [Victor] Osimhen is also playing now.

“I will make the [provisional] squad based on this group and also give one of the CHAN boys a chance as well.

“We can’t just keep bringing in player after player when you already have those who have proven that they can do the job,” Rohr added.

Rohr will release the squad list of the players called up to camp to execute Nigeria’s forthcoming friendly games against Poland and Serbia.

Akpala makes Belgium Jupiler league team of the week.

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Former Super Eagles striker Joseph Akpala is gradually working his way back to reckoning in football, through his Belgium Jupiler side Oostende.

The Former Insurance of Benin forward was on target for his team Oostende on Sunday, as they secured a much needed victory over Gent who also has Moses Simon in their line up.

Akpala hit the second goal in the 3-2 win and has hand in the winning goal.

The player was on Monday selected among the Team of the Week in Jupiler league.

The skilful forward has represented Nigeria’s Super Eagles in the past under the tutelage of late Stephen Keshi.

Echejile announces arrival of his baby boy

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Super Eagles defender, Elderson Echejile, is Presently basking in the euphoria of the arrival of his baby boy.

Former Sivasspor of Turkey player quits Bachelorhood last year and tied a nuptial knot with long time girlfriend Oghenevwemo Ziregbe.

Echejile announced the arrival of the baby on his instagram page on Tuesday afternoon .

“My boy is here! So grateful to God for the
newest addition to my family,” he wrote.

Cercle Brugge of Belgium player is expected to be among the players Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr will invite for the upcoming pre-world cup friendlies.

NNPC Drives Down Cost of Producing Crude Oil per Barrel to $20

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has brought down the cost of producing a barrel of crude oil to $20, even as it now targets producing the black gold at $15 per barrel.

NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who disclosed this Monday in Abuja during the NNPC Day at the ongoing Technology and Innovation Expo 2018, attributed the feat to the impact of science, technology and efficient work processes, saying the mileage would enable more revenue generation to the Federal Government.

The Expo 2018 has the theme: Fast Tracking Sustainable Development of Nigeria Through Science and Technology in Abuja.

Represented by the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Gas and Power, Engr. Saidu Mohammed, the GMD noted that the NNPC had been innovative and efficient in its various operations to drive down the cost of production of crude oil and gas.

Dr. Baru said the NNPC was not only participating in the Science Fair but was also in full support of the ideals behind the event, stressing that science and technology is the bedrock of the Oil and Gas Industry.

The GMD stated that the corporation had succeeded in domesticating engineering, procurement, construction and most of the major activities of the Oil and Gas Industry, adding that heading to London to prepare mere tender documents for engineering, procurement and construction belonged to the distant past.

“Today we have fully domesticated the engineering, procurement and construction aspect of the Oil and Gas Industry and we are working hand-in-hand with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to get Nigerians who are willing to invest and innovative to propel this country going forward to go into the ventures of fabrication where we spend the big chunk of the money in the industry. In other words, we have gone far to domesticate procurement,” Dr. Baru stated.

He explained that today, there were fabrications going on in the areas of valves, line pipes, stressing that Nigeria has also gone into fabrication of vessels.

Dr. Baru disclosed that NNPC would continue to support all sorts of innovations in the upstream, midstream and downstream sector.

Commenting on the Ajaokuta-Kaduna and Kano pipeline project, popularly referred to as AKK pipeline project, the GMD stated that the pipelines of the project were fully domesticated in line with the local content policy of the Federal Government, saying for the other areas of services required, Nigerians would do all the pre-commissioning and commissioning services of the project.

On the refinery revamp, the GMD disclosed that already the NNPC was training some Nigerians that would be fully engaged in the refineries revamp, stressing that tremendous amount of jobs and services that would be required would all be provided by Nigerians.

The GMD stated that the NNPC was committed to promotion of efficient consumption of energy in the mold of biofuels, adding that already the corporation has signed four Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with different State Governments and investors to actualize the introduction of more environmentally friendly fuel.

Lies are not part of the virtues of a Governor – Dakuku Peterside.

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Director General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, Dakuku Peterside, has come hard on the Rivers State Governor, Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, and accused the governor of relying on propaganda and lies to achieve political points.

In a series of tweets, the NIMASA boss said that the Governor is distorting facts by his accusation that he did not carry out any project for his constituency during his reign as Commissioner for Works during the Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s administration.

The Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, had on Monday written a widely circulated piece titled “Dakuku’s Comedy And Lack Of Conscience” where he accused the DG of not constructing the road that led to his own town.

However, the DG explained that by the time they left office, the road was already at 70 percent competition and required just two more bridges to be completed.

The tweets read: “Gov Wike’s penchant for lies may destroy him because rather than complete the road Wike has embarked on “lies, distortion of facts and politicization of a major project like the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo/Nkoro Road.

” Governor Wike’s claim that while I served as Commissioner of Works during the @ChibuikeAmaechi administration, I couldn’t construct a road to my LGA is nothing but a mere act to extort facts from reality.

” Wike functions with indignity and constantly romancing with half-truths to deceive Rivers people who are daily seeing through his lies.
Going down the memory lane, I can briefly narrate how the road came into being and determined efforts by the Amaechi-led administration to see to the completion of the road.

“I served as comm4works at a time one of the pillars of the admin’ was infrastructural development. Dr. Odili’s admin’ through the instrumentality of then Deputy Gov, Sir Toby, initiated the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo unity road, a total of 37km road with 10 bridges & several culverts.

“Unfortunately, the administration was winding up so could only do two bridges and got the road to Iwoama Asarama achieving 26% of total job scope.

” This is the point we met the road. At the insistence of the Amanyanabo of Opobo and the people of Nkoro, we did a new alignment to Nkoro, taking it to Kalaibiama and from there to Opobo town, thus introducing the Nkoro-Kalaibiama-Opobo town alignment of 11.5km & 4 nos bridges.

“With the change in alignment, the Unity road became a 44.09km as against 37.7km awarded by the Odili admin’ in 2005. In all 6 bridges were completed under my watch & 2 bridges (No9&10) were at 70%&50% completion respectively at the end of the Amaechi’s administration in 2015.

“We started driving to Nkoro town and I drove down to Kalaibiama town in Opobo to campaign in 2015.

” This is the true situation of things which every Rivers man know, especially those from Andoni and Opobo. Similarly, those from Ikuru town could drive home, I did that with the then Deputy Governor, Engr Tele Ikuru many times.

” It is unfortunate that Governor Wike has neglected the completion of this important road with only two bridges to go, one on the Andoni axis and the other, on the Opobo axis.
Suffice it to add that the abutment and beams of both bridges were ready before we left government. By our estimates, we needed less than N7bn naira to complete both axes of the road as at May 2015.

“I am proud to be an Opobo son, an Ijaw son and a Rivers son and that whenever I have the opportunity, I have always and will always add value to the developmental aspiration of my people and humanity.

” For some time now Wike has laboured hard enough without result to convince Rivers people that he is making effort to develop infrastructure and particularly play a role in the completion of Ogoni -Andoni-Opobo unity road.

” His effort can at best be described as pouring water on the back of a duck as Rivers people know him very well for who he is.
The only crime Andoni-Opobo/Nkoro people committed is that they have a son who ran for governor of Rivers state. This is the only reason why Governor Wike has completely removed them from the development equation as he has done to all communities in Rivers state.
Wike instead of spending multiple billions on propaganda can spend a fraction of that in the development of the state.

“I have restrained myself from joining issues with Governor Wike for obvious reasons; when you see anybody dance naked in the marketplace you don’t need to convince onlookers that he has gone mad.
I am particularly ashamed that a man who by hook or crook found himself in the office of governor should be decent enough to keep the dignity of the office. Lies are not part of the virtues of the office of a governor”

Is this possible in Africa? Over 500 Canadian doctors protest raises, say they’re being paid too much (yes, too much)

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In Canada, more than 500 doctors and residents, as well as over 150 medical students, have signed a public letter protesting their own pay raises.

“We, Quebec doctors who believe in a strong public system, oppose the recent salary increases negotiated by our medical federations,” the letter says.

The group say they are offended that they would receive raises when nurses and patients are struggling.

“These increases are all the more shocking because our nurses, clerks and other professionals face very difficult working conditions, while our patients live with the lack of access to required services because of the drastic cuts in recent years and the centralization of power in the Ministry of Health,” reads the letter, which was published February 25.

“The only thing that seems to be immune to the cuts is our remuneration,” the letter says.

Canada has a public health system which provides “universal coverage for medically necessary health care services provided on the basis of need, rather than the ability to pay,” the government’s website says.

The 213 general practitioners, 184 specialists, 149 resident medical doctors and 162 medical students want the money used for their raises to be returned to the system instead.

“We believe that there is a way to redistribute the resources of the Quebec health system to promote the health of the population and meet the needs of patients without pushing workers to the end,” the letter says.

“We, Quebec doctors, are asking that the salary increases granted to physicians be canceled and that the resources of the system be better distributed for the good of the health care workers and to provide health services worthy to the people of Quebec.”

A physician in Canada is paid $260,924 ($339,000 Canadian) for clinical services by the government’s Ministry of Health per year on average, according to a report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information published in September 2017. On average, a family physician is paid $211,717 ($275,000 Canadian) for clinical services and a surgical specialist is paid $354,915 ($461,000 Canadian), according to the same report.

This is total gross pay, however, and does not take into account overhead each doctor pays to operate, as the Canadian Institute for Health Information is careful to point out.

In May 2016, one physician publicly broke down the cost of running his family practice, and though he brought in $231,033 ($300,000 Canadian), he was left with $136,906 ($177,876 Canadian) after subtracting his business expenses — but before taxes and employment benefits are taken out.

The cost of medical school in Canada is subsidized by provincial governments, according to The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. The cost varies depending on whether a student is a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or foreign student and the particular school. For Canadian citizens or permanent residents, tuition for the first year of medical school ranges from $2567 ($3,334 Canadian) to $20,064 ($26,056 Canadian), according to The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada’s website.

The same group, the Médecins Québécois pour le Régime Public (MQRP), that published the aforementioned public letter, also published a letter on February 17 opposing $500 million worth of pay increases for specialist doctors. The group called the pay increase “indecent.”

And on February 1, the MQRP published a letterdenouncing working conditions of nurses. “The nurses are exhausted by a heavy workload. They argue that the chronic lack of staff and the fatigue caused by repeated overtime, sometimes mandatory, for lack of replacement of the team, have an impact on the safety of patient care,” the letter says.

China bans George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

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The Chinese government has banned George Orwell’s dystopian satirical novella Animal Farmand the letter ‘N’ in a wide-ranging online censorship crackdown.

Experts believe the increased levels of suppression – which come just days after the Chinese Communist Party announced presidential term limits would be abolished – are a sign Xi Jinping hopes to become a dictator for life.

The China Digital Times, a California-based site covering China, reports a list of terms excised from Chinese websites by government censors includes the letter ‘N’, Orwell’s novels Animal Farm and 1984, and the phrase ‘Xi Zedong’.

The latter is a combination of President Xi and former chairman Mao Zedong’s names.

Search terms blocked on Sino Weibo, a microblogging site which is China’s equivalent of Twitter, include “disagree”, “personality cult”, “lifelong”, “immortality”, “emigrate”, and “shameless”.

It was not immediately obvious why the ostensibly harmless letter ‘N’ had been banned, but some speculated it may either be being used or interpreted as a sign of dissent.

The move to lift limits on the length of time leaders can stay in post has been met with global condemnation and a widespread backlash in China since it was announced on Sunday on the eve of an annual political congress in Beijing.

The proposed amendments to China’s constitution are expected to be rubber-stamped by the country’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, which begins its annual meeting on Sunday.

China has a stringent policy of internet censorship because authorities view foreign websites and social media as a threat to national security.

This censorship is fortified by the Great Firewall of China – a term which refers to the combined force of technological and legislative measures which tightly control the internet on the mainland.

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have long been blocked in the country and even Winnie the Pooh recently found himself subject to China’s latest internet crackdown.

In July, references to the cartoon bear on Sina Weibo were removed after his image was compared to President Xi.

Exclusive: Rector Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Dr Sam Kalagbor speaks to TPCN on his administration’s progress so far

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The Rector of the Port Harcourt Polytechnic, Dr Sam Kalagbor, spoke to Theportcitynews.com correspondent , John Diidi, in an exclusive interview on Tuesday, about his administration’s progress so far, after the successful completion of the 2nd edition of the Rector’s Cup, on Monday, 5th march 2018.

Enjoy…

TPCN: Good afternoon sir, congratulations on the successful completion of the 2018 Rectors Cup of the Captain Elechi Amadi, Polytechnic. What’s your view about the competition?

Rector: “The football competition among both male and female, is intended primarily to keep them busy, in terms of extra curricular activities. We also use it to promote sporting activities in the polytechnic, and to select teams for the PUGA and other games in the polytechnic sector.

TPCN: This is your second year, since your school became a polytechnic. What has been the achievement of your administration so far?.

Rector: “Well, We have attained Polytechnic status since 2006, the name of the institution was basically changed by the his Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, to reflect the name Polytechnic. In terms of academics, we have been able to introduce four new HND programs.

“Currently we are preparing for the presentation of about 20 programs to the National Board of Technical Education, for resources inspection and accreditation.

“In terms of academic structure, we have been able to streamline the academic structure in consonance with NPD standards, in respect of polytechnic systems in Nigeria.

“We have also been able to provide furniture for our students. We have been able to renovate some of the dilapidated structures on campus, and provide equipment and other facilities, both our library, our studios and workshop.

“It might also interest you to know that, for the first time, we’ve gone online.

“Results are pasted online, and application forms for those who want to gain admission to the institution are also done online. Payment of fees, registration of courses, so we have transited from the analogue manual system of conducting our administrative activities to the online system.

“There are other things we have done. We have also been able to provide a development master plan for the institution, which will guide both academic and physical development of the institution.

“As part of TETFUND requirement, for purposes of getting the intervention funds, this institution has never had academic brief, we’ve been able to do that.

“Time will fail us to talk about everything, but by the grace of God we have achieved quite enough, and will continue to do that.

“You would recall that over the period, particularly since I resumed office as the Rector of the institution, we have an uninterrupted academic calendar, all using my skill and relationship as an administrator.

TPCN: How has the support of the State Government towards the institution been so far, since the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike?

Rector: “The state government has been very interested in the growth and development of the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic. You would recall that for over 15 years, before the assumption of office of the Governor, Chief Barrister Nyesom Wike, we have been yearning for a change of name to reflect the polytechnic status.

“In 2016, precisely on the 4th of July, the name of the Institution was changed to Port Harcourt Polytechnic and recently the name of the institution was also changed to Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic. Those are indications that the state Government is interested in the growth and development of the Polytechnic.

“But beyond that, the state Governor has approved and released the sum of #200m to the polytechnic for the purposes of accreditation and cross inspection of our courses for 2018.

“Preparations are at an advance stage, to ensure that we present this courses to NBTE for accesment, and we believe that we would succeed.

“Beyond that, it also important to place on record that for the first time, the state Government appropriated about #500m for tertiary institutions in the state, including Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic for purposes of infrastructural development.

“Those are indications, for now to show the level of support we have received and are likely to receive from the state Government.

TPCN: Lastly, in the aspect of infrastructural development, what is the plan of your administration to reflect the current state of a Polytechnic. Because now you have more students coming in, you need more classes, more libraries, and laboratories. So what’s the plan?

Rector: “We already have a ten years development plan, of how we want to development the institution for the next ten years. We believe that we would kick start it, so that successive administrations will follow the development plan in order to enhance the infrastructural and constructional of the institution.

TPCN: Thank you for your time sir.

Rector: God bless you.

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