72.6% of foreign-trained doctors failed assessment test-MDCN (Sun)
Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), on Wednesday, inducted new 205 foreign-trained medical doctors and dentists who were successful in the assessment test conducted by the Council recently.
The induction exercise which was conducted at MDCN headquarters in Abuja, on Wednesday, witnessed the participation of family and friends of the new doctors, as well as government officials including the Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa; former Ministers of Health and FCT, Prof. Isaac Adewole and Adamu Aliero, respectively, among several others.
MDCN Registrar, Dr. Tajudeeen Sanusi, told journalists after the induction ceremony that over 700 foreign-trained doctors mostly from Ukraine schools participated in the assessment test, out of which 495 (72.6%) failed the assessment examination. Read more
FG issues 2-week timeline for passport processing, clears over 204,000 backlog (Vanguard)
The Federal Government has announced a two-week timeline for the processing of passport applications, saying the era of Nigerians waiting for months to get their international passports is over.
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at a media parley to review his directive to the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS to clear over 204,000 backlog of passport applications.
The minister who apologized profusely to Nigerians that clearance of the backlog had spilled into three weeks as opposed to the two weeks deadline he gave, however praised officers and men of the for working day and night including weekends and public holidays to meet with his directive. Read more
MohBad: Police declare singer Primeboy wanted (Leadership)
The Lagos State Police Command has declared Owodunni Ibrahim, a.k.a Primeboy, wanted over the circumstances surrounding the death of another singer, Oladimeji IleriOluwa, a.k.a MohBad.
The Police said the decision followed Primeboy’s failure to honour the police invitation.
According to a statement by the Police Command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Wednesday, Police sent an invitation to Primeboy since the commencement of investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Mohbad but he declined the invitation. Read more
Prominent socialite in Benin City sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for human trafficking (Guardian)
A popular socialite in Benin City, Edo State, Felicia Osaigbovo, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined N24 million for human trafficking.
Osaigbovo was convicted by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
She was sentenced by Honourable Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo of the High Court, Criminal Division, Benin City. Read more
Residents knock Lagos commercial drivers over indiscriminate parking (Punch)
Residents and motorists plying Bolade Road in the Oshodi Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State have bemoaned the traffic jam being caused by the indiscriminate parking of commercial buses on the road connecting Ilupeju and Mushin.
Our correspondent who visited the area on Tuesday noticed how the commercial vehicles were obstructing the road.
A motorist, Musa Aliyu, regretted that the commercial drivers abandon bus stops and park indiscriminately on the road. Read more
Gunmen abduct Katsina university students (DailyTrust)
Some armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded the student dormitories of the Federal University in Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, abducting five female students.
Daily Trust gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday, at the students’ off-campus dormitories behind Mariamoh Ajiri school, close to Wednesday Market in Dutsinma.
“Five of them (the students) were kidnapped, they are from Kano and Nasarawa states and two of them are final year students,” one of the students at the university told our reporter on the phone. Read more
Senate confirms ministerial nominee who slumped during screening, two others (Punch)
The Senate has confirmed the Kaduna State nominee, Abbas Balarabe, who fainted during his screening on Wednesday.
The Senate also confirmed the duo of Dr. Jamila Ibrahaim and Ayodele Olawande who were nominated as Minister of Youths and Minister of State for Youths, respectively.
There was pandemonium earlier in the Senate when the nominee who replaced Nasir El-Rufai suddenly collapsed during his screening on Wednesday.. Read more
Adeleke inaugurates committee on construction of airport in Osun (Channels)
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has set up an inter-ministerial committee that will look into the construction of an international airport in the state.
Inaugurating the committee in the Osun State governor’s office in Osogbo, the state capital on Tuesday, Adeleke noted that Osun is the only state in South-West Nigeria without an airport.
He said that the committee will initiate, develop and actualise the plan towards executing the airport project. Read more
New film “Mother Teresa and Me” portrays the ‘human being behind the saint’ (CNA)
A new movie weaves together the lives of two women experiencing self-doubt, but, in the end, both women meet the challenge of their vocations despite their personal struggles.
“Mother Teresa and Me” tells the story of Kavita, a young woman who finds herself with an unexpected pregnancy. Battling whether or not to get an abortion, she returns to her hometown in India where her now very old nanny shares the story of Mother Teresa’s first days working in the streets of Calcutta. Learning how Mother Teresa faced many doubts after no longer being able to hear the voice of Jesus, Kavita is inspired.
For one night only on October 5, the movie will be released by Fathom Events in 800 theaters across the United States. Read more
Ed Sheeran got so high with Snoop Dogg he couldn’t see straight (NYPost)
He could barely make out the “Shape of You.”
Ed Sheeran claims Snoop Dogg and Russell Crowe recently got him so high he could hardly see in front of him.
The red-headed singer/songwriter, 32, shared the dank anecdote Monday on Conan O’Brien’s podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.” Read more
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan confirms attendance at EU talks in Spain (AlJazeera)
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has confirmed his attendance in European Union-hosted talks in Spain despite reports that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has decided that he will not attend the same event.
The statement on Wednesday came one day before the planned talks in Granada, where a meeting between the leaders of the historic rivals was meant to take place. The leaders of France, Germany and the EU Council President Charles Michel were also planning to attend the talks.
European leaders hoped the scheduled meeting could help defuse tensions, which have mounted over the last several weeks as Azerbaijan moved to seize the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was controlled until last month by ethnic Armenian separatists. Tens of thousands of Armenians have since fled the region for neighbouring Armenia. Read more
Dr. Dre reflects on moment he almost quit music (HipHopDX)
Dr. Dre was close to quitting music in 1992, but it was an increase in the quality of his music that kept him going.
As part of LL COOL J‘s new book The Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip Hop Greatness, the N.W.A legend has penned a piece about the start of his music career.
In the passage, Dr. Dre reflects on a time in the early ’90s when he wasn’t getting paid and the music he was making was stagnant, leaving him questioning his future in the rap game. Read more
Mean Girls fans thrilled as the musical comes to London (OK!)
Mean Girls hit cinema screens in 2004 with Lindsay Lohan, leading a star-studded cast as outsider Cady Heron, who was raised in Africa and arrives at an American high school where she has to navigate the world of The Plastics.
She’s forced to deal with ringleader Regina George, played by Rachel McAdams, and her sidekicks Gretchen Wieners (Lacey Chabert) and Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried), all while trying to win the affection of Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett).
Now, 20 years later, Mean Girls is making its debut as a musical on London’s West End. Read more
Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi depict Presley highs and lows in new trailer for Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” (People)
A new look at Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” has arrived.
A24 debuted a full trailer for the biopic on Tuesday, showcasing Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley from the time she meets Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) as a teen to when she searches for her own independence outside his shadow years later.
“Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy and fame,” reads an official logline. Read more
3 scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for looking at electrons in atoms during split seconds (France24)
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studying how electrons zip around the atom during in the tiniest fractions of seconds, a field that could one day lead to better electronics or disease diagnoses.
The award went to Pierre Agostini, Hungarian-born Ferenc Krausz and French-born Anne L’Huillier for their work with the tiny part of each atom that races around the center and that is fundamental to virtually everything: chemistry, physics, our bodies and our gadgets.
Electrons move around so fast that they have been out of reach of human efforts to isolate them, but by looking at the tiniest fraction of a second possible, scientists now have a “blurry” glimpse of them and that opens up whole new sciences, experts said. Read more
Dele-Bashiru Eagles invitation excites fan (Punch)
The invitation of Hatayaspor midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru to the national team ahead of the international friendly games against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique has been welcomed by some fans, PUNCH Sports Extra report.
The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday released the list of invited players submitted by Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro, with the 22-year-old the only new face in the squad.
Nigeria take on the Green Falcons of Saudi Arabia in Portimão, Portugal on Friday, October 13 before a clash with Mozambique in the same city three days later. Read more
Okocha reveals why Chukwueze is struggling at AC Milan (Guardian)
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha has revealed why Nigeria winger, Samuel Chukwueze, is struggling with the Italian Serie A giant, AC Milan.
The skillful winger has been having it difficult to secure regular playing time with the Serie A giant since his arrival from the Spanish side Villarreal this summer.
Okocha said Chukwueze has been faced with a lot of challenges, including how he can adjust. Read more
UK and Ireland set to host Euro 2028 after Turkey withdraws bid (Guardian)
Football will be coming to the home nations, and the Republic of Ireland, after it was confirmed that a joint bid to host the men’s European Championship in 2028 would proceed unopposed.
Uefa said on Wednesday that Turkey, who had expressed an interest in hosting the tournament, has now withdrawn its bid, leaving a clear run for the UK and Ireland offer.
The news had been expected, with the UK and Ireland the favourite for 2028 ever since the English Football Association signalled it would not bid to host the men’s Fifa World Cup in 2030. Uefa had wanted a mature football market to host the 2028 tournament, as it seeks to recoup revenues lost from the Covid-disrupted tournament of 2021. Read more
Erik ten Hag addresses growing Manchester United crisis after calamitous defeat to Galatasaray (Standard)
Erik ten Hag insists Manchester United remain “together” despite more problems mounting on Wednesday night.
The Red Devils fell to a calamitous 3-2 defeat to Galatasaray in the Champions League at Old Trafford in another error-strewn performance.
Despite two goals and another encouraging display from Rasmus Hojlund, United continue to labour defensively and goalkeeper Andre Onana made a second mistake in as many European appearances for the club. Read more
Carlos Alcaraz confesses to tactical errors in stunning loss to Jannik Sinner (Tennis365)
Carlos Alcaraz has admitted that a tactical shift against Jannik Sinner didn’t work out in his favour but gave credit to the Italian for his China Open semi-final win.
Sinner moved ahead in their full ATP Tour head-to-head with a straight sets win in Beijing.
Alcaraz said that some of his tactics backfired but also said that Sinner is a tough player to beat. Read more
Michael Jordan’s $4.7b breakthrough makes him 1st athlete on rich list (Fox)
Retired basketballer Michael Jordan is now worth $4.7 billion after a mammoth business deal sent his net worth rocketing into the ranks of America’s richest people.
Jordan, 60, first stepped onto an NBA court in 1984 as a 21-year-old rookie and quickly made a name for himself. Over the course of 15 NBA seasons, he hauled in a reported $149 million (US$94 million) and was the league’s highest paid player in ‘97 and ‘98.
But it was Jordan’s work off the court that made him a billionaire. In many ways, the retired pro became the blueprint for the kinds of lucrative brand deals that are the bread and butter of athletes today. Read more