World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Thursday said that the Ebola crisis in West Africa has already infected more than 8,033 people and claimed more than 3,879 lives, and the epidemic continues to spread rapidly. In his opening remarks at the High-Level Meeting on the Impact of the Ebola Crisis: A Perspective from the Countries
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As the ongoing strike in the Federal Ministry of Education and 104 Federal Government Colleges, FGCs, otherwise known as Unity Schools, across the country enters its third week, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, said yesterday, there was no going back until all demands were met. The union is protesting among others, unpaid
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Proprietor of Obfo International Academy, Nsukka, Enugu State, Mr. Luke Oshi, was yesterday arraigned before a State High court sitting at Nsukka for allegedly conniving with some staff of his school to dupe students, who were to write their West African Examination Council, WAEC, May/June 2012 examination. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which
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All across the nation, the echo of accumulated challenges seems to be growing at a geometric rate, yet it does appear no one is paying attention, and when attention is given, it is usually for the wrong reason. In the opinion of several eloquent writers, the Nigerian government is to be blamed for the deplorable
Watch the hilarious moment this hapless teenager gets a pizza box SUPERGLUED to his head. Gregor Bowman has been left with a bald patch after his mates set up the prank while the 19 year old slept off a boozy night on the town – by sticking the fast-food box to the side of his
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It has been a sci-fi dream for decades – a car that can simply take to the air to avoid traffic. However, a Slovakian firm has said it has finally cracked the problem. The AeroMobil can fly 430 miles on a tank of petrol – and when its wings fold down, it’ll fit into a
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After the over two weeks of extra holiday as a result of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, schools in ten States resumed yesterday. The States include: Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Benue, Ekiti, Kano, Kogi, Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi, and Ogun. Meanwhile, Kwara State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Saka Onimago has directed both public and private schools in
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Hello sir, I was just wondering, if you and your partner are both virgins, could either of us catch an STI or STD from oral sex? I probably should have considered this before, and I will in the future, but I’m just wondering what the chances are. RESPONSE: A common myth about sexually transmitted diseases
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You don’t get to be the slow creature in an Aesop’s fable for nothing. Land tortoises are slow — many move at less than a mile an hour, and a desert tortoise can only reach 20 feet per minute on short sprints. But why? For one, Mental Floss informs us in this video, tortoises don’t
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Ever wondered why a drink of sweet orange juice turns horribly bitter after brushing your teeth? According to experts, the sensation is down to a specific chemical, known as sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS), a detergent commonly found in toothpaste. This detergent specifically suppresses sweet taste receptors on the tongue, and destroys compounds designed to inhibit
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