THE Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, made a U-turn as president of the group, Dr. Kayode Obembe, told lawmakers and other stakeholders that the resumption date of September 22 for schools as scheduled by Federal Government was okay. The NMA had previously argued that schools should not be re-opened until all those under surveillance for
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Activities at the office of the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, were yesterday paralyzed by students of Lagos State University External System, LASUES, over alleged fraudulent practices by the school authorities and mass failure by the students This came barely a month after Fashola reversed the tuition fee for the students to N25,000. However, the
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbduGaniyu Ambali, says all students will be screened for the Ebola Virus Disease before entering the campus. Ambali stated this on Monday while unveiling preventive kits worth N1.2 million at the university’s health centre. “The procurement of the anti-Ebola kits is part of the university’s preparedness to
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Sixteen-year-old Arsh Shah Dilbagi has found a way to convert human breath into speech, and he says his invention could transform the lives of an estimated 1.4 percent of the world’s population who have conditions that prevent them from communicating verbally. The Indian teen recently earned a spot as one of 18 finalists in the
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Chinese police are hunting a violent teacher who beat four terrified children with a textbook in his office. The pupils, the eldest of whom is just seven, were rushed to hospital after being found cowering and covered in blood by another member of staff at the school in Ankang in Shaanxi province. The art teacher,
The Lagos State government says all is set for schools’ resumption on September 22. The government, in a statement issued yesterday, explained its support for the date announced by the Federal Government. The statement reads: “Concerning the resumption of all public and private nursery, primary and secondary schools for the 2014/2015 session, Lagos State Government
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Will this boy get punished for coming to Jesus? A Pennsylvania teen may face up to two years behind bars for allegedly taking a photo of himself simulating oral sex with a statue of Jesus, Kron 4 reports. The photo was taken in front of Love in the Name of Christ, a Christian organization in
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The National Head of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, office in Nigeria, Mr. Charles Egurudu, has said the body is saddened by the failure of candidates that write its examinations. Egurudu, who spoke yesterday at the award-giving ceremony to the best three Benue State schools in the 2011 WAEC examinations, in Makurdi, insisted that
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Controversy generated by case of an Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, female student, who was rumoured to have contracted Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was, on Thursday, finally laid to rest, as the vice chancellor of the institution, Professor Bamitale Omole, disclosed that confirmatory test proved she was negative. Addressing a press conference, on Thurday in
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Nigerian teachers have threatened to go on strike over the government’s plans to re-open schools across the country on September 22 amid claims that the authorities are yet to put in place measures to protect its members and pupils from the Ebola virus disease (EVD). Last month, education minister Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, instructed all public
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