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With determination, Nigeria can overcome security challenges, says Fayemi Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, says the country’s security challenges are surmountable if Nigerians are determined to tackle it with sincerity.Advertisement He stated this on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo.
Appeal court sets aside conviction of companies linked to Patience Jonathan The Abuja division of the court of appeal has upturned the conviction of four companies linked to the alleged money laundering case involving Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck.
Bauchi governor: Police are overwhelmed we need collective efforts to end banditry Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, says fighting kidnapping, banditry and other security challenges in Nigeria will require collaborative efforts because the police are overwhelmed.Advertisement According to NAN, Mohammed stated.
If LASU Must Excel By Olanrewaju Osho
The pattern or trend of cancelling the second selection process to the discerning minds clearly revealed that there is more to the governor’s decisions to cancel the two processes and opt for the special visitation panel than meets the eye. What the real intentions are may yet be unfolded at the end of this system inflicted imbroglio.
by Olanrewaju Osho
May 15, 2021
The drama Mr Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu had been performing in the selection of the 9th Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU) is intriguing, incredulous and insalubrious. The scripting of the drama probably began hours after the recommendations of the joint selection panel of the University reached his table, but the drama itself started seventeen days after Mr Governor had received the recommendations. Rather than picking any of the top three candidates recommended to him, he elected to follow the June 12 style of President Badamasi Babangida to annull
Our hearts grieve, eyes full of tears, but we cannot question the will of Allah. We all belong to him, and to him shall we return.
I have been compelled to write these few lines to honour a sister, mother, wife, counsellor, intellectual and philanthropist, whose noble companionship and biological ties have touched my life in many ways.
It has been a difficult moment for our family, people of Bauchi State and our country. Dr Zuwaira Garkuwa, a former commissioner in the Bauchi State Ministry of Health, consultant physician/associate professor of community medicine in the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, died in a ghastly motor accident on November 23, 2020. That day will never be forgotten as long as we still live on this planet. She died on her way to attend an official function, typical of her nature.
Consultant Family Physician, a Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Family Physicians, Dr. Nimi Ekere is also a child advocate, author, speaker and humanitarian. She has practised medicine in urban and rural areas for over 15 years, and has endeared herself to her patients through dedication to duty, selflessness, empathy and love for people, especially the less-privileged and children. As a proponent of effective and intentional parenting, she convenes different informative and educative programmes for children.
Passionate about combating Child Sexual Abuse through her foundation, the Smile and Shine Children’s Foundation, she has also written four books for children, pre-teens, teenagers and parents on the dangers of Child Sexual Abuse with effective practical remedies. Ekere, who has carried out numerous medical outreaches, free training, workshops and events, partnering other NGOs, both home and abroad, in this interview with MARY NNAH, talks about her latest
Nigerian professor wins $2.5 million Bill Gates grant
The don seeks to research anaemia among pregnant women with her project titled “Intravenous Versus Oral Iron for Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnant Nigerian Women (IVON): a randomised controlled trial.”
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A professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Lagos, Bose Afolabi, has been awarded a $2.5 million research grant by the
The university said in a
statement that as the principal investigator, Ms Afolabi will lead a multicentre study which will run the research for three years (November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2023).
The don seeks to research anaemia among pregnant women with her project titled “Intravenous Versus Oral Iron for Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnant Nigerian Women (IVON): a randomised controlled trial.”