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Paper Qualifications Responsible for Exam Malpractices, Says JAMB Registrar
By Victor Ogunje
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, said preferences placed on paper qualifications by...
FG Committed to Restoration of Ecosystem, Says Minister
By Michael Olugbode
The federal government has expressed its commitment to finding lasting solutions to the restoration and sustainance of the nation’s ecosystem.
Speaking at the...
Enhancing Credit Recovery Mechanism to Save Economy
James Emejo writes that just as lack of access to credit could hamper business and retard economic growth, inability/refusal to pay back borrowed loans...
Fola Daniel: We Are on Right Track to Increasing Insurance Density...
Fola Daniel is the former Commissioner for insurance and currently the Managing Director FBS Reinsurance Company Limited. In this interview with Ebere Nwoji, he...
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LIFE & STYLE
Day Jigawa communities Stood Still for ex-Immigration CG, Babandede
After 36 years in service, out of which he spent five years and four months as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service,...
Marking Anniversary for #EndSARS Protests
Vanessa Obioha
Despite plans to mark the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protests, the Federal Government and security agents have sent a note of warning...
#EndSARS Commemoration: In Search of Social Change, Justice Amid Violent Revolt
The #EndSARS movement started off as a quest to get the presidency and the police hierarchy to dissolve the Special Anti Robbery Squad nationwide...
What Led to #EndSARS Protests?
Chiamaka Ozulumba
EndSARS protests began as a call to end police brutality and extrajudicial killings that have become endemic in Nigeria. Harassment and unfair treatment...
HEALTH & WELLBEING
Iluyomade Harps on Need to Keep Fit amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
… As Arise Walk for Life Kicks Off Globally October 16th
Mary Nnah
As preparations for this year’s edition of the Arise Charity Walk intensify, the...
Anti Malaria Programme: FG to Save N293.7M on Logistics, Data Collection
Onyebuchi Ezigbo
Newly introduced electronic data collection system will save the federal government about N293,700,000 in logistics cost out of the N890 million budgeted for...
MISSING INTRAUTERINE DEVICES (IUDs) Part 1
It is possible for a woman to get pregnant if a man’s sperm gets to one of her eggs. Contraception is an attempt to...
Barbara Nel: How Benefits of AstraZeneca Vaccine Outweighs the Risk
Barbara Nel is AstraZeneca’s Country President for the African Cluster, with responsibility for South Africa, sub Sahara and French speaking Africa. She initiated the...
Enugu and Ugwuanyi’s Giant Strides in Primary Healthcare
Samson Ezea
In his quest to ensure a healthy Enugu State, which is part of his government's agenda, Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in pursuant...
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EDUCATION
Lagos, US Consulate Empower Teachers on STEM
Funmi Ogundare
A total of 50 teachers from the Lagos State Education District One have completed a five-day STEM training workshop sponsored by the U.S....
YABATECH ASUP Condemns Assault on Member
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) chapter has decried the recent assault on one of its members, a...
Cultivate Innovator’s Mindset, Pacific School Graduates Told
Uchechukwu Nnaike
The graduating students of Pacific School, Akowonjo, Lagos, have been advised to cultivate the innovator’s mindset in all they do; to create something...
Greensprings Wins BIEA 2021 STEM Ambassadors Award
Greensprings School has won this year's British International Education Association (BIEA) STEM competition after defeating 43 schools from 16 countries at the finals.
The school’s...
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It’s not Yet Social Protection
By Kayode Komolafe
kayode.komolafe@thisdaylive.com
0805 500 1974
The federal government has proposed to spend N863 billion on social investments and poverty eradication in the next year budget....
EDITORIAL
ENDSARS PROTESTS: ONE YEAR AFTER
Most of the issues raised by the protesters are yet to be addressed
At a period when we expect a more collaborative form of engagement...
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Rebuilding Nigeria for Peace and Progress
BY OLUSEGUN ADENIYI
(Text of a presentation at the annual conference of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) Lagos Chapter, on 20th October, 2021)
The...
