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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Prof. Nyaudoh Ndaeyo has charged over 9,339 matriculating students of the university to be security conscious in order to not fall victim of any crisis that could ruin their academic career in the institution. The VC gave the charge while addressing the 29th Matriculation ceremony of the University which held Saturday at the Town campus of the University, saying only worthy students of the university would bag degrees. He urged them to abide by the University’s matriculation oath, and shun such vices as cultism and examination malpractices, adding that there…

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has described education as the best way to empower women. “I believe in women empowerment, and the best way to empower women is by giving them education,” he stated while speaking with journalists in Sokoto. “We believe that if you give women serious education, they can do well; they can even do better than a number of us.” He said that was why his administration established the Girls Science Academy, Kasarawa and many other projects to boost girls’ education and advance women’s empowerment. Commenting on his administration’s record of appointing many women to leadership…

TUNDE OMOLEHIN writes on the perpetual electronic banking fraud (e-fraud) experienced by Nigerians as a result of the mandatory biometric data collection system by the Federal Government. In December last year, an unidentified middle-aged man surfaced on social media, threatening to kill himself at a United Bank for Africa (UBA) Iju branch, Lagos State, alleging that the bank transferred his money to hackers who compromised his account. It was gathered that the man had earlier reported an unfamiliar debit transaction of N450, 000 on his account to the bank. The bank asked him to get a court order to prove…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that more districts are at risk amid the ongoing cholera outbreak in the southeastern part of Ethiopia. The cholera outbreak is currently active in 23 localities of three districts of the Bale zone in the Oromia region, as well as in nine localities in one district of the Liban zone in the Somali region, the UNOCHA said. It said in its latest situation update that the figures indicated that as of October 25, some 273 cholera cases have been reported including nine deaths. It added that suspected cases in…

The Federal Government has called on the United Nations (UN) to assist in addressing Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) and Great Green Wall issues (GGW) to enable the restoration of lost lands in the country. The Minister of Environment, Mr. Mohammed Abdullahi, said this while receiving the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Amina Mohammed, on a courtesy visit, in Abuja on Monday. Abdullahi said that the ministry was committed to ensuring that the two major projects were implemented effectively, adding that the UN’s intervention would boost the ministry’s efforts. “There are two important projects for which we will need more…

Pep Guardiola said his forward players have to score more goals after ending a recent drought with a 5-0 thrashing of Burnley to bounce back to winning ways in the Premier League. Riyad Mahrez scored a hat-trick, while Benjamin Mendy and Ferran Torres bagged their first Premier League goals as City eased to within six points of league leaders Liverpool with a game in hand. Guardiola’s men had scored just seven goals in their previous seven league games to slip to 14th in the table before kick-off. “We have to score, that’s why they are here and play up front,”…

By Shafa’atu Suleiman  Yakubu Ahmad (who is hard of hearing) and Aisha Usman (who is visually impaired) were oblivious to the growing public health emergency when the world was striving to stay safe amidst an ongoing pandemic. “It took weeks before I realised what was happening around me,” Ahmad articulates with the aid of an interpreter. Ahmad sensed that something unusual only when he saw people wearing face masks on the street and those around him washing their hands more frequently. “Without adequate information and sensitisation, the deaf is at risk of contracting the virus,” he asserts with an insistent…

For many journalists, it has been a silent struggle to stay sane as the psychological effect of coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on them. ‘Since March, life hasn’t been the same with regards to reporting and covering news for me, ‘states Elizabeth Merab, who endured the torment of loneliness occasioned by the pandemic. She shares her experience on the impacts of the lockdown at the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC): The virtual edition where “Journalists and Mental Health”, comes to the fore. The Kenyan broadcast journalist was confined to remote reporting because of an underlining condition that makes her vulnerable…

Aderonke Sakpere is one of three young scientists/economists from Nigeria selected to participate in the 70th Anniversary of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, which foster the exchange among scientists of different generations. She participated in the Lindau Online Science Days, LINOSD

Dr Emmanuel E.Etim, a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Sciences, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, is one of three Nigerian scientists who attended  an international forum, Lindau Online Science Days, LINOSD, that drew  more than 1,000 young scientists and 40 nobel Laureates. In this interview with RAKIYA A. MUHAMMAD who was one of accredited journalists at the virtual event, Etim speaks on the forum. The  TWAS-DF visiting Fellow and an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany also comments on how Chemical Sciences can contribute their full potentials in addressing the…