Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, Kaduna State Governor has awarded 125 foreign scholarships to doctorate, masters and undergraduate medical students of the state origin. The beneficiaries would study medical sciences, engineering, applied and natural sciences in Malaysia, Ghana, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Egypt and Uganda. Yero said the aim of the 2014/2015 Overseas Scholarship Awards was…
The Healthy Sweetness in Potatoes
Consuming fruits and vegetables of all kinds has long been associated with a reduced risk of many adverse health conditions. Many studies have suggested that consumption of plant foods like sweet potatoes decreases the risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, as well as promotes a healthy complexion. Sweet potatoes are considered low on the…
Ogun Teachers To Continue Strike Action
Teachers in Ogun State have resolved to continue with the indefinite strike action they started on January 16. This came as the second meeting they had with representatives of the state government on January 20 did not yield any positive result. The first meeting reportedly convened by Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun State governor, in Abeokuta on…
NOUN VC Seeks Amnesty For Graduating Prisoners
Vincent Tenebe, Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to grant amnesty to prisoners who are graduating from the institution. He made the appeal on January 20 at a pre-convocation press conference in Lagos. Tenebe said that granting amnesty to the prisoners after graduation would enable them…
Admission Test Fee for Model Colleges – LASG
The Lagos State Government has said that the N10,000 admission tests fee it recently introduced is only for pupils seeking admission to its 15 model colleges and upgraded junior secondary schools. Jide Lawal, Public Relations Officer in the state Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement. Lawal also described as malicious the positions of…
What to Expect during Harmattan
That the harmattan, dry dusty northeasterly wind is here is no news, but what is, is that the low temperature associated with it, is unfavorable for breeding of mosquitoes thus reducing the incidence of malaria. Expectedly, that should be good news to those prone to malaria attacks due to mosquito bites. But for babies and…
Understanding Thrush
It can be irritating, disturbing, and sometimes very traumatic. And for a woman who is experiencing it for the first time, it could be very scary, not to talk of a virgin, who experienced it and became alarmed. This young girl, by the name Chioma, became concerned when she noticed she was having an irritating…
Kano to Spend N17million on JAMB Forms
Maliki Umar, Kano State Commissioner for Justice, on Monday, disclosed that the state government has approved over N17 million for the purchase of JAMB forms and training of candidates who will sit for the examination. This was disclosed after the State’s Executive Council Meeting. Umar said it was also approved at the meeting that over…
Kano Offers 100 Indigent Students Scholarships
Musa Gambo, deputy director, Ministry of Education, Kano State, has said that 100 indigent students have been awarded scholarship by the state government to study first degree programmes at the Bell University, Ota, Ogun State. Gambo said the scholarship is estimated to cost the state government N120 million annually. He emphasized that the scholarship is…
Ghana to Convert Polytechnics Into Technical Universities
The technical committee on the conversion of Polytechnics in Ghana into technical universities has set September 2016 as the effective starting date for the programme. George Afeti, Chairman of the technical committee disclosed this at a recent stakeholders’ consultation forum on the exercise in Accra. He explained that September 2016 was chosen for the commencement…
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