Diphtheria: Bauchi says outbreak under control as schools reopen
By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi BAUCHI — As schools reopen for the new academic term, the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA) has assured residents that the diphtheria situation in the state is under control. The assurance came amid concerns among parents and other Nigerians over whether schools in states that have recorded cases […]
Cheery news for breast cancer victims
BREAST cancer, the most common type of cancer in women, is often seen as a death sentence by victims and their families especially in the third world. The reason is that many sufferers present very late and at that point, there is pretty little or nothing medical science can do to save them and so they die
Mass failure in WASSCE: Old problem, new challenges
The recently released results of the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, for May/June 2014 have generated an uproar across the country. The results showed that about 69 percent of the candidates who sat for the examination failed to get credit passes in five subjects including English Language and mathematics.
Mass failure: Could ICT have made the difference?
WHEN the Information and Communications Technology,ICT, revolution began in Nigeria at the beginning of this century, stakeholders in the eduction sector were upbeat about what it holds for the sector.
I spend N73m on scholarship scheme annually – Ndoma-Egba
The Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, says he spends N73 million annually on payment of scholarship for students in his constituency in various tertiary institutions in the country.
The giant of Africa and her 35 million illiterate adults
‘10.5 million’ is a figure people are familiar with. It is the number of Out of School Children in Nigeria-the highest in the world. However, Nigeria is not only notorious for the illiteracy level among children. According to a 2013 report, there are about 35 million adults in Nigeria who cannot read or write.
