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COVID-19: Lagos to re-open schools if… — Education commissioner VanguardMay 26, 2020 STRONG indications emerged, yesterday, that officials of the Federal and Lagos State governments are working out guidelines for re-opening of schools, which closure was precipitated by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. This came as the Lagos State Government hinted that there are plans to employ no fewer than 2,000 more teachers in its public primary schools. Similarly, the state government, through the Office of Education Quality Assurance, has designed an initiative, tagged: ‘Read-Aloud, Lagos’, to create and stimulate the interest of school children in reading books. The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo disclosed this during an online show, Covinspiration show, moderated by a United Nations Youth Ambassador, Dayo Isreal, while giving scorecard of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration within the 360 days. On the possible re-opening of schools, Adefisayo said: “Lik

On February 27, 2020, it was announced that an Italian citizen had tested positive to COVID-19 making it the first confirmed case in Nigeria. From that day, the fear of COVID-19 snowballed into a palpable fear. Towards the end of March with more cases confirmed, millions of Nigerians were scared to leave their homes which led to the first lockdown announced by President Buhari in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT. The daily update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) did little to abate the fears of Nigerians as the virus began to spread all over the country. Towards the end of May, the scenario has drastically changed as many Nigerians are no longer invested in the fear of catching COVID-19 or the daily updates. Why is this so? Here are five reasons why many Nigerians no longer care about coronavirus 1)  Emotional Fatigue  – Many Nigerians are emotionally tired. The anxiety, fear and panic they felt at the beginning of the pandemic has been reduced to a dullness. The daily updates,

Meet An Igbo Businesswoman Who Is Worth 180 billion Naira. She is Dr. Stella Chinyelu Okoli, an entrepreneur, industrialist and a Pharmacist. She is the founder of Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a popular pharmaceutical company that has produced drugs for over 30 years. Stella was born in Kano State into the family of Felix Ebelechukwu and Margaret Modebelu, who are natives of Nnewi in Anambra State. She completed her primary education in 1954 at All Saint Primary School, Onistha, before proceeding to complete her secondary school education in 1964 at Ogidi Girls Secondary School, Ogidi. Stella attended University of Bradford where she studied Pharmacy, and graduated in 1969. She later bagged M.Sc certificate in Biopharmaceutical from the University of London, Chelsea College in 1971. Before she established Emzor Pharmaceutical, Stella had worked in several pharmaceutical firms such as Pharma-Deko, Boots the Chemists Limited and Middlesex Hospital, London. After working in va

Umueri General hospital one of the hospital enlisted by the state government as isolation center's despite not being well equipped for such task lacks the common preventives measures like face masks, hand globes and sanitizers for the COVID19 pandemic. One Begin's to wonder what will be the case of anyone that is isolated in this hospital?

STOP THE FEAR... KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19 (CoronaVirus). Nwannem, there is too much fear and hysteria going on in Nigeria concerning this disease called COVID-19 (Coronavirus). This has got to stop! Do you know that some people think that because the disease has no cure, everyone who got it will surely die? Some people even believe that the Virus is airborne, which explains why they cover their noses and mouth while walking along the road. Now get these Facts: 1. About 500,000 people got the disease worldwide. 23,500 died. The rest simply recovered. Yes, 23,500 deaths in 5 months is on the high side. That is because the Virus spreads so fast. 2. 90% of those killed by this Virus are elderly people whose Lungs are very week to bear the onslaught from this Cold related virus. The young people who have died so far are also people who have Lung related sicknesses already. And yes, we don't want all these people to die because we love them, but we are also helping them

Re: Broken bottles…will shred you butt... I keep hearing these clamorous voices that seem to suggest that the only way to participate constructively in the democratic process is to take a pedestal in the public space and trumpet out loudly in support of one party or the other, without paying much regard, attention or consideration to the real issues and concerns that will take us to the desired goals. What I actually hear is an unrelenting and orchestrated attempt by euphoric followers at prematurely drowning out a lot of the real debates which should be ongoing, ironic that many intellectuals have fallen into this trap. Where is the role of the unbiased commentator who, even though s/he has a personal position, puts that aside in the interest of debating and teasing out the salient issues that will further guide us on the path to true and lasting progress. If we should all line up and throw stones at each other in the open marketplace of FOR and AGAINST, where is the reasoned, objec