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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 ...

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...