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The ANDI Centre of Excellence for Malaria Diagnosis, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, has identified poor malaria microscopy capacity for peripheral blood examination as a challenge in  malaria diagnosis. The Rector of the centre, Prof. Wellington Oyibo, made the observation at the opening of a 12-day International Intensive Malaria...

    Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Friday presented a budget of N124 billion for 2020 to the State House of Assembly for approval. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the budget christened ‘Budget of Deliverables’ has N53.53 billon, representing 43 per cent as capital expenditure, while...

  Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has urged Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to give priority to rail infrastructure to develop the state. Obasa gave the advice at the budget presentation entitled “The Budget of Awakening to a Greater Lagos” by the governor on Friday in Ikeja. News Agency...

  Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu while presenting proposed Year 2020 Budget to the State House of Assembly on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday presented the year 2020 proposed Budget of N1.168 trillion to the State House of Assembly. Sanwo-Olu said the...

  Denies rift between president, VP The presidency has reacted to the news making the rounds since Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari sacked 35 aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, saying Buhari only ordered the reduction of the vice-president’s aides to save the cost of governance. The presidency which also debunked...

An Israeli research has found that global warming increases the risk of stroke among 50-year-old people and older ones, the Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom reported on  Friday. Stroke occurs when there is a sudden disruption in the blood supply to the brain tissue, causing permanent nerve injury, complications and death....

SEC, NSE should take investor education more  serious Despite that the Nigerian stock market is down, there are still opportunities for investors to still make fortune in the market, but lack of awareness by local investors as what they stand to gain in participating in the market has been said...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is yet to commence the sale of the 2020/21 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application forms. The board’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be representing President Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary ECOWAS summit holding today in Niamey, the capital city of the Niger Republic. The Summit, which will include other ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, will focus on and review the ongoing situation in Guinea Bissau....

The Senate is throwing its full weight behind the 10billion dollars Train seven Project investment in the nation’s gas sector, by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas ( NLNG). It also urged Nigerians to actively participate in the project which would create 10,000 new jobs and expand gas production capacity by...