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PHOTO NEWS! Akwa Ibom APC Campaign Council takes its Local Government Campaign tour to Oruk Anam LGA today. The turnout here is impressive. #AkwaIbomAPCcampaigns #AkwaIbomisAPC #UkanafunLGATour 

TDR Clinical Research and Development Fellowship Scholar Shares her Experience Dr Atinuke Ola leye From obstetrician to research centre director improving women’s lives As a university lecturer and specialist obstetrician-gynecologist, my interest in research was stimulated by my desire to improve the lives of women in my society. In addition to my medical degree, I also obtained a master’s degree in public health (MPH) to enable me to address women’s health issues using Public Health strategies. I applied for the TDR Clinical Research and Development Fellowship because of my interest in conducting clinical research in infectious diseases affecting maternal and child health. Prior to the fellowship, I had been involved in some clinical and epidemiological studies as an investigator. However, the TDR Fellowship was an opportunity for me to get insight into developing and conducting clinical trials. Testing the RTS,S malaria vaccine.

Why TETFund shouldn’t be extended to private institutions’ Prof. Ademola Tayo While Nigeria’s education sector is bedevilled with myriads of problems, the Vice Chancellor of Babcock University, Prof Ademola Tayo, has some cheery news. In this interview with Head, Education Desk, IYABO LAWAL, he talked about Babcock’s achievements and how it has beaten the odds in almost 20 years of its existence focusing on research and collaborations. The Babcock boss also underscores why private universities should be exempted from TETFund In few months, Babcock University will clock 20, how has the journey been? It has been a mixture of good and bad, but on the whole, it’s been wonderful. Good in the sense that over the years, we have had our graduating students making waves in the world of work. We have had our students getting awards as they go to higher institutions abroad. We have had many of them who are captains of industry right now and we are very glad about that. There have b...

   On Saturday February 2, 2019,a AgustaWestland 139 helicopter conveying Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and some of his aides crash-landed in Kabba area of Kogi. All occupants of the crashed Helicopter , marked 5N-CML and with serial number: 31389, escaped unhurt . The owner and operator of the Chopper, Caverton Helicopters, attributed the crash to hazy weather conditions. The company has since released another helicopter to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Just after the President Muhammadu Buhari left Makurdi after his campaign flag off, some youths came out to 'cleanse the land'and thereafter burnt the brooms. Here are some pictures