Nigeria ends 100-day Schools’ shutdown for Pry 6, JSS 3, SSS 3 pupils

  Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, on Monday ended the 100 days shut down of schools across the country as it directed that all the prospective Students in Primary 6, Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3 should resume in preparation for examinations. Chairman of the country’s Presidential Task Force (PTF) and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, disclosed this during the daily briefing held in country’s capital, Abuja, harping on the need for the students to observe all the health guidelines…

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COVID-19: Tips, Tale On Working as IT professional from Home in Africa

Beyond any reasonable doubt, COVID-19 came with several challenges – and opportunities too. Although most organisations in Africa, like elsewhere in the World, closed operations from their physical offices, many employees did not quite go on a lockdown as they took their jobs home and got their remote offices fully functional. Relating this to my personal experience as an IT professional in Nigeria, this meant that my work continued, especially in terms of technical support to clients and colleagues. Just that the mode of implementing it differed this time. Phone…

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Nigerians Extol Renowned Social Worker, Ebunoluwa Balogun’s Virtues as She Passes Away at 81

The family of Professor Ekundayo E. Balogun has announced the passing away of its matriarch, Mrs. Ebunoluwa Kofoworola Balogun, on June 24, 2020 in Houston, Texas, at the age of 81. Her son-in-law, Professor Oluyinka Olutoye, who was widely celebrated in 2016 for successfully leading a team of 21 doctors to conduct a surgery on a 23-week-old foetus and returning it to its mother’s womb in Texas, USA, announced this on behalf of the family.   Balogun, Olutoye said in a statement, is fondly remembered by all for her compassionate and selfless nature. A lot…

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