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Canada offers Experimental drugs for Ebola Virus to Africa.

The Canadian Public Health Agency has offered to release 1000 dose of a made-in-Canada experimental Ebola virus vaccine known as VSV-EBOV which has never been tested on humans but has shown to be effective in the treatment of the disease in animals. In a statement released yesterday August 12th, the Canadian Health Minister Rona Ambrose said the World Health Organization’s ... Read More »

United States finally agrees to give Liberia experimental drug for Ebola.

This is really good news as the US finally agrees to give liberia experimental drug, ZMapp.The Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, announced yesterday that their country is to receive sample doses of experimental drug, ZMapp to treat doctors infected with Ebola A statement published on Mrs Sirleaf’s website on Monday said the US had approved a request from Liberia to ... Read More »

Mass failure as WAEC releases results as less than 35percent passed maths and English

The West Africa Examination Council, WAEC has released its May/June 2014 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, recording mass failure in Mathematics and English Language. Announcing the results, Monday, at WAEC office, Yaba, the Head of National Office, WAEC, Mr. Charles Eguridu said: “A total of 529,425 candidates, representing 31.28%, obtained credits in five (5) subjects and above, ... Read More »

Breaking News: Fashola reduces LASU fees.

Gov. Fashola orders the reversal of Lagos State University fees to the sum of N25,000, after months of protests by students and lecturers in the university. Gov.Fashola gave the directive today August 7th at the convocation programme of LASU which held earlier today at the LASU Ojo campus ground. The Lagos State Government had in 2011 increased the fees from ... Read More »

Monarchs in Nigeria embrace Tertiary education.

Monarchs in Nigeria are now embracing university education despite their old age,all thanks to NOUN, National Open University of Nigeria. The Awujale of Ijebu Land, Oba Sikiru who is 80-year old is presently a student of NOUN, while an eastern monarch who is 102-year old just got a scholarship to study free of charge to any level at the newly ... Read More »

Keshi hands NFF acceptance notice

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has sent in a formal notice to the Nigeria Football Federation accepting to continue as the country’s coach. The letter was submitted to the NFF Secretariat in Abuja on Monday. A person with detail knowledge of the transaction as reported by AfricanFootball.com confirmed to The PUNCH that the letter was brought to the office by a ... Read More »

Pastor Ighodalo speaks i cant cure Ebola

Pastor Ituah Ighodalo has denied a media report, crediting him as saying Ebola victims should not seek medical attention. A statement by him, yesterday, said: “It has come to our attention a story published by the Punch newspaper written by one Temitayo Famutimi in response to a post on our official Facebook page. The original story was a message of ... Read More »