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By Adesina Wahab Following the hitches that trailed the first day of the online learning system adopted at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, the management has advised students on what to do to ensure a seamless experience on the platform. This followed the observation that many students found it hard to connect with the platform on Monday, the first day of its use. According to the Head of the Information Unit, Mrs. Olufadeke Akinleye, on Tuesday, the hitches were a result of many students want...

The President of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, in the framework of his state visit to Chile. The Argentine leader will deliver a virtual keynote lecture starting at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00), speaking from the United Nations organization’s central headquarters, where he will be received by Alicia Bárcena, the regional commission’s Exec...

Title Humanitarians target 1.4 million vulnerable people in storm-weary Honduras 21 Jan 2021 Body By Veronique Durroux-Malpartida, Head of the Information Unit in OCHA ROLAC  Two months after the devastating impact of Tropical Storm Eta and Hurricane Iota in Honduras, many people are still in shelters and parts of the country are still reeling from waters and mud brought about by the floods. With needs continuing to mount, the UN and partners have issued an addendum to the Flash Ap...

COVID-19:  Ortom isolates self as Ekiti imposes curfew On …Buhari should wear face-mask in public as role model — TOMORI …Obaseki urges banks to intensify efforts to curb Covid-19 second wave …How vaccines’ll be administered — NPHCDA …Frontline workers, adults, uniformed personnel, high burden states top priority list …84,655,749 Nigerians to be vaccinated in first quarter By Sola Ogundipe, Adesina Wahab, Chioma Obinna, Gabriel Enogholase, Peter Duru & Rotimi Ojomoyela Worried...

The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has said there is no truth in some reports on the social media that some professors in

Title As El Salvador faces the double impact of hurricanes and COVID-19, NGOs step in 30 Dec 2020 Body After Tropical Storm Amanda in June, some 110 families from Tacuba received hygiene kits and tarpaulins from Oxfam, PROVIDA and CORDES with funds from ECHO. © Oxfam/Valerie Caamano Fondeur By Veronique Durroux-Malpartida, Head of the Information Unit in OCHA ROLAC Early forecasts warned that the 2020 hurricane season in the Atlantic would be very active, and for El Salvador, the i...

Share this story Every week, Zikoko seeks to understand how people move the Naira in and out of their lives. Some stories will be struggle-ish, others will be bougie. All the time, it’ll be revealing. When you rewind to the very very beginning, what’s your oldest memory of money? It’s definitely collecting Salah money at my grandparents’ house. Some people would willingly give me, and I’d tax some others.  Do you remember the first thing you ever did for money? Does washing snails f...

In the time of COVID-19, children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean have been and continue to be exposed to greater risk of becoming victims of violence in the home, while they also enjoy fewer protection factors, according to a document published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. The document ent...

By Adesina Wahab, Joseph Erunke, Shina Abubakar & James Ogunnaike EVEN if the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, calls off its eight-month-old strike now, federal universities in the country are not likely to reopen until early next year, findings by Vanguard have revealed. Checks by our corespondents across the country show that the universities are yet to put in place COVID-19 safety protocols, while many of the lecture theaters and halls of residence, that have been abandoned for mo...