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It is public knowledge that the tenure of the incumbent VC of LASU, Prof. Lanre Fagbohun will come to an end on 11th January, 2021. As is the usual tradition, a joint Selection Committee of the Senate and Council has been set up by the university to interview candidates for the position of new VC and submit the names of the three best candidates for the job for onward transmission to the Visitor (the Lagos State Governor) for final selection of one successful candidate for the job. The advertisement for the post required a successful applicant to be a Professor of at least 10 years standing, with good track-record of academic excellence of local and international repute including supervision and mentoring of postgraduate students, demonstration of continuous capacity for academic leadership, track record of experience in university administration at high levels, and evidence of unassailable grounding in the finest academic traditions.
Nigeria ignores local research into COVID-19 possible cures, awaits vaccines from Europe, US
Published 1 January 2021
Amidst the approval of COVID-19 vaccines by some countries, stakeholders in the health sector seem not to be impressed by Nigeria’s efforts in finding local cure for the virus,
DAYO OJERINDE
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During the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, a lot of herbal medicine practitioners laid claim to curing COVID-19 symptoms.
The Federal Government called those, who claimed to be able to cure the symptoms of the virus, to submit their proposals in a bid to find a potent local cure for the virus.
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• Poor testing rate will affect contact tracing, says Academy of Science president
• Low tests: Kogi 451; Zamfara, 1,211; C‘River, 2,166; Kebbi, 2,766; Jigawa, 3,273; Anambra, 3,395
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Virologists and other health experts on Wednesday warned that low COVID-19 testing by state governments was dangerous to the battle against coronavirus.
The experts stated this in separate interviews with
The PUNCH as the Nigerian Medical Association attributed the recent surge in coronavirus cases to the reopening of schools without necessary preparations.
Recall that the Federal Government had on Tuesday lamented that despite resources available to states, COVID-19 testing they were conducting was still low.
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that his ministry is set to deploy appropriate technologies to help surmount the security challenges confronting the country.
Onu disclosed this at the presentation of grants for journal publication to the Nigerian academies of science, engineering, social sciences, letters, and education at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja yesterday.
He said appropriate technologies would be deployed in the area of intelligence gathering, monitoring of suspects, and development of platforms to effectively fight insecurity in Nigeria.
The minister noted that the challenge of insecurity has negatively impacted the socio-economic development of the country, lamenting that farms and school activities have been grounded in some parts of the country.
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