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Insight: It Is A Challenge To Provide Disability-Inclusive Education, But It’s Worth It

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By Dr, Manos Antoninis Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa get bad press for their progress in providing inclusive education. Just two in three children complete primary school on time, while the number of out-of-school children and youth is 97 million and growing. Less is said, however, about the range of tools many countries in the region are deploying to include some of those furthest behind in mainstream schools: students with disabilities. These efforts should be celebrated and there seems no better time to think about inclusion than now. Inequalities in…

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[New Post] The Rising Hope For Nigeria’s Telecommunication Sector

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Telecommunication development to the growth ratio in Nigeria can be felt in the socio-economic and political sectors which manifest in the positive and negative spheres. Telecoms have heightened the level of interconnectedness among and between peoples of the country and outside communities, through a systematic integration of autonomous economies into a global system of production and distribution. Apparently, Telecoms in Nigeria seeks to eliminate trade barriers through integrations and interactions which can be passive or active move or counter move, actions or reactions of capital and labor thereby leading to…

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Nigeria’s Economy Rises In Q1 2020 Amidst CoVid-19

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Against the backdrop of global economic strains resulting from COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew by 1.87% Year on Year (YoY) in real terms, according to the data published by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The performance recorded in Q1 2020, represents a drop of -0.23% points compared to Q1 2019 and -0.68% points compared to Q4 2019, reflecting the earliest effects of the disruption, particularly on the non-oil economy. Quarter on quarter, real GDP growth was -14.27% compared to 5.59% recorded in the Q4 2019. The…

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INEC Set To Conduct Elections Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved a policy to conduct elections despite the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this in a statement on Thursday. He disclosed that the strategy tagged “Policy on Conducting Elections in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic” would be released on Monday next week. Okoye explained that the policy would enable INEC officials and staff to handle the challenges of conducting elections in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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NIGERIA’S ELECTRIC POWER FAILURES- Paul Ugbede Godwin

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Successive regimes in Nigeria has promised to provide increased Electrification to the Rural-Urban grids for qualitative power supplies, perpetually all this manifestos has failed in all perspectives. Nigeria has invested over N1 trillion in the power sector with little to show for it. Electricity distribution can only reach about 60% of Nigerian households, and it is not constant. Recently the Transmission Company of Nigeria {TCN} announced a reduction in the power generating capacity, Mr Minister of Power Sale Mamman said out of the 13,000 megawatts capacity of power, the DisCos…

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Davido Sends A life Changing Tweet To Cynthia Morgan

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DAVIDO is usually known for keeping his fans amazed through his numerous form of gifting people across social media platforms. The recent offer has been stretched to a fellow musician who in recent times have been finding it difficult to come out of the break up with her former label. Cynthia Morgan had the highest of her career in 2017/2018. Cynthia Morgan parted ways with her label early 2019, and ever since then her career has been on the line with many of her fans waiting to see what stunt…

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Nigeria’s CoVid-19 Cases Rise To 7261

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The Coronavirus pandemic situation in Nigeria has been experiencing an unprecedented increase with Lagos State having more 3000 cases of the total Nigeria’s figure. Below is the list of cases across states in the country; 245 new cases of #COVID19;131-Lagos16-Jigawa13-Ogun12-Borno9-Kaduna9-Oyo9-Rivers9-Ebonyi8-Kano7-Kwara5-Katsina3-Akwa Ibom3-Sokoto2-Bauchi2-Yobe1-Anambra1-Gombe1-Niger1-Ondo1-Plateau1-FCT1-Bayelsa7261 cases of #COVID19 in NigeriaDischarged: 2007Deaths: 221

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Chinese Doctors mission revealed

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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday revealed the mission and activities so far carried out by 15 Chinese experts who came into Nigeria to support the fight against COVID-19. Aregbesola while responding to journalists at Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 said the experts are in Nigeria on the bill of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to assist in building and equipping isolation centres READ ALSO; https://theemage.com/katsinas-varsity-gets-new-vc/ Indeed 15 Chinese nationals came into Nigeria on 8th of April. They are here on the bill of the…

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Federal High Court Releases Guidelines For Virtual Proceedings

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The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court has released guidelines and practice directions authorising judges to adopt virtual proceedings for court cases in all its judicial divisions. The Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, issued the practice directions for cases to be heard virtually on Zoom, Skype or any other audio-visual means approved by the court. The guidelines take effect from Monday, May 18. The virtual proceeding, however, can only be held with the consent of the parties and their counsels. Under the new rules, judges of the court cannot…

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Presidential Broadcasts has been suspended

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The media aide to the President, Femi Adesina has announced on micro social media platform that the scheduled media broadcast of the presidency slated for 7pm today, Monday has been suspended with a new date to be announced. His messages were contained in a tweet sent via is verified Twitter account below;

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El-Rufai, Wife Apologise to Kaduna Residents Over Effects Of COVID-19 Lockdown

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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has asked residents of the state to bear with him over the sufferings they might be passing through as a result of the lockdown he imposed in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Governor, who made the appeal in a video made with his wife, Aisha, commended the people of Kaduna State for enduring the inconveniences of the lockdown and also thanked them for staying home and staying safe during the difficult period. Read Also;https://theemage.com/madagascar-covid-organic-a-rising-hope-for-african/ While he asked the residents for forgiveness…

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[Updated] Chinese Nationals Arrested for Bribery Has been granted Bail

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A High Court in Sokoto State has granted bail to two Chinese citizens accused of bribing an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Muhammad Saidu Sifawa who is also the Chief Judge of Sokoto State granted the accused person bail on Thursday. He said the respondents have not been able to dislodge the presumption of innocence of the accused. The term of the bail demands the accused to submit the sum of N5million each and two sureties in like sum, one of which must be resident…

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