Index to Nigerian Newspapers

Oak Business School (Monotechnic) owner Dr Lance Elakama has appealed to stakeholders in the education sector to train learners to become employers of labour and not job seekers. The school has secured accreditation in five courses, including Marketing, Accountancy, Business Administration, Banking and Finance as well as Computer Science. The school is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including modern laboratory, ICT, e-library, air-conditioned lecture rooms with highly qualified lecturers and hostel facilities. The school will commence academic activities on January 17 at its temporary campus in Ogba, Lagos. Mama Dada, a middle-aged woman, set herself ablaze over her inability to pay back a loan of N70,000 she reportedly took from a microfinance bank, LAPOs.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is working to eliminate trans-fats from food, as part of efforts to reduce Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and deaths. The revised Fats, Oil, and Food containing Fats and Oil Regulation 2022 and Pre-Packaged Food Labelling Regulation 2022 aim to reduce the number of NCDs and deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends two policy pathways for implementation: banning partially hydrogenated oils, which are the source of industrially produced trans-fatty acids, and setting limits on the amount of industrially produced TFAs to less than 2% of the total fat content in all foods. The agency is collaborating with the Network for Health Equity and Development, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, GHAI, and GHAI to combat risk factors of NCDs.

Some parents and educators have taken to the Facebook page of the Concerned Parents Educators forum to complain about the examination malpractice they witnessed during the National Common Entrance Examination.

The comments made references to the unethical conduct of the invigilators who were seen calling out answers to the children during the exam which took place on July 22.

The first anonymous post which generated over 500 comments read,

 “I’m pained in my body, soul, and spirit. I just got not-so-encouraging feedback from a parent in my school whose child was one of those who wrote the Lagos State Common Entrance Examination on Saturday.One of the invigilators called out answers to kids in the examination hall.  Answers were not just called but our pupils were harassed and intimidated for not taking the answers. They were rushed, saying, “Why didn’t you write the answers when others were writing?”

“Please why should this be? These are primary school kids for crying out loud.