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•Lecturers can’t enforce social distancing in schools, ASUU insists The federal government has commissioned some Nigerian scientists and scholars to investigate the efficacy of using Ivermectin drug in the treatment of COVID-19 infections. This is coming as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted that it cannot guarantee social distancing in crowded classes and congested hostels. The research team, which is composed of Nigerian scholars at home and abroad, has also submitted a report on the usefulness of the drug to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has appointed a peer review expert from the United Kingdom. Speaking…

•Says Bishop didn’t violate the law The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has kicked against the call by the Muslim Solidarity Forum on the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to apologise for his alleged attack on Islam and Muslims or leave the Caliphate. The forum, which labelled itself as an umbrella body for Islamic organisations, scholars and clerics, yesterday asked Kukah to apologise or leave the state, insisting that his Christmas message was capable of triggering religious violence in the country. Kukah, in his Christmas homily, had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of promoting northern hegemony. He had…

•Urges leaders to unite to tackle Nigeria’s challenges President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, yesterday committed the National Assembly to an expeditious passage of the long-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Lawan, at a programme in Abuja to mark his 62nd birthday, assured Nigerians that the passage of the PIB will form the priority of the National Assembly when it resumes plenary on January 26. He also rallied Nigerian leaders to come together to address all challenges facing the nation as well as the citizenry. Lawan added that the legislature will give expeditious attention to the passage of PIB, which…

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says Fulham have little reason to complain about being told to play a Premier League game at short notice as his opposite number Scott Parker called the scheduling “scandalous”. Spurs had been due to play Aston Villa on Wednesday, but a coronavirus outbreak at the Midlands club forced a postponement on Monday. The Premier League acted quickly to put Spurs’ match with the Cottagers into the vacant slot after the original fixture was postponed with three hours’ notice on December 30 due to a Covid-19 outbreak in Parker’s squad. The Fulham boss criticised the decision, with…

Pep Guardiola has warned that momentum can disappear in “one instant” as he prepares his Manchester City side to face Brighton after six successive wins in all competitions. City go into Wednesday’s home match four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool but with two games in hand and boosted by the return of England forward Raheem Sterling. Their 13-game unbeaten run has come with minimal input from record goalscorer Sergio Aguero, who will be missing again as he self-isolates as a close contact of somebody who has tested positive for coronavirus. Eric Garcia is also self-isolating due to a positive…

Manchester United’s Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks on during the English FA Cup third round football match between Manchester United and Watford at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on January 9, 2021. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / POOL / AFP) / / Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says there is no chance his players can think they have “cracked it” if Manchester United go top of the Premier League with a positive result against Burnley on Tuesday. After a truncated pre-season and poor start to the campaign, the Red Devils head to Turf Moor level on 33 points with…

The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has restated that only those with symptoms could access free COVID-19 tests in Lagos. “If you have COVID-like symptoms such as fever, breathlessness or cough, you can be tested for free at Lagos Biobank,” Abayomi said on Twitter. Abayomi further stated that those without symptoms and those who need COVID-19 test for personal reasons such as work or travel should book their tests at the various accredited laboratories where they will have to pay to get tested. “It is important to clarify the difference between those that need to take #COVID19 test and…

Tokyo Olympics organisers played down a poll showing plunging support for the Games on Tuesday and said a report claiming cancellation could be discussed next month was “fake news”. The comments, less than 200 days before the postponed Games start in July, come with greater Tokyo under a state of emergency over a spike in coronavirus cases and with countries around the world battling outbreaks. In a New Year’s address to staff, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto put a positive spin on a Kyodo news poll published Sunday showing 45 percent want the 2020 Games delayed again, with 35 percent…

If you can identify the correct option within a second from among the ones given in the topic, you are likely not to be bad at spelling. If you miss the question, I will still not say you are terribly bad at it. The fact is that many people find the word too tricky to handle, spelling-wise. Whether as a country or nationality, it presents the challenge of whether or not it should parade one r or double as well as one b or double. The simple answer, as some of us are likely to have checked online, is that…

drtayooke@gmail.com After watching the carnage visited on the US Congress last week, violent protesters storming the premises in the middle of a session, ransacking various offices including that of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Senate, overwhelming law enforcement officers etc, many commentators and pundits variously described the incident as a “coup attempt”, an “insurrection”, and an “attack on democracy”.  President-elect Joe Biden quickly appeared on TV to declare: “This is not who we are”.  Former President Barack Obama said the same thing in the wake of the Charlottesville attack organised by a far-right group in the…