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NBTE Fires 13 Lecturers, Demotes 16 Others at Auchi Polytechnic over Sex-for-Marks Scandals

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on Thursday announced the dismissal of five lecturers and the termination of appointments of eight others in Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi. The dismissal and termination of appointments are in connection with sexual-related offences. The Executive Secretary of the board, Dr Masa’udu Kazaure, who made this known at a news conference in Kaduna, said 16 other lecturers were demoted, while four others were warned. He also said two others were advised, another two cautioned, while one lecturer would be mentored. He said the development was the outcome of an investigation following a publication by The Punch newspaper of April 9, 2016 with the title: `School Where Prostitutes Assist Male Students to Get Marks’. He said: “The summery of the publication indicated that students hire prostitutes or beg their girl friends to sleep with lecturers on their behalf in order to earn higher grades in their courses. “The lecturer chooses a hotel ...

Nutritionist Says Sweet Potato Helps Regulate Blood Sugar

An Abuja based nutritionist, Mrs Simisola Adebola, says the consumption of sweet potato helps improve blood sugar regulation especially in patients with type 2 diabetes. Adebola disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. According to her,

Former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, is dead.

Former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, is dead. Dasuki, who’s  father of Col. Sambo Dasuki, detained former National Security Adviser,  died  Monday  evening  at a hospital in Abuja. He was 93 years old. PRNigeria gathered from the family that the former Sultan will be buried on  Tuesday, November 15, 2016  after the  2.00pm   prayers at Hubbaren Shehu Usman Dan Fodio Site in Sokoto State. The ex-NSA, Sambo Dasuki has been detained by the Federal Government since December 1, 2015 in spite of the bails granted him by three different High Courts in Abuja. The ECOWAS Court had also ordered his release. As at press time it was not certain whether the government would temporarily permit the detained ex-NSA to pay his father the last respect during the burial. WIKIPEDIA File if the late Dasuki…‎

German Scientists Finally Prove That There Is Life After Death

  A team of psychologists and medical doctors associated with the Technische Universität of Berlin, have announced this morning that they had proven by clinical experimentation, the existence of some form of life after death. This astonishing announcement is based on the conclusions of a study using a new type of medically supervised near-death experiences, that allow patients to be clinically dead for almost 20 minutes before being brought back to life. This controversial process that was repeated on 944 volunteers over that last four years, necessitates a complex mixture of drugs including epinephrine and dimethyltryptamine, destined to allow the body to survive the state of clinical death and the reanimation process without damage. The body of the subject was then put into a temporary comatic state induced by a mixture of other drugs which had to be filtered by ozone from his blood during the reanimation process 18 m...

Kitchen Badge: How to Prepare MoiMoi Rollup

Ingredients: 1 cup peeled beans 1/4 medium Onion (Halved) 1 Red Pepper (Tatashe) (Halved ) Small Ginger (peeled) 1 Sprig green onion (optional) 2 eggs ( 1 boiled, 1 raw) 1 tablespoon oil or butter 1 cube maggi 1/2 Teaspoon Pepper Flakes Salt – To taste

Buhari’s Daughter Weds

The ancient city of Daura in Katsina state, witnessed tight security on Friday as President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Fatima, weds. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the residence of the president on Mai’adua road in