A Consultant Gynecologist, Dr Ayodele Ademola, on Tuesday warned young women against constant abuse of pregnancy prevention drugs, stating that they have negative effects on fertility.

Dr Abosede Lewu, an obstetrician and gynecologist, has warned that male and female smokers experience a higher infertility rate than non-smokers.

An election organized by the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, ended in a fiasco on Thursday.

DAILY POST gathered that the election, which started in a tense atmosphere, snowballed into medical doctors engaging in a free-for-all.

The botched exercise, which was held at Michael Okpara Square, was meant to elect new executive members of the NMA in the State.

However, as soon as the exercise commenced, warring groups within the Association descended on each other, leading to serious violence.

Policemen providing security during the election had a hectic time trying to restore normalcy as the doctors and their supporters launched violent attacks on their members.
Several doctors were wounded in the process.

Trouble started in the Association a few days ago when the State Chairman, Dr. Ike Okwesili was suspended over some allegations.

Dr. Onyekachi Ugwuonye of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu was appointed as NMA’s Actng Chairman.

In a statement, they had accused Okwesili of unjust withdrawal of the rights and privileges of some members of the association.

He was also accused of suspending other doctors based on misinformation, and was planning to barricade Resident Doctors of Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, ARD ESUT-TH Parklane, from participating fully in the state NMA activities.

”The Chairman, Dr. Ike Okwesili, stands suspended and has been referred to the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee, on account of gross abuse of office by abruptly truncating an ongoing SEC meeting where weighty issues of withdrawal of rights, privileges, and suspension of members were to be discussed, a development that can throw the association into chaos,” the statement read in part.

But the embattled State Chairman, Dr. Okwesili, in his defence, described his suspension as a ruse, alleging that Ugwuonye and co were endangered members of the association under investigation and were working to truncate the NMA State election.

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, met with pharmaceutical companies regarding a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Jos Division of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Jos, has upheld the decision of the Federal High Court, Bauchi, which nullified the expulsion of a 300 Level student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi and ordered his reinstatement.

The National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, has said it will begin its NBC/NTC examinations from Sept. 21 to Oct. 15.

Lagos State Government has announced readiness to resuscitate Arabic teaching in schools.

At a workshop organized for Arabic teachers on Thursday, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Abosede Adelaja, observed that capacity building for teachers and public schools administrations was yielding results.

She explained that the training became necessary as language remains an important element in human life and key component in effective communication.

Adelaja noted that the workshop theme, “Teaching and learning of Arabic language in Lagos State schools; status, challenges and way forward”, depicts the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration’s attention to preservation of languages.

The official said psychological studies found that speaking two or more languages was a great asset to individuals.

“Instituting various approaches that will aid learning, increase literacy, and optimize school curriculum to enhance capacity of school personnel are clear indications of transformation of the education sector.”

Director, Multilingual International Resource Centre, Taiwo Haastrup, said Arabic language is one of the languages recognized by the United Nations (UN) and spoken by people across the globe.

“Our objective is to train teachers on effective methodologies of Arabic as a foreign language. We want to encourage and resuscitate the interest of teachers and students in the language being a universal means of communication.

“We believe this workshop will spiral an upward increase in enrolment of Arabic language by students in WAEC and NECO examinations as the teacher avail themselves for the impactful sessions.”

Head, West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr Patrick Areghan, has given updates on candidates infected with the COVID-19.

The Senate of the University of Lagos has elected Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution.

The Minister of Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, on Monday, gave updates on reopening of tertiary institutions in the country.