GHANA DECIDES: MAHAMA STILL IN POLE POSITION

GHANA DECIDES: MAHAMA STILL IN POLE POSITION

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

The incumbent President of the Republic of Ghana,Mr John Dramani Mahama may just snatch victory at the jaws if feelers are anything to go by.

The News Offices  desk of Paedia Express Multimedia in Lagos,Nigeria while sampling the professional opinions of a  Nigerian –born media executive who plies his trade in Accra,Ghana said he was confident that the incumbent had done enough to seal victory at the polls very shortly.

He explained that having had the opportunity of assessing the developmental projects that the Mahama regime had embarked upon since they came to power he was nonetheless very positive that he will retain his seat at Castle Osu Presidential Palace.

He picked holes in the rival,Mr Akuffo –Addo whom he chided for making the campaigns cumbersome by his poor inter-personal relationship with the press and the Ghaniaian people adding that the feeling that what took place in 2015 was going to repeat itself in Ghana was just a pipe- dream and nothing more.

His words:”Akuffo-Addo wanted to play the Buhari card but it has back fired based on Nigeria’s current economic problems,Mahama still has an edge and should go on to win though it could be very close”

“Mahama has a clear record of performance and it is even easier for the people to reach out to him ,unlike Akuffo-Addo who seems to be very proud and arrogant”

“Go to the 10 regions in Ghana and you will see Mahama’s good jobs”

UNIPORT RANKS NOS 6 IN NEW TOP 30 AFRICAN UNIVERSITY POLLS

UNIPORT RANKS NOS 6 IN NEW

TOP 30 AFRICAN UNIVERSITY POLLS

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

……………………………………………….SOUTH AFRICA HAS 13 SCHOOLS IN TOP 30

………………………………………………..EGYPT HAS 6 SCHOOLS IN TOP 30

…………………………………………………MOROCCO HAS 3 SCHOOLS IN TOP 30

………………………………………………TUNISIA HAS 3 SCHOOLS IN TOP 30

………………………………………………..GHANA,NIGERIA,KENYA,UGANDA,ETHIOPIA ALL HAVE 1

SCHOOL IN TOP 30 POLL

……………………………………………….UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT POLLED 88.2 PERCENT IN CITATION SCORE TO PLACE SIXTH

 

Nigeria’s University of Port Harcourt in Rivers state is in the news and for a very good reason  this time around,it has just placed sixth in a TIMES Higher Education poll conducted for the Top 30 African Universities in the year:2015/2016 academic session.

In a fact file given to The News Office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia in Lagos,Nigeria ,it was discovered that the top 30 poll was conducted using the ratio of citations received by schools publication output between 2009 and 2013 and the  total citations that was expected based on the average of the subject field.

Paedia Express gathered that to be included on the table ,an institution must have published a minimum of 500 research papers in the five year period assessed with at least  50 papers per year.

Paedia Express learnt that out of a list of 30 universities in the maiden list only a representative from Ghana made the list: The University of Ghana,Legon

Sources reveal: an institution must have published a minimum of 500 research papers in the five- year period assessed with at least 50 papers per year”

Mr Phil Baty , Editor of The World University rankings  is said to have said that building on the flagship was to help develop more metrics to capture a wider range of activities at African universities as the top 30n was designed to get the conversation going.

GENOTYPE FOUNDATION GENOTYPE FOUNDATION TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN ON BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT IN 2017

GENOTYPE FOUNDATION TO BEGIN

CAMPAIGN ON BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT IN 2017

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

DOING A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT AT A MEDICAL FACILITY

Officials of Lagos Not-For –Profit organization ,Genotype Foundation have revealed exclusively in chat with The News Office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia in Lagos ,Nigeria on the sidelines of its 2016 Annual Quiz competition for Junior Schools held recently at the Lagos Airport Hotels in Ikeja.

Officials of the agency said that they were already in high level talks with officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health as regards their massive plans for those suffering from sickle cell disorder.

Officials of the agency while thanking God for the recent development in the treatment of sickle cell disorder noted that the 2017 campaign was surely going to put smiles on the faces of all involved in the big fight.

The Quiz proper which had Ojodu Junior High School ,Lagos Progressives and Birch Freeman Junior High School all slugging it out had Ojodu High School carting away the first prize in the end but with the second and third place schools also smiling home as everybody was a winner at the event.

The moderators of the Quiz Competition were Madam Doris Gbemiloye,Executive Director of the Genotype Foundation,Miss Sonia Olagbegi,a career educationist and Mr Elijah Gbenga.

It was learn t   that from Federal Ministry of Health research study ,85 percent of 15 years old do not live due to the effects of sickle cell disorder.

In terms of epidemiology, mosquitoes when they bite a sickle cell patient usually triggers of the crisis period as it aids the reduction in the level of immunity