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The House of Representatives Committee on Education has said that it would be holding a joint meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association and the Federal Ministry of Education over the Federal Government’s directive to schools to resume on September 22 as against October 12. The lower chamber of the National Assembly stated that the proposed meeting, slated for September 15, would address the appropriateness of a review of the September 22 resumption in view of the Ebola outbreak. Chairman, House Committee on Education, Hon. Aminu Usman, stated that the concerns raised by the NMA over the new resumption date would not be brushed aside. Usman spoke on Thursday during an oversight function visit to the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, alongside members of the committee.

Photo: UNDP/S.Marijnissen Commercial bike riders aim to reach 150,000 to 200,000 people through face-to-face dialogue and communication on Ebola prevention in Freetown. The European Commission will provide €5 million to the newly established mission of the African Union (AU) "Support to Ebola Outbreak in West-Africa" (ASEOWA) that will join the ongoing efforts to contain the spread of the disease in the region.

'With slim prospects of well-paid work, loans are an effective prison, keeping the recent graduate from fully exploring their options.' Photograph: Pete Riches/Demotix/Corbis A guest lounges against the reception desk, quizzing me: “How did you get here? Are you paid? Do you have a degree in hospitality?” I have to let her down gently. At 19, without a degree, I am paid well to run a popular hostel. Last year, I made the best decision of my life: I dropped out of university.

Phimosis An erect penis with a case of phimosis ICD - 10 N 47 ICD - 9 605 DiseasesDB 10019 eMedicine emerg/423 MeSH D010688 Phimosis ( / f ɪ ˈ m oʊ s ɨ s / or / f aɪ ˈ m oʊ s ɨ s / [1] [2] ), from the Greek phimos ( φῑμός ["muzzle"]), is a condition in males where the foreskin cannot be fully retracted over the glans penis . The term may also refer to clitoral phimosis in women, whereby the clitoral hood cannot be retracted, limiting exposure of the glans clitoridis . [3] At birth, the foreskin is fused to the glans and is not retractable. Huntley et al. state that "non-retractability can be considered normal for males up to and including adolescence ." [4] Normal developmental non-retractability does not cause any problems. Phimosis is deemed pathological when it causes problems, such as difficulty urinating or performing common sexual functions. There are numerous causes of so-called pathological phimosis. Common ...

In a statement by the ECOWAS Commission on Wednesday in Abuja, the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman is quoted as saying that the disease would have grave and devastating consequences on the region, if not adequately addressed. She said this in her address to the 34th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff, which opened in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday.

  Some people reported sensations of tugging and suffocation More than 300 people a year in the UK and Ireland report they have been conscious during surgery - despite being given general anaesthesia.

Thirty years ago, Pop-Art's bad boy, Andy Warhol, consigned 300,000 of his everyday possessions to sealed cardboard boxes. Now, as the final boxes are opened for the first time, what do they tell us about the man who turned Campbell's soup tins into art? It's a stuffy summer evening on Pittsburgh's unfashionable North Shore. Cars jam the freeway, thanks to endless repairs to the crumbling flyovers. This famous old US industrial city is showing its age. But in the shadow of the highway spaghetti lies another world - the ultra-cool converted warehouse that houses The Warhol. Seven floors devoted to Pittsburgh's most illustrious artist-son, Andy Warhol, master of gaudily-coloured multiple Marilyn Monroes, Elvis Presleys and cans of soup. Here, at The Warhol, splendour reigns - museum-perfection. Air-conditioned to a nicety, slate-grey floors, gleaming gift-shop, walls papered with multiple ima...

Manila released this photo in May appearing to show Chinese land reclamation at Johnson South reef China says its land reclamation work in the South China Sea is "totally justifiable" as it has "sovereignty" over the area. Its foreign affairs ministry spokesman Hua Chunying was responding to a BBC report which documented China's construction work in disputed waters. The Philippines has accused China of illegal building in the area. China is locked in a dispute with several countries over maritime claims in the South China Sea. The BBC report by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes said China was building new islands on five different reefs. He and his team documented Chinese work to dredge tonnes of rock and sand from the sea floor to pump into Johnson South reef in the Spratly islands, which are also claimed by Manila. At a daily press briefing on Tuesday, Ms Hua was asked by the BBC why China was re...

President Poroshenko said he was broadly satisfied that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was holding  Poroshenko offers rebels more autonomy. Ukraine's president says he will grant more autonomy to separatists in the east to keep the country together. Petro Poroshenko said the current ceasefire had changed the situation "drastically", despite reports that rebels had captured another town. One rebel leader in Donetsk dismissed his comments and said they intended to break away and become independent. The ceasefire came into effect last Friday in a deal in Belarus backed by Ukraine, the separatists and Russia. More than 2,600 people have been killed since fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces erupted in April. Mr Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Tuesday and said they were satisfied with how it was holding, a Kremlin official said on Wednesday. B...