MARCH 28, 2019 Nigeria needs to take its mental health seriously -Nkem Ndem Last week, I was filling out the form for a short course I intend to do
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Nigeria needs to take its mental health seriously -Nkem Ndem
Last week, I was filling out the form for a short course I intend to do this summer and when I got to the part where I had to indicate if I had any disability, curiosity got the better of me.
Usually, I would skip such sections without really considering it because, thankfully, I have no physical impairment.
But the drop-down arrow caught my eye and I clicked on it and saw a list of disabilities that did not just include lack of hearing, being crippled or blindness. [Read more](
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It said the choice followed consideration of all available options.
The lawmakers explained that the unanimous choice of Lawan was borne out of the fact that the APC has a clear majority and does not need the PDP to run a successful government. [Read more](
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This was disclosed by Wale Babalakin, the Chairman, Federal Government re-negotiation team, in a media briefing in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 27 after a meeting that lasted six hours.Babalakin disclosed that the ASUU team had presented more than 20 issues that were being looked into to ensure stability in the university system. [Read more](
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