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Perennial Strike in the Ivory Towers - A Case for a Robust and Self-Sustaining Approach - by Dele Falebita.

As at today, Nigeria has 49 federal government universities; 57 state government universities and 111 accredited private universities. In other words, not all universities are locked in Nigeria. Some students are learning in some accredited universities across the nation. Only students principally in the federal universities and their parents are affected by this present strike action. The students from those other universities would go ahead to graduate, take the available opportunities in the job/labour market within reasonable age brackets while the strike-affected ones would have to make do with whatever is left after when and if they graduate. Before year 2000, maybe strike was “great” . Not because it didn’t have its negative consequences. But right now, it appears we have reached a plateau - and ‘diminishing return’ is setting in. Time and season are affecting the perennial reasons for the strike model. The reasons have been about the same through different regimes of govern...
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Maximizing fitness while working from home

Working from home The advent and spread of covid-19 and its variant have necessitated that many people stay home and work. Working from home has now become a major part of our present reality. This reality may extend into the nearest future and is gradually affecting the way work is done. It has its advantages so long as it does not affect the health of the person negatively. Fitness has both physical and mental dimensions to it. Both are very important because they enable us achieve relevant everyday jobs with energy, alertness and liveliness. Physical fitness means the body systems are working together in such harmony that one can perform daily activities with minimum effort and yet be excited and full of life. Mental fitness means the mind is able to actively think and make reasonable judgement of things and situations. It is closely linked with perception and behavior. The benefits The benefits of  keeping fit  can be summarized as follows: There is a good and rel...
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Energy Transition – a deep learning network challenge

the movement Energy Transition is a movement toward cleaner energy supply, demand and uses in the form of solar, wind, hydro and geothermal as against the use of fossil fuel. The focus is to have net-zero carbon emission by the year 2050. This is to limit the negative impacts of climate related changes. Such impacts include but not limited to food scarcity as well as the current but challenging weather conditions like widespread wild fires, droughts and floods. It has, however, been established that  decarbonization is just an aspect of the transition. The progress and requirements As it stands today and for the sake of the total health of mother earth, energy transition is a must , although it is unclear whether the Paris' Agreement is achievable based on today’s indices. Progress has been made but a lot still has to be done . The transition will gain momentum on the development and application of relevant policies, interplay of market indices and deployment of affordabl...
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