Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has directed all tertiary institutions under the state government to reopen on September 14. The institutions were shut indefinitely in March to check the spread of COVID-19. But at a briefing on Saturday, the governor asked them to reopen. He also fixed September 21 as the the tentative date for the reopening of secondary schools. …
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Latest: Nigeria Records Lowest Cases of COVID-19
As Nigeria continues its fight against Coronavirus, 160 new cases of the deadly virus have been confirmed, totalling the number of confirmed cases to 53,477. This was revealed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Friday. The centre, NCDC further revealed on the 28th of August 2020 that no death was recorded …
Read More »Latest: Reopening of international flight shifted to September
The federal government has shifted the resumption of international flights from August 29 to September 5. Musa Nuhu, director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), announced the new date at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday. Nuhu attributed the one-week extension to some non-aviation logistics. “Since the announcement by the honourable minister of aviation …
Read More »COVID-19: Nigeria Records 296 New Cases, As Total State Cases Reduces
Nigeria recorded 296 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday August 27. According to statistics by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Plateau state recorded 85 new cases, the highest for the day. Other states with new cases include Enugu – 46, Oyo – 31, Lagos – 21, Rivers – 20, FCT – 15, Kaduna – 13, Bauchi – 12, …
Read More »Police: Suspect makes full confession over the killing of Vera Omozuwa
Three months after the brutal rape and murder of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the University of Benin, the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded six suspects in connection with the crime. One of the suspected killers, Collins Uligbe, from Agbor in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, disclosed while being paraded that her landlady, …
Read More »WAEC: Mischievous supervisors shared exam questions on WhatsApp groups
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says some mischievous supervisors are responsible for the snapshots of examination question papers found on WhatsApp groups. Patrick Areghan, head of WAEC, Nigeria, disclosed this on Wednesday when the council went on a monitoring visit to Federal Government Boys College, Apo, Abuja. On August 17, WAEC had debunked reports that the 2020 WASSCE mathematics …
Read More »COVID-19: Nigeria records 221 new cases, 1,010 confirmed deaths as toll hits 53,021
As Nigeria continues its fight against Coronavirus, 221 new cases of the deadly virus have been recorded on wednesday, 26th August with a total of 53, 021 confirmed cases. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official Twitter page. The centre which carried out a total daily test of 5,216 samples across the country …
Read More »EFCC: Mompha regains Freedom Again
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC today August 26, release internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha, about two weeks after he was re-arrested by the anti-graft agency in Lagos. It was earlier reported that Mompha was re-arrested on Friday, August 14 when he went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos to reclaim his five wristwatches, one Apple Air …
Read More »COVID-19: Total Confirmed Cases 52,800, Deaths 1007, As Total Discharged Cases Now 39,964
As Nigeria continues its fight against Coronavirus, 252 new cases of the deadly virus were recorded on Tuesday night, making the confirmed COVID-19 cases to be 52,800. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official Twitter handle. NCDC revealed that 39,964 patients have now been discharged with 1007 patients losing their lives to the …
Read More »Police Recruitment: Entry level requirement suspended by IGP
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu on Monday ordered that entry requirements be waved for applicants into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police. The police had on Monday kicked-off the screening of applicants for 10,000 slots nationwide. President Muhammadu Buhari, had declared that an additional 40, 000 policemen would be added to the NPF in phases of 10,000 over …
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