The Nigerian Federal Government has disclosed that it was not in support of the resumption of schools on Monday, January 18, 2021. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made this known during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19, on Monday.Adamu, said the government did not agree with the states on the […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has fixed September 21 as the the tentative date for the reopening of primary and secondary schools. He also 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 […]
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Ahead of the reopening of universities and others, Nigeria’s Federal Government has given six conditions that each school should meet. It noted that the six conditions are to protect pupils and students against the Coronavirus disease. The Federal Government also asked all heads of schools to start putting measures in place to meet the terms. […]
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To curtail the spread of coronavirus disease, Lagos state government has announced closure of all public and private schools in this state. Recall that there are currently six confirmed cases of the disease in Nigeria’s commercial capital. In a statement on Wednesday, Folashade Adefisayo, said: “As part of the preventive measures against the spread of […]
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Thousands of schools have been closed and sporting events cancelled on Friday as France records its highest-ever temperature, 44.3 degrees in heat wave. The high temperature was recorded in Carpentras, near the Rhone Valley city of Avignon, and in one of four French departments that are on the country’s first-ever official red alert for dangerous […]
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Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has ordered the immediate recruitment of 2,000 teachers for 40 newly completed schools to fill the gap in the state’s education sector. Mr Yerima Saleh, the state’s Head of Service, disclosed this in Maiduguri on Saturday in a statement issued Malam Isa Gusau, the Special Assistant on Media and Strategy […]
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The Federal Government has started the implementation of mid-day group hand washing before meals in schools across the country to inculcate the culture of hand washing in children. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, made this known in Abuja on Monday at an event to commemorate the 2017 Global Hand Washing Day, according […]
Continue ReadingThe Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ekiti, Mr Ismail Kugu, on Wednesday said the commission would prosecute any private school owner who fails to register the institution’s fleet with the command. Kugu said this at the presentation of certificates to successful fleet operators under the Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme (RTSSS) programme in Ado-Ekiti. […]
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