University teachers have criticised as unworkable the directive by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that Nigerian tertiary institutions should resume their academic activities, which were truncated by the coronavirus pandemic, with online teaching. They faulted the directive in a leaflet issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Ibadan, Publicity Committee, […]
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Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Tuesday presented three locally made motorised modular fumigators to Lagos State Government as his contribution in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. The royal father also handed over a large size drone sprinkler to the state Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The drone sprinkler-fumigator is meant for the […]
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Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Dr Olisa Agbakoba and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa have disagreed on Monday’s broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on the way forward towards curtailing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. While Dr Agbakoba, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), lauded Buhari over new regulations, particularly on relaxing the lockdown, […]
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday had a telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari, and declared support for Nigeria on the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of information, Lai Mohammed disclosed this at the daily media briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19. He said the US president promised to send across ventilators to Nigeria. […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded an immediate investigation into the mysterious mass deaths in Kano state in the last few days. In a statement on Sunday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party called for a presidential visit to Kano. The party recalled that no fewer than 640 persons had […]
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Says Oyo Governor Makinde showing example in good governance The Oyo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has praised some of President Muhammadu Buhari’s critical decisions with regard to its initial total lockdown of Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The party, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Engr Akeem […]
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The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn’t brought under control by next year, the organising committee’s president warned, ruling out further delays. The comments, in an interview with a Japanese sports daily published Tuesday, come as medical experts doubted whether the pandemic can be sufficiently contained by […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has urged the people of Ondo State to be proactive in the fight against coronavirus, warning that the increasing cases may lead to community transmission. At a weekly media briefing on the pandemic in Akure, the governor attributed the rise in coronavirus cases in Ondo to the connivance of […]
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The presidential team on COVID-19 pandemic has arrived Kano State with full commitment to unravel the mystery behind the mass death in the state. On arrival, leader of the presidential committee Dr Nasiru Sani Gwarzo led the technical team on a courtesy visit to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tuesday at Government House. Gwarzo, who […]
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The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for N850 billion loan from the Capital Market to finance projects in the 2020 budget. The senate at plenary on Tuesday, gave accelerated approval to the request for the loan. It further mandated its Committees on Finance and Appropriation to liaise with the Minister of Finance, Mrs […]
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