The Lagos State Government has restricted all private school owners who are planning to resume academic activities for third term, 2019/2020 session. According to the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, she stated categorically that all schools in Lagos State remain closed and barred from opening for the third term, stressing that the State continues to offer free…
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In the latest reports from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the totoal number of confirmed new coronvairus cases in Nigeria has reached 1,532 with the discovery of 195 new infected contacts. The health agency revealed in a tweet late Tuesday that of the new infections, 80 were recorded in Lagos, 38 in Kano, while 15 were…
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The United States of America has decided to assist Nigeria’s efforts towards fighting the coronavirus pandemic by offering to donate ventilators. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 21st joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19b where he said the pledges were made by US…
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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has exceeded one million on Tuesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 57,000 people in the US, which leads the world in the number of confirmed infections with 1,002,498 by the Baltimore-based school’s latest count.…
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Following President Buhari‘s third nationwide broadcast yesterday, Nigerians on Twitter have expressed diverse reactions to his decision to relax the lockdown that has been on for four weeks. Starting 4th of May, we are to be indoors between 8pm and 6am every day. Furthermore, new nationwide measures are to be introduced as follows; a. There will be an overnight curfew from…
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A new research has discovered that Coronavirus appears to linger in the air in crowded spaces or rooms that lack ventilation, Bloomberg reports. The study carried out at two hospitals in Wuhan, China, and published Monday April 27, in the journal Nature Research, researchers, found that Covid-19 can spread through tiny airborne particles known as aerosols.…
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Following the huge credibility deficit, Prophet T. B. Joshua recently faced due to his failed prediction that the Coronavirus would vanish March 27 from the earth, the cleric has been slammed for spending four days praying against the pandemic at the top of a mountain. The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) founder could be seen in…
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According to Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), at least 30 vehicles were destroyed during the fire that broke out yesterday at a Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station in Ogba community of Lagos. The agency’s Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the announced on Tuesday, April 28, noting that the fire outbreak at Nigeria National…
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United Nations’ specialized health agency, the World Health Organization, has stated that the Coronavirus pandemic is far from over, even as major countries are looking to restart the economic and business life of it’s citizenry by relaxing lockdown orders. Four million employees have furloughed their jobs in the UK alone, over 3 million people in the…
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Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, the son of the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT) has tested positive for Coronavirus, Sahara Reporters reports. Dokpesi Jnr, who is now chairman of the organisation, allegedly disclosed this in a short message to members of staff in Abuja on Monday. “I got a call this morning…
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