The Federal Government on Thursday said pupils in Nigeria might be forced to sit for the General Certificate Examination in November, if the country failed to meet up with this year’s timetable for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The government explained that that might become necessary since the West African Examination Council could not shift its WASSCE scheduled to commence on August 4. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated these while answering questions from journalists during the press conference of the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19. He, however, said that should Nigeria be…
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Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, appealed to residents of the state to exercise patience and bear the discomfort that will be experienced arising from the six-month partial closure of the 3rd Mainland Bridge, which starts Friday evening. The governor, while making the appeal, said the closure of the 11.8km bridge, the busiest in the state, was inevitable, following physical deterioration observed on the structure after an integrity test conducted by the Federal Government. Sanwo-Olu spoke while receiving the new Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos, Commodore Olusegun Ogungbemide, in a courtesy visit…
The Federal Government is to meet with the State Commissioners for Education, National Association of Private School Proprietors and other critical stakeholders, on 30th July 2020, to evaluate the level of preparedness and possibility of reopening schools. Minister of State for Education, Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this known during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 news briefing in Abuja. The meeting would discuss the level of compliance with the guidelines for reopening of schools earlier released by the Federal Ministry of Education. He also disclosed that government was working assiduously towards ensuring that the final year students participate in the…
The Lagos State health commissioner, Akin Abayomi, has said the state government spends an average of N1 million daily on each patient with severe coronavirus case. Mr Abayomi said this on Thursday during a press briefing on COVID-19 Infection in the state. While responding to a question on the cost of managing COVID-19 patients in the state, the commissioner said it depends on the condition of the patients. He said the state spends an average of N100,000 daily on patients with mild or moderate infections, while those with severe cases require an average of N1 million daily due to their…
The 36 state governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have expressed optimism that the disbursement of other available funds that will help close the financing gap created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also including the $100 million COVID-19 support from the World Bank and the N1 billion to each state from the Federal Government to fund health mitigation measures and infrastructure refunds for the Federal Government roads constructed or rehabilitated by state governments. The governors stated this at the 13th teleconference meeting chaired by Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, according to the communiqué issued at…
The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has disclosed leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in 2016, provided documents, which disqualified Governor Godwin Obaseki from the APC governorship contest. He said the APC screening committee relied on the documents to disqualify Obaseki from the party’s primary in 2020. He spoke in his residence at the Government Reservation Area (GRA) near Government House, Benin while addressing supporters who followed him from Aduwawa on Auchi Road in the state capital. Oshiomhole, a former Edo Governor, reiterated that the PDP’s suit in 2016 against Obaseki,…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the October 10, Ondo State governorship election, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, on Thursday said his emergence marked the beginning of the end of the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu-led administration. Jegede won the PDP primary on Wednesday, polling 888 votes to defeat seven others, including the state deputy governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi. The PDP candidate, who spoke with journalists in Akure said, “By the support of the people of the state and other party members, we will take over the government of Ondo State come October 2020. “We are all winners in Ondo State and…
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has congratulated the former Attorney General of the state, Eyitayo Jegede, over his victory at the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary on Wednesday. Ajayi, who scored 657 in the primary to come second, said he fought many forces in the PDP which he said was responsible for his loss. The Ondo State deputy governor stated this in a statement released on Thursday through his media officer, Allen Sowore, in Akure, the state capital. In the statement titled, ‘We fought a good fight’, Ajayi noted that he has accepted the defeat and moved on,…
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have arrested 10 notorious bandits, rescued kidnapped victims and recovered rustled cows in the last few days within the North West theatre. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the troops had continued to record credible achievements in their quest to rid the North West zone of banditry, cattle rustling, kidnapping and other sundry criminalities. He disclosed that the troops on July 18 arrested arrested 2 suspected bandits namely, Marti Abdullahi and Abdullahi Muazu at Gundumi in…
Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Barr. Eyitayo Jegede, is currently under pressure to pick Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, as his running mate, Party sources have said. Ajayi who dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (PDP) for the PDP last month was the first runner up at the PDP primary by polling 657 votes, while Jegede polled 888 votes. Sources said Jegede is yet to open talks with Ajayi but some PDP chieftains have been pressuring him since last night to pick Ajayi due to the ability to gather such votes within…