LASG warns private schools against third term resumption
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has warned private schools in the state to shun the idea of resuming for the third term academic session until the lockdown period is over. Recall that the state government had on March 18 ordered public and private schools in the state to close down from March 23, as…
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Tension as CBN increases exchange rate for cargo imports
There was unease in the seaports on Thursday following the recent increase of the exchange rate for import duty payment from N326 per dollar to N361. Our correspondent gathered that in line with the increment, the Nigeria Customs Service has effected an increase in duty payable on cargoes imported through the ports. The development has…
Mbaka prophesied pandemic in 2015 — Adoration Ministry
The Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, has said the ravaging novel coronavirus pandemic was predicted by its spiritual director, Ravened Father Ejike Mbaka. The ministry, in a report it released on Wednesday, added that the lockdown occasioned by the pandemic was among the 40 prophesies Mbaka released in 2015 among other several issues affecting Nigeria. The…
COVID-19: Governors ban inter-state travel for two weeks
Governors have agreed to ban movement between states for two weeks as part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. They took the decision at the sixth teleconference meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) which held on Wednesday. Kayode Fayemi, NGF chairman and governor of Ekiti state, said the action became necessary because of…
Imo community strips policeman over alleged homosexuality
A police constable, Chibuike Ukazu, was on Tuesday stripped naked by the residents of Umueze community in the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State for allegedly indulging in homosexual acts. The policeman and his partner were said to have been caught in the act and were taken to the house of the traditional ruler…
Coronavirus: Don’t extend lockdown, NLC tells FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government not to extend the lockdown order on COVID-19, warning that doing so might cause social unrest in the affected states and the Federal Capital Territory. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and dater April 14, 2020, which…
Undergraduate commits suicide over SARS harassment
An undergraduate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Seyi Akinade, has reportedly committed suicide. The victim, in a lengthy post on Twitter before his death, said he could no longer live with the continuous harassment by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, which he claimed led to his decision to kill himself. His stepbrother,…
Court fines Ekiti pastors N.1m for lockdown violation
An Ado Ekiti Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday convicted two pastors, Abiodun Daramola and Sunday Akinwande, for violating the lockdown order of the state government. The Magistrate, Mr Lanre Owoleso, who found the clerics guilty of the two counts preferred against them, ordered them to pay N50,000 fine each and as well as engage in one…
Bandits kill four soldiers in Zamfara
Four soldiers were feared dead in an ambush by bandits in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Tuesday. A source said troops of Operation Hadarin were taken unawares by the bandits in the bush between Birane and Garin-Kada villages of the Zurmi Local Government Area. The soldiers were said to be conveying food to their…
FG postpones WASSCE, NECO indefinitely
The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced the indefinite postponement of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council slated for May and June. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who spoke at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, noted that 15 states…