Nigeria

Schools in Osun State, on Monday, prevented students without facemasks from entering into their premises as they resumed amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Staff of the Salvation Army Grammar School and Osogbo Grammar School barred students without facemasks on Monday. When questioned, two of the concerned students explained that their parents…

The Senate Public Account Committee has condemned the Petroleum Resources Ministry for using N98.4m to print leaflets. According to a 2015 report by the Auditor-General for the Federation, the ministry printed the flyers to create awareness about the Petroleum Industrial Bill. However, after due review by the National Assembly, it…

As schools resume for the second term of the 2020 /2021 academic session across Nigeria, there are indications that most of the schools failed to comply fully with the safety protocols put in place by the Federal Government to curb the spread of the virus. According to reports, most schools…

Not less than six vehicles have been impounded after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State directed the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) to launch a clampdown on covered number plates in the state. According to reports, five out of the six vehicles have been moved to the Lagos State Task Force…

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has inaugurated the Special Public Works Programme in Kebbi State over the weekend. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the takeoff of the programme, which would engage 774,000 unemployed Nigerians. According to reports, the beneficiaries would earn N20,000 monthly…

The Punch: Nigeria may waste 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, say Experts Virologists and other medical experts have warned that 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine the country is expecting may become useless if proper arrangements are not made for their transportation and storage. Don’t disregard experts’ advice, NMA tells FG…

Nigerians have taken to social media to lament over the death of a 22-year-old product designer, David Ntekim-Rex. According to a relative, @Magnanimous_, who disclosed the news on Twitter, David was returning from work around 8pm when some armed robbers shot him at the Jibowu area of Lagos State on…

Barely seven days after his abduction, popular petroleum products dealer in Ekiti State, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami, has regained freedom from his abductors. Recall that some unknown gunmen kidnapped him last Sunday night at his filling station along Ado-Ijan Road in Ado Ekiti around 9pm. According to a family source, Akinbami reunited with…

The House of Representatives has demanded the postponement of school resumption for three months over claims that the country is not prepared to handle the surge in coronavirus cases. The House criticized the Federal Government for directing schools to reopen on Monday, January 18, 2021 despite the increasing fatality recorded…

Lagos State Government has shut down the Mile 12 to Ketu service lane, inward Lagos, for construction works, that started on Saturday, January 16, 2021. A statement by the Commissioner, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde explained that the closure was part of efforts to complete the ongoing rehabilitation works on Ikorodu road…