Author: Alex Enemanna
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Only schools designated as WASSCE centres will re-open — FG
The Federal Government on Monday said only schools designated as centres for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and in respect of the exiting classes would re-open. Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja. ”All primary schools and all…
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COVID-19: 262,579 Nigerians tested so far — FG
The Federal Government says it has so far crossed the quarter million mark with the testing of 262,579 Nigerians for COVID-19 in the last five months. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this on Monday in Abuja at the 53rd national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. “With 262,579 persons…
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Lagos gas explosion kills one, injures three
A yet-to-be identified man was on Monday killed and three others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in Lagos. The incident occurred at 13C, Palmgroove Estate, Cappa Avenue, off Ikorodu road around 6pm. It was gathered the cylinder exploded while refilling gas into an outdoor split air conditioner. The cause of the explosion was leakage…
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Defection: Bala Mohammed’s corrupt activities responsible for my exit — Dogara
A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has explained the reasons he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), back to his former party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). The acting chairman of the APC, Mai Mala Buni, had confirmed Dogara’s resignation on Friday after he led the former speaker to meet…
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Kaduna killings: IGP orders full enforcement of curfew
As part of efforts at restoring law and order in parts of Southern Kaduna affected by recent violence and other security challenges, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed the Commissioner of Police (CP), Kaduna State Police Command to ensure full enforcement of the curfew imposed by the Kaduna State Government. The CP…
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Gunmen kill lawyer, kidnap wife, son in Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a Kaduna based lawyer, Mr. Haro Gandu and abducted his wife, son. It was gathered that the hoodlums broke into Mr Gandu’s house at Tollgate area, along Abuja Road, Kaduna on Sunday night through one of the windows and shot at him. Timothy Gandu, a former commissioner of…
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Buhari names railway stations after Tinubu, Saraki, Soyinka, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving citizens who contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large”, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said. This was contained in a statement by the Ministry of Transportation on Monday titled,…
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We’ll trounce PDP in my deputy’s LG, says Akeredolu
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has described the exit of his deputy, Agboola Ajayi from the All Progressives Congress, as good “riddance to bad rubbish”. The governor, who said this in an interview with newsmen at the National Secretariat of the APC, in Abuja, on Monday, also vowed to beat the Peoples Democratic Party…
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FG orders schools to resume
The Federal Government on Monday asked schools in the country to reopen for graduating pupils effective August 4. It also announced that this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination would commence on August 17. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong.…
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Two dead, as container-laden truck falls on bus in Lagos
A tragedy occurred on Sunday, when a truck with number plates SGM 715 XA loaded with a 20-foot container fell on a commercial bus stationed at Ilasamaja beneath the bridge, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, killing two persons with others injured in the process. According to an eyewitness, the accident occurred when the bus was discharging some…