The Lagos State Government has approved the reopening of private and public schools in the state from Monday next week, November 2, 2020. A statement on the Lagos State Government’s Twitter handle quoted the Commissioner for Education, FOLASADE ADEFISAYO, confirming the directive. Recall that all schools in Lagos State were ordered to close on Monday, October 19,…
The Nigeria Football Federation has received the sum of one million US dollars as Covid-19 palliative from the world football governing body, FIFA. NFF President, AMAJU PINNICK, confirmed receiving the money in a series of messages on Twitter. PINNICK said FIFA equally sent six hundred thousand dollars for the FIFA Forward projects in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, and…
The Adekunle-Adeniji section of the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge will be closed from midnight on Friday, October 30, to Sunday, November 1, 2020, for the second round of repairs. This was made known in a statement signed by BOLANLE OGUNLOLA of the Public Affairs Unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation. The statement quoted the Commissioner…
The Ogun State Government has approved the full reopening of the economy, after the Covid-19 lockdown. This means that all religious centres, businesses, hotels and other entertainment outlets are allowed to return to resume their operations. The approval was made known in a statement by KUNLE SOMORIN, who is the Chief Press Secretary to Governor DAPO ABIODUN.…
In Rivers State; Governor NYESOM WIKE has offered to pay twenty million naira to the families of each police officer and soldier who died during the violent turn of the EndSARS protests. Governor WIKE blamed members of the banned Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra, IPOB, for the killing of the security officers in Oyigbo Local Government Area.…
The Lagos State Government is to provide financial support to families of police officers in the state who lost their lives due to the violent turn of the EndSARS protests. These include funding the burial of those who died in the violence, compensation for their families, scholarships for their children, and paying the medical bills of those…