The Federal Government has reversed the directive by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 on the partial reopening of schools for transition classes. This followed an announcement by the Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU, that Federal Government colleges will not resume until they are considered safe. The Education Minister also said Unity Schools would not participate in…
Federal Government’s approach in helping the creative industry to overcome the challenges of Covid-19 lockdown is generating mixed reactions from stakeholders in the sector. While those in movie and theatre business welcomed the move, the same cannot be said of some stakeholders in the music business in Nigeria. Recall that the Federal Government, had through the Minister…
Two young men, who claim to be entertainers, have turned to crime to survive due to the negative effect of the Covid-19 lockdown. They are twenty-five-year-old CHINONSO MICHAEL who claim to be a musician and twenty-two-year-old CHIMELU VICTORY who plays the piano. CHINONSO and CHIMELO, whose stage names are HAPPY – BOY and APOSTLE SWAG, are said…
The wife of Lagos State Governor, IBIJOKE SANWO-OLU, has called for the declaration of rape as an emergency. IBIJOKE SANWO-OLU also called on Nigerian men to help in making the protest against rape as big as the demonstrations against racism in the United States. The wife of the governor made the call when a group of men…
Social clubs with registered trustees operating in Lagos State will be permitted to open in two weeks’ time. But before reopening, such outfits would be required to register and obtain provisional clearance certificate from the state government. This was made known by the Director General of Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola. Mojola said that registration for…
The Lagos State Government has approved the reopening of worship centres in two weeks from now. While mosques are to resume congregational worship on Friday, June 19, church would begin on Sunday, June 21. Churches and mosques are to hold more than one service, with not more than forty percent at a time. The religious organisations are…