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PTF Gives Update on January 18 Resumption
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on Tuesday, said schools in the country will resume on January 18 until the Ministry of Education announces further directive. PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, stated this while featuring on a television programme monitored by The PUNCH. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had on Monday, said the…
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School Resumption: Vice-Chancellors Disagree With ASUU
Vice -Chancellors of some federal and state universities in Nigeria have expressed readiness to reopen schools. Though the Academic Staff Union of Universities had said that varsities were not ready for reopening, the VCs said they had planned to reopen their institutions as directed by the Federal Government. One of the VCs of a federal…
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Students React, As UNILORIN Begins Online Classes (Photos)
Following the directive from the authorities of University of Ilorin, Unilorin, to its teeming students to join virtual classes yesterday, Monday, due to the second wave of COVID19, some of the Undergraduates have expressed their experiences in the online classes. Some of them took to their social media handles to share their thoughts, Vreporters gathered…
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Shocking! Kwara Director Found Dead in Office, as Son Reacts
There was palpable tension at the Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin when a Director identified as Dr Khalid Ibrahim Ndaman was found dead in his office on Monday morning, January 11. It was gathered that Dr Ndaman, who until his death was a Director of Veterinary in the ministry, was well…
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EKSU Senate Approves Resumption of Academic Activities
The Senate of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has approved online resumption of academic activities from January 18, due to the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, Head, Directorate and Corporate Affairs and released to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Monday.It said that the Senate…
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COVID-19: FG Reveals Plan To Review Proposed Date For Schools Resumption
The Federal Government has Reveals its plan to review January 18, 2020, the proposed date for resumption of schools. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, told reporters in Abuja the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19 will review the date. Most states have fixed January 18 for the Resumption. But Adamu said the date…
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18-year-old Lady Arrested for Allegedly Setting Boyfriend Ablaze in Benue
An 18-year-old Lady has been arrested by the police after allegedly setting her boyfriend ablaze after a quarrel in the Wadata area of Makurdi town. Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness that the teenage girl carried out the dastardly act Monday morning at about 2 am when the victim was fast asleep. According to the source,…
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Turkish Religious Cult Leader Bags 1,075 Years Imprisonment Over Sex Related Crimes, Others
A court in Istanbul on Monday January 11, handed Adnan Oktar, the head of a cult considered a criminal organization by prosecutors, hefty prison terms for 10 separate crimes. The 64-year-old Oktar and dozens of his followers were arrested simultaneously during nationwide raids in 2018. Oktar, whose online A9 television channel began broadcasting in 2011,…
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Kano Fire Service Confirms Death of 3 Members of Family in Fire Incident
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of three members of the same family in an early morning fire incident at Rijiyar Zaki of Ungogo Local Government Area of the state. Reacting to the incident on Monday, Public Relations Officer of the Service, Alhaji Saidu Muhammad Ibrahim said the incident occurred at about…
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Wounded Soldiers Recount Near Death Experience, Vow To Return To Battlefield
Some Nigeria soldiers wounded during various encounters with the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East have vowed to return to the battlefield until the insurgents are defeated. The soldiers made the pledge when Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno), Chairman Senate Committee on Army, paid a fact-finding visit to the 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital…
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