Lagos Government Shuts Ten Private Schools

CoronavirusEducationNewsLagos Government Shuts Ten Private Schools

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 4, 2020

A team monitoring the compliance of private schools in Lagos has sealed 10 schools in the State. The Director-General of the Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, who led the team, said that the exercise was to discourage the nonchalant attitude of some school owners and administrators to the directive and guide against the spread of the scourge. “No doubt, COVID-19 has had negative effects on our schools but we want students to...

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Lagos to Recover 20 Years Stamp Duty Commission Worth N4.7 Trillion from FG

MoneyNewsNigeriaLagos to Recover 20 Years Stamp Duty Commission Worth N4.7 Trillion from FG

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 4, 2020

The Commissioner for Finance in Lagos, Rabiu Olowo, has been urged by the House of Assembly to recover 20 years stamp duty remittance estimated at N4.7 trillion from the federal government. Making a presentation on the recovery to the House Committee on Finance, Professor Kola Adekoya, Rector and Project Consultant of School of Banking Honours, disclosed that Lagos, at a time, was granted N50 commission on every stamp duty transaction from N1000 upward. Prof. Adekoya...

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Lagos Govt Directs Students to Resume for Revision, Exams

CoronavirusNewsLagos Govt Directs Students to Resume for Revision, Exams

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 4, 2020

… Primary Six pupils to cross to secondary schools using continuous assessment records The government of Lagos State has permitted students in transitional classes who are candidates for public examination to resume from August 3, for revision and examination. Governor Sanwo-Olu made this known at Marina, Lagos, while giving updates on the COVID-19 situation in the State, describing the directive as gradual and applies only to day-schools and Senior Secondary Three (SS3) and Technical Study...

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‘My Deputy is the Greatest Threat to This Government’ – Gov Akeredolu

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘My Deputy is the Greatest Threat to This Government’ – Gov Akeredolu

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 4, 2020

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said that the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, was the greatest threat to the government and would not hand over to him. The Governor, who is on isolation after testing positive to COVID-19, said through the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, that the Deputy Governor had left the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Nation reported. “Those of us in government and believe strongly in this government see the Deputy Governor...

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NNPC Calms Fears Over Leaking Pipeline, Says No Possibility of Explosion

Crime & SecurityNewsOil & GasNNPC Calms Fears Over Leaking Pipeline, Says No Possibility of Explosion

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 3, 2020

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has dismissed concerns over possible fire outbreak from a vandalised spot on its pipeline at Aboru Canal in Alimosho Local Government. In a statement, the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, said the liquid leaking from the pipeline was not petrol, but water. Obateru stated that the Atlas Cove – Mosimi stretch of the system 2B Pipeline was shut down on June 25, 2020,...

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Lagos Assembly Seeks to Erase Slave Trade and Colonial Masters Reminders

NewsNigeriaLagos Assembly Seeks to Erase Slave Trade and Colonial Masters Reminders

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 1, 2020

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been urged by the House of Assembly to direct the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture to work with the Attorney-General to rename sites named after colonial masters in order remove the remains of slave trade and colonialism. Deputy Majority Leader, Hon Noheem Adams representing Eti-Osa constituency 01, the lawmaker who raised the motion during plenary, drew attention to the protest against the oppression of black people...

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UPDATE: Fayemi Lifts Travel Ban, Opens Religious Centres, Markets, Schools

CoronavirusNewsUPDATE: Fayemi Lifts Travel Ban, Opens Religious Centres, Markets, Schools

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 30, 2020

The Ekiti State government has announced the relaxation of its COVID-19 restrictions to allow religious centres, schools and markets to reopen and travel to and from the State to resume. Governor Kayode Fayemi said that the decisions were taken following an assessment of the current situation and advices from experts. Mr Fayemi stated that residents of the State could move around freely during weekdays from 6:00am to 8:00pm, maintaining that dusk to dawn curfew will...

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Why Keyamo Was Walked Out of a Meeting with NASS Members

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWhy Keyamo Was Walked Out of a Meeting with NASS Members

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 30, 2020

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo was on Tuesday, involved in a shouting match with members of the Senate and House Joint Committee on Labour, and was walked out. Mr. Keyamo had been invited to brief the legislators on the Special Public Works Programme meant to employ 774,000 people across the 774 local government in Nigeria, which would gulp N52 billion. But drama began when the Senate and House joint Committee...

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Rapid Test Kits for COVID-19 Fail Validation in Lagos

CoronavirusNewsRapid Test Kits for COVID-19 Fail Validation in Lagos

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 30, 2020

Rapid diagnostic test kits do not give reliable COVID-19 results, the Lagos Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed while announcing the government’s efforts to ramp up testing for coronavirus in the State. The State government had earlier called on companies and manufacturers of rapid test kits for COVID-19 to apply for validation and submit a minimum of 300 units of the Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits including testing protocols for the kits. Commenting on why...

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How Lagos is Preparing for Increase in Demand for COVID-19 Test

CoronavirusHealthNewsHow Lagos is Preparing for Increase in Demand for COVID-19 Test

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 30, 2020

The Lagos government in anticipation of an increase in demand for COVID-19 test in the state has given seven private laboratories approval to begin polymerase chain reaction testing for the virus. The laboratories are Total Medical Services, Synlab, 54 Gene, Medbury Medical Services, Biologix Medical Services, 02 Medical Services, and Clina Lancent Laboratories. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, said during the signing of a memorandum of understanding, that bringing private laboratories onboard was...

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