Another Gas Explosion Leaves 2 People Dead, 5 Injured in Lagos

NewsNigeriaAnother Gas Explosion Leaves 2 People Dead, 5 Injured in Lagos

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 4, 2020

An explosion which witnesses and authorities say was caused by a gas cylinder leak, has occurred at Orile Iganmu area of Lagos. An artisan who was welding an articulated vehicle died on the spot while another died at the hospital. Five people sustained injuries, the Nation reported. “It happened this evening (Monday). A welder at truck park in front of Atlas Company was working on one of the heavy duty equipment at the park which...

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UPDATE: Ogun Government Bows to Pressure, Cancels Mandatory COVID-19 Test for SS3 Students

CoronavirusEducationNewsUPDATE: Ogun Government Bows to Pressure, Cancels Mandatory COVID-19 Test for SS3 Students

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 3, 2020

The Ogun State government has stepped down its order mandating SS3 boarding students in public and private schools to take COVID-19 and Malaria tests before being allowed to resume on August 4. The government had given students four days – July 31 to August 3 – to get tested at any of the three designated COVID-19 testing centres in the State or private laboratories approved by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The government...

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UPDATE: Mandatory COVID Test for SS3 Students: Ogun Govt Clarifies Directive

CoronavirusEducationNewsUPDATE: Mandatory COVID Test for SS3 Students: Ogun Govt Clarifies Directive

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

… COVID-19 test free for public school students, private school students to get discounts The Ogun State government has given more details about its initial directive for all SS3 boarding school students in the State to undergo COVID-19 and Malaria tests before they are allowed to resume academic activities on August 4. The clarification comes following protests by parents over N25,000 fee for COVID-19 test. In a statement, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, the Special Adviser to...

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Osun Government Names Community to Host Girls Military School

EducationMilitaryNewsOsun Government Names Community to Host Girls Military School

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

Ede, a community in Osun State has been named the most suitable community to host one of the girls military school which the Nigerian Army is planning to establish across the six geopolitical zones in the country. The Governor of the State, Adegboyega Oyetola, disclosed this during a meeting with an eight-man delegation of high-ranking officers of the Nigerian Army who were on an inspection tour of Osun State, led by the Chief of Standard...

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All SSS3 Boarding Students in Ogun to Undergo COVID-19 and Malaria Tests

CoronavirusNewsAll SSS3 Boarding Students in Ogun to Undergo COVID-19 and Malaria Tests

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

…Parents protest 25,000 COVID-19 tests The Ogun State government has said that all Senior Secondary School Three students in the state must present themselves for Malaria and COVID-19 tests. The State government said that only students whose COVID-19 tests return negative would be allowed to resume. The test which had begun on July 31, would end on August 3. The government assigned three centres to carry out the tests, including the 250 MTR, Okemosan, Abeokuta;...

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Ogun State to Jail Face Mask Law Violators for Six Months from August 4

EducationNewsNigeriaOgun State to Jail Face Mask Law Violators for Six Months from August 4

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

As the Ogun State government partially relaxes restrictions to allow SS3 students write WAEC exams and worship centres reopen from August 14, it has said that defaulters of the face masks law risk being jailed for six months. Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor said in a statement that the enforcement of the face masks law by the police and other security agencies would begin from August 4. “Since wearing of face masks...

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Terminal Classes Students in Lagos to Resume August 3

EducationNewsNigeriaTerminal Classes Students in Lagos to Resume August 3

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

The Lagos State government has approved the re-opening of day and boarding secondary schools for students in terminal classes in August 3. Babajide Sanwo-olu, the Governor of Lagos State, said that students in Senior Secondary School three and Junior Secondary School three could resume from August 3 for revision classes. “This, we believe, will allow them to participate in revision classes two weeks before the 2020 WAEC examination has been stated to start from the...

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Worship Centres in Lagos to Reopen Next Week

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaWorship Centres in Lagos to Reopen Next Week

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

The Lagos State government has said that worship centres in the State could reopen from August 7. Lagos had kept churches and mosques closed even after the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had approved the reopening of worship centres in June, due to fear of the virus spreading. In a press briefing on Saturday, Governor Sanwo-Olu said Mosques could reopen from August 7 and churches from August 9. “We will only allow 50 per cent...

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Nigeria: Two Problems and a Lesson on How to Not Run a Country

EconomyNewsSpecial ReportNigeria: Two Problems and a Lesson on How to Not Run a Country

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 1, 2020

Five months into the pandemic, Nigeria is learning the hard way that some of its unresolved problems would make recovery from COVID-19 slow and difficult. Many sectors in Nigeria have grappled with poor infrastructure for many years. A problem that has rendered many of them ineffective. Education and health are two of the most wrenched sectors in Nigeria in the wake of COVID-19. Although many had thought that the virus would be confined to Asia...

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Sanwo-Olu Asks to Meet Boy in Viral ‘Calm Down’ Video

NewsPeopleSanwo-Olu Asks to Meet Boy in Viral ‘Calm Down’ Video

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 29, 2020

…Tells Lagos residents to ‘calm down’. The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said he would like to meet a boy who was filmed telling his mother who was about to punish him for an offence to ‘calm down’. In the video which has been shared widely on social media platforms, the boy who tried to talk his mother out of beating him said “calm down and rest a little”. Pleading for pardon, he...

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