The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, has announced the resumption of its academic activities on Tuesday, after a meeting of the institution’s senate. The institution said its resumption is scheduled for February 8, 2021. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olanrewaju, disclosed this to journalists. OAU also canceled its 2020/2021 academic session in a subsequent press statement, which is titled, ‘resumption of academic activities for 2019/2020 academic session’. The statement read, “Consequent upon the directive...

The Federal Ministry of Education has said no COVID-19 test is required for returning students to be admitted into their schools. The spokesperson of the ministry and Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr. Ben Goong indicated this in Abuja on Monday as schools resumed for the academic session. Goong said that only temperature checks should be carried out on students and any other person crossing any school gate. “School authorities should therefore refrain from asking...

Despite the growing rate of coronavirus infections, the Federal Ministry of Education has declared that January 18 remains the resumption date for all schools in Nigeria. The country faces its highest daily death toll and highest daily case numbers, with about 200 fatalities within the past 27 days. On Thursday, Nigeria’s single-day death toll rose to 23 with 1,479 new cases recorded. As of the time of writing, the country’s total death toll stood at...

Three students of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Ikeja, have tested positive for COVID-19, compelling closure of all hostels in the college. Mr. Ademola Adekoya, Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, Lagos State University (LASU), made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.  Adekoya said that roommates and associates of the three students would be tested for the virus. “The college has already isolated the three students and...

The Bauchi state government says it would reopen its 4,816 schools on Jan. 18, for the 2020/2021 academic session, according to Aliyu Tilde, the state commissioner of education. “We would reopen the schools for the first term, which was supposed to begin in September,” he said, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi, on Tuesday. He said the previous lockdown of schools,  as a result of the Covid-19  pandemic, had...