Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has directed the reopening of all public and private primary and secondary schools across the state on Oct. 30. The governor’s directive was conveyed in a statement by Dr. Makut Macham, Director of Press and Public Affairs, on Thursday in Jos. Lalong said the directive followed the government’s engagement with all critical stakeholders to set up mechanisms for observing COVID-19 protocols in all schools in the state. The governor said...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Adamawa government has commenced transportation of 251 exchange students to 15 Northern states, following the directive of the Federal Government on school resumption. The state Monitoring Inspecting  Officer of Students’ Exchange Programme (SEP), Alhaji Bappayo Mohammed, in Yola. Mohammed said that the state government had provided enough for their transportation and feeding, including safety kits for the observance of COVID-19 guidelines. “Today, our exchange students are going back to...

Academic activities commenced Monday in Public and private schools across Adamawa state after over six month of shutdown due to by COVID-19 pandemic. Some primary and secondary schools visited in Yola, the state capital shows that most schools were seen complied with COVID-19 protocols in their premises with the provision of sanitizers, hand washing basins and at strategic points and forehead thermometer for screening of temperatures. At Aliyu Musdafa College, Yola teachers were seen attending...