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Schools Reopening: Executive Presents Proposed Guidelines To NASS

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The federal government has submitted proposed guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country to the National Assembly. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba made the presentation on Tuesday during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, he intimated the lawmakers of the ministry’s plans for students to resume across the country. The FG had in March shut schools across the Federation as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. At the presentation, the minister said, “In the document provided, we have suggested how we can move our education sector forward during this pandemic. “We don’t want to make it known at this time so that some people will not take our proposed guidelines for school reopening. “Even if the Senate has not called us, we would have come to you to discuss with you because we have already discussed with the House of Representatives. “The do...
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Naira Marley’s concert: Court unseals Abuja mall

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From Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate on Monday unsealed the Jabi Lake Mall after 10 days, ordering the facility’s management to publish an unreserved apology to the government through national dailies. The mall was sealed after a popular musician, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, entertained fun-seekers in the area. The concert was in violation of Presidential Task Force’s ban on public gatherings as measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic Magistrate Idayat Akanni, who ordered that the mall should be immediately be re-opened, stated that she had perused the application filed by the defence counsel, Mr. Nnamdi Ekwem, praying the court to unseal the business premises. Magistrate Akanni noted that her judgment was based on the overall interest of those, who would be affected adversely, should the mall remain closed. She also stated that the mall has over 100 employees and other tenants, who are not co-offenders in the matter, and may ha...
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Akeredolu sacks two aides attached to Deputy’s wife, others

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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday sacked two aides attached to Ajewole Ajayi, wife of his Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi. This was contained in a statement by Olusegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, and made available to newsmen in Akure. The affected aides are Omotunmise Tokunbo, Special Assistant to the Wife of the Deputy Governor; and Erifeyiwa Shola Akinnugba, photographer attached to Mrs. Ajayi. Four other aides of the deputy governor were also relieved of their appointments with immediate effect. They are Samuel Ogunmusi, Personal Assistant, Deputy Governor; Olomu Bayo, Special Assistant on Special Duties; Olawale Abolade Mukaila, Special Assistant, Photography; and Babatope Okeowo, Deputy Chief Press Secretary. While wishing them luck in their future endeavours, the statement advised the affected aides to submit all government’s properties in their possession to the Chief of Staff to the Governor. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ake...
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Southern Leaders Slam N50bn Suit Against Buhari, Allege Marginalization Of Region

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Sixteen elder statesmen and leaders of socio-cultural groups in the southern region of Nigeria, on Monday, dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court in Abuja, alleging that most appointments since the inception of his administration in 2015 were in breach of the 1999 Constitution and the Federal Character Principle. The plaintiffs, led by Chief Edwin Clark, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Dr John Nnia Nwodo, Dr Pogu Bittus, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Alaowei Bozimo, Mrs Sarah Doketri, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife and Air Commodore Idongsit Nkanga, alleged that the Southern region had been deliberately marginalized by the President Buhari-led government. They are also praying the court to, among other things, determine whether it was not “reckless and adverse to the interest of Nigeria”, for President Buhari to obtain a loan facility from the Islamic Development Bank, African Development Bank, the World Bank, China, Japan, and Germany amounting to $22.7 billion (USD), for infrastruc...
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Another Five-year-old Boy Murdered In Ibadan

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A five-year-old boy, identified as Mujeeb Tirrimisiyu, has been macheted to death by yet-to-be-identified persons on Monday in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. Saharareporters gathered that Mujeeb had gone to the back of the house in Tose area of Akinyele to relieve himself when the incident happened. It was gathered that he was hit with a shovel on the head by the assailants who later escaped into the bush. Mujeed's mother, who narrated how the incident occurred, said, “When the rain subsided, he told his older sibling that he wanted to go and defecate. The older sibling opened the back door for him to do that. “Had I known, I would have asked him to do that in front of the house. Suddenly, he cried out, “Mummy, Mummy”. His older sibling and I rushed out to the backyard but we didn’t see him initially. “Then I checked beside the bush and found him macheted. He hadn’t died when we got there. So, people took him from my hand to take him to the hospital but he later died....
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Don’t Rely On Our Cut-off Point For Admission, JAMB Tells Candidates

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has advised candidates jubilating for meeting its set benchmark for admission into tertiary institutions not to rely on the cut-off point.  JAMB said meeting its cut-off mark was not a guarantee for admission, explaining that there were other different factors for consideration for admission.  This was contained in a weekly news bulletin released on Monday by its Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin. It reads, “The undue attention to the so-called national minimum UTME score (UTME cut-off point), is a major source of failure of many ill-informed candidates who assumed that they have finally attained the benchmark, having achieved the so-called minimum national score or “cut off point’ for admission. “Each institution determines and submits to JAMB its minimum UTME score; after having analyzed the UTME performances of its applicants against its available quota. Decisions at the annual Policy Meeting on Admission does not reduce the mini...
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COVID-19: Nigerian govt gives updates on lockdown

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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday, said it would continue to monitor developments nationwide in order to take informed decisions by the end of June, on the second phase of the lockdown. Boss Mustapha, the chairman of PTF on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said this at the daily press briefing on Monday in Abuja. Mustapha said that while pursuing that line of action, the PTF would like to re-echo the World Health Organisation (WHO), advisory to countries and their citizens not to equate any slowdown in numbers accompanied by loosening of restrictive measures to translate to a reduction in the dangers faced by humanity. “Sunday, June 21, 2020, Nigeria crossed the threshold of 20, 000, with our total number rising to 20, 244 confirmed cases. “This signified to the PTF that more testing has been carried out in recent weeks. “However, we are not deluded that we are getting enough samples to test. I wish to remind all our citizens t...
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