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BREAKING: NYSC suspends CDS indefinitely
Sodiq Oyeleke The National Youth Service Corps has suspended its weekly Community Development Service activities indefinitely. This is coming a few days after shutting down its orientation camps nationwide. The suspension of the CDS was contained in a press statement obtained by our correspondent on Friday. The statement, which was signed by NYSC Director of
Senators on recent foreign trips to undergo COVID-19 test
John Ameh and Sunday Aborisade The Senate leadership has directed senators who recently returned from an official trip from Europe to go for coronavirus test immediately. Members of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream returned to Nigeria this week from a three-day international training programme, organised by Skills and Career Support Centre in London.
Coronavirus: Diplomats, returning Nigerians, residents allowed from banned countries
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja The Federal Government has said diplomats, returning Nigerians and foreigners resident in Nigeria are allowed into the country from nations placed under restrictions. The Presidential Task Force for the Control of Coronavirus stated this on Thursday night while making clarification on categories of people affected by the travel restrictions imposed on 13
UTME ends next week, not April 4, says JAMB
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has adjusted the dates of the completion of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, saying the exercise would end “in the early days of next week” as against Saturday, April 4, on the schedule. JAMB said the move was to address the public panic over the
Ben Murray-Bruce loses wife to cancer
Kayode Oyero A former Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Ben Murray-Bruce, has lost his wife, Evelyn, to cancer. Murray-Bruce made this disclosure on Friday via his verified Twitter handle. He wrote, “I’m broken. Just lost my beautiful wife to cancer. She was my best friend for 43 years and my wife for 41 years.
Coronavirus: California gov orders 40m residents to stay at home
All 40 million residents of California were Thursday ordered to stay at home indefinitely in a bid to battle the coronavirus pandemic in the nation’s most populous state. The statewide directive, which Governor Gavin Newsom said goes into effect “this evening,” is the most dramatic containment measure yet by a US state. “There is a
Why Nigeria needs to halt spread of coronavirus
Ademola Orunbon What began with a handful of mysterious illness in a vast central China city has traveled the world, jumping from animals to humans and from obscurity to international headlines. First detected on the last day of 2019, the novel coronavirus has infected tens of thousands of people-within China’s borders and beyond them –
Coronavirus: Makinde apologises for holding PDP rally
Kayode Oyero Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, apologised for allowing a Peoples Democratic Party ‘mega rally’ in the state even in the face of an emerging threat and fast spreading coronavirus disease in Nigeria. No fewer than a thousand persons were present at the PDP rally, which had other governors of the party
Coronavirus: FG orders closure of varsities, schools nationwide
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools nationwide over the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country and as part of measures to contain the spread. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Sonny Echono, confirmed this to our correspondent in Abuja
Dollar exchanges for N374
Nike Popoola The naira exchanged to the dollar for between N372 and N374 at the Bureau De Change segment of the market on Thursday. The naira had recently suffered some beating due to the impact of the coronavirus in the global economy, which led to the fall in the international crude oil price. For more
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