Tag: Covid-19
Schools Resumption: Jan. 18 date stands — Education Ministry
The Federal Ministry of Education says it stands by the January 18, 2021 date for schools in the nation to resume. Consequently, schools can resume academic activities on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The ministry in a statement on Thursday signed by Mr Ben Goong, the Director of Press , said that the go-ahead was given ...FG to give N20,000 cash grant to 160,000 poor rural women, spends N9.5bn on Katsina poor
The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant, across the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. It also disclosed that over N9.5 billion was received by Katsina State, under the Conditional Cash Transfer programme, from inception of this administration to date. The ...Varsity resumes January 18 with ‘No Facemask, No Entry’ policy
The management of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, says nobody will be allowed to enter the institution without wearing facemask as the school resumes on Jan. 18. This is contained in a circular signed by Mr Opeoluwa Akinfemiwa, the university’s Acting Registrar, on Tuesday announcing the continuation of First Semester of 2019/2020 ...FULL LIST OF EXPERTS’ RESOLUTIONS OF THE WORLDSTAGE ECONOMIC SUMMIT 2020
1 To actualize economic diversification will require massive investment in science and technology, transportation infrastructure, information and communications technology among others. 2 The Federal Government must rethink its investments in infrastructure and technological progress to include both physical and human development. It is expedient to invest more in public education and health in the same ...NIGERIA’S SECOND WAVE OF CERVICAL CANCER: HOW TO ELIMINATE THE SILENT KILLER
The whole world is currently grappling with the second surge of COVID-19 infection. This pandemic destabilized year 2020, affecting over 85 million people and causing nearly 2 million deaths with a global mortality rate of about 2%. For this reason, every nation is making effort to gain access to the recently developed vaccines against the ...Akwa Ibom ‘Christmas Village’ rakes in N1bn in five weeks
Mr Orman Esin, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, has said the ‘Christmas Village’ generated more than N1 billion to the state economy since Dec. 1, 2020, working out to N1 billion in five weeks. Esin announced this to newsmen in Uyo on Friday. He said that the opening of the village had ...Lagos pegs 2021 Budget at N1.164trn; expected earnings at N971.028bn
The Lagos State Year 2021 Appropriation Budget named ” Budget of Rekindled Hope” has been pegged at N1.164 trillion. Mr Sam Egube, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Lagos State, made the disclosure in Lagos on Thursday at a media briefing of the Year 2021 Analysis. Egube said that the budget was made up ...No more NIN registration until government meets our demands – NIMC staff
Staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), who embarked on an indefinite strike over welfare and inhuman condition of service said they will not return to work until the government meets their demands. President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, NIMC branch, Mr. Lucky Michael, who formerly announced the nationwide strike ...Scare in Orile Agege LCDA as Deputy Governor loses brother to Covid-19
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Wednesday mourned the death of his younger brother, Dr Haroun Hamzat who died of Covid-19. Until his death, he was a medical doctor in one of the public health centres in Orile Agege Local Council Development Area (LCDA), in Lagos. His death has brought panic ...Public health: Pharmacists Council seals 4,219 premises; 24 suspects arrested in 2020
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) sealed 4, 219 pharmaceutical premises and two open drug markets in 2020 in the spirit of sanitising pharmaceutical practice in order to protect the health of Nigerians. The Registrar of the council, Dr Elijah Mohammed, gave the figures in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ...
