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The Commissioners of Education in the 19 Northern States, say they may reopen schools before October 30, but subject to approval of their respective state governors. The commissioners made this known in a communique issued in Kaduna on Sunday, at the end of a two-day meeting on student exchange programme, school reopening and other matters held in Abuja. The communique was signed by Dr Shehu Makarfi, Commissioner of Education, Kaduna State, who is also the Chairman of the northern states School Exchange Programme (SEP). The meeting was attended by commissioners of 10 of the 19 northern states namely, Kaduna, Bauchi, Yobe, Plateau, Niger, Kogi Gombe, Taraba, Nassarawa and Plateau, while others sent their apologies. “We have agreed to reopen schools as soon as possible, hopefully before Oct. 30, fully or in phases, but subject to the approval of our respective governors. “Some states have already reopened fully while others opened partially since Sept.  14, so we are looking at the p...

Some months ago, federal government of Nigeria shutdown schools ranging from nursery to tertiary institution, in a bid to avoid the spread of the deadly disease called Covid-19. However, following the decreasing rates of infection of the corona virus in the country, the federal government of Nigeria announced that all schools across the country can now resume academic activities in phases. following the announcement made by the federal government of Nigeria, some states across the country has announced resumption dates for tertiary institution. The following are 13 states out of the 36 states in the country that has announced resumption dates for tertiary institution. Akwa Ibom State: The Akwa Ibom State government has announced September 21st 2020 as the official resumption dates for tertiary institution across the state. Benue State: Benue State government has also announced September 21st 2020 as the official resumption dates for tertiary institution. Borno State: Borno State announ...

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The federal government on Monday July 27, extended the phase two of the ease of lock-down in the country by one week. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 who made the announcement said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the extension of phase two of the eased lockdown which was due to expire on Wednesday July 29. He said; “We informed you two weeks ago that the process of submitting the 6th Interim Report and recommendations for next steps had commenced,” said Mustapha who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). “The PTF has reached advanced stages of the process. It has also considered that due to the upcoming Sallah (Eid-El-Kabir) festivities which coincide with the expiration of the current phase, it would be prudent to extend by one week, from 29th July 2020 till Thursday 6th August 2020. “It has accordingly secured permission to retain the existing guidelines until that date.” Mustapha also stated that the l...

Since this year’s BBNaija housemates were unveiled, Nigerians have gone into FBI mode in order to dig out things about them that might be unknown to others. And trust us when we say they found enough. 1. Nengi lied about her age Nengi whose full name is Rebecca ‘Nengi’ Hampson is said to be 22 years old. But some Nigerians went into FBI mode and discovered that Nengi contested for MBGN in 2017 and was 23 then. Well, Nengi has confirmed it herself that she lied about her age for a pageant she entered for when she was 16. Our calculator has spoilt, but we will show you the video and let you calculate it yourself. This tweet isn’t correct, by the way. But the comments under it provide a lot of details about Nengi. 2. It looks like Praise might be married with a son ‘Might’ is the operational word here. From the look of things, it’s just a proposal. But some people have questions: 3. No, Laycon is not the best graduating student in Unilag. But he is a mightily talented rapper who has featu...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on Sunday urged Muslims across the country to observe forthcoming Eld-Kabir festival in line with coronavirus regulations in their respective States. Abubakar, who doubles as President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), gave this advice via a statement issued by Professor Salisu Shehu, Deputy Secretary-General of NSCIA, a copy of which was made available to DAILY POST. Eld-Kabir festival, which usually comes up on the 10th day of Dhul-Hijjah, the twelve month of Islamic calendar, is a day where Muslims across the world slaughter rams or any other accepted animal after the two Rakkah compulsory prayer, in order to emulate Prophet Ibrahim. It was gathered that Friday, 31st July has been declared as the day for the 1441 Eld-Kabir festival. But, Abubakar while congratulating Muslims in the country on the forthcoming 1441AH Eld-Kabir festival, enjoined them to observe the Eld-Kabir festival according to the es...

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