COVID-19: People with over N5,000 in bank won’t get palliatives — FG
THE Federal Government said, yesterday, that people with over N5,000 in their bank accounts will not benefit from the palliatives to cushion the effect of lockdown imposed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Four things teachers shouldn’t be asking their students to do
SPIDER-Man’s Uncle Ben could have been speaking directly to teachers when he said, “With great power comes great responsibility.”
Host communities pledge support for School of Medical Laboratory
LEADING manufacturer of ceramic, vitrified and roofing tiles in Nigeria, West African Ceramics Limited, has awarded three postgraduate scholarships in Architecture to deserving students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.
COVID-19: LAUTECH donates to owner states
THE management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Michael Ologunde, has donated 470 cartons of milk to each of the owner states of Osun and Oyo.
Gov Fayemi plans to decongest Correctional centre to curb COVID-19 spread
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti says he has directed the Ministry of Justice to urgently prepare modalities for further decongestion of the Federal Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti. Fayemi, gave the directive in a statement issued by Mr Tunde Olaolorun, Special Assistant to the Attorney-General on Public Education, Media, and Communication, on Wednesday. The governor said the […]
Lockdown palliative a scam, residents fume
Following the reported index cases of the ravaging coronavirus, COVID-19, in Lagos and Ogun states which has now crept into virtually all the states of the federation, President Muhammadu Buhari took the lead by announcing a lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory as part of measures to curtail the spread of the disease. Residents were ordered to stay at home for two weeks, which has now been extended by another two weeks, in addition to observing social distancing and keeping away from crowd. Other states adopted similar measures while announcing some palliatives to cushion the effect of the lockdown on the residents who have been denied their means of livelihood.
