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COVID-19: Nigerian govt clears air on June 8 reopening of schools, gives conditions Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has denied that schools will reopen on June 8. Nwajiuba, speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Wednesday, asked parents and guardians to disregard the rumours making the rounds. “June 8 school resumption date report is false,” he said. The minister also explained the federal government’s model that will ensure all students don’t return to school at the same time. According to Nwajiuba, “The plan entails adopting a two-shift system and allowing those who will write exams to return earlier than others. “Use this period to upgrade skills and think of how to make their teachings impactful. Those running the secondary schools should think of what to do so that when “We are also looking at having sanitization booths working with NASENI. It is a forewarning to private and State governments to en...

COVID-19: Nigeria considers morning, afternoon classes for schools resumption The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said it will soon release guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country. Although the guideline has not been released, an official said the schools will resume in phases with a batch resuming before the other. The government is also considering morning and afternoon classes, the official said. The chairman of the PTF,  Boss Mustapha , while speaking at the daily briefing on Wednesday, said the nation was faced with the challenge of millions of out-of-school children before the COVID-19 pandemic. This, he said, has been compounded by the compelling need for closure of schools as part of the measures to limit the spread of the virus. “Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation was faced with the challenge of out-of-school children. This has now been compounded by the compelling need for closure of schools as part of the measu...

Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Cross 7000 As Confirmed Cases In Edo, Delta Rise By D jr Ceejay The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country now has 7016 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. It said 339 of the cases were recorded on Thursday across the country. According to the figures releases on its Twitter handle on Thursday, the disease control body said about 2000 patients have been discharged while 211 deaths have been recorded. Lagos State continue to top the list with over 3000 confirmed cases while in the Niger Delta region, Edo State lead with 144 cases. NCDC noted that of the 339 cases recorded on Thursday, Lagos State had 139 cases, followed by Kano, Oyo and Edo States which recorded 28, 28 and 25 respectively. “339 new cases of #COVID19; 139-Lagos, 28-Kano, 28-Oyo, 25-Edo, 22-Katsina, 18-Kaduna, 14-Jigawa, 13-Yobe, 13-Plateau, 11-FCT, 8-Gombe, 5-Ogun, 4-Bauchi, 4-Nasarawa, 3-Delta, 2-Ondo, 1-Rivers, 1-Adamawa “7016 cas...

Fa mily of three killed by thunder strike in Benue A tragic incident occurred at Tarau Gwer local government area in Benue state on Saturday night, as a family of three were killed by thunder strike.  It was gathered that the family died on the spot after the thatch house they were sleeping in was struck by a thunder, folllowing a heavy rainfall on Saturday. A man, his wife and their five (5) year old son died in the incident which has thrown the entire community into mourning. An eyewitness, Peter Kembe told The Nation that the incident is the first of its kind in the village.

NADESSTU Tasks Okowa On Fumigation Of Delta Schools, Sets Up 20-Man Committee To Monitor Exercise By Eseoghene Emuke The National Association of Delta State Students (NADESSTU) has called on the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to disinfect and fumigate all state owned schools before reopening them for academic activities over the COVID-19 pandemic. NADESSTU, an umbrella body for students of Delta origin worldwide, said the call to ensure safety of students whenever the state government lift ban on schools including tertiary institutions across the state.  The call was contained in a letter addressed to the state governor by NADESSTU National President, Comr. Godwin O.S. and Secretary General, Comr. Etere Gideon on Wednesday. They demanded for the fumigation/disinfection of all public owned institutions from the primary to tertiary levels and provision of washing materials, facemasks, sanitizers for students and staffs t...

Federal Government Plans To Reopen Schools Soon, Gives No Date Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made the clarification on Thursday during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 news conference in Abuja following rumours making the round the Federal Government would reopen schools in the next two weeks. The Federal Government had ordered the indefinite closure of educational institutions nationwide as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. But Nwajiuba while responding to questions from the media on when the government’s plans to reopen to the schools following the easing of the lockdown, said the schools would be reopened when the safety of the school children could be guaranteed. He said the government was wary not to endanger the lives of the school children and further spread of the coronavirus in the society. He added that his ministry is working with other relevant stakeholders and agencies of government to put necessar...

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