by OLATUNJI QUADRI Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced the approval of N1 billion seed capital for tourism to drive new growth in the hospitality business in the State. The Governor also granted a three-year waiver on penalty for those that defaulted the payment of land use charge from 2017. He also […]
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by OLATUNJI QUADRI The Lagos State Government has appealed to Muslim faithful in the State to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir on a low-key in order to abide by the existing guidelines on the prevention of COVID-19 spread among residents. The Government also noted that the religious rites of slaughtering of animals will be carried out through […]
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By Olatunji Quadri The leadership of the Lagos State House of Assembly had directed all other 39 members to go on compulsory COVID-19 test to ascertain their statuses. The House was made up of 40 members before the sudden death of Hon Tunde Braimoh on Friday 10th July, due to COVID-19 complications. This was contained in […]
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Final year secondary school students in Nigeria won’t participate in the forthcoming West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations, the Federal Government has declared. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, also said there is no date for […]
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By Ifemosun Adesanya The Bauchi State Government has denied rumour making the round in the state that it has concluded plans to reopen schools. The State Commissioner for Education, Aliyu Usman Tilde, stated this during an interview with newsmen in Bauchi on Wednesday. According to Tilde, schools resuming at this point in time will cost […]
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By Olatunji Quadri Less than a quarter after the Lagos State Infectious Disease Law was signed by the State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the new law is being put to trial at the law court over its constitutionality or otherwise. Since the index case of the novel Coronavirus pandemic on February 27 in Lagos State, […]
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The former National President, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and the former governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Dr. Idris Omede while hosting correspondent Ayoola Amao in Yola, took a cursory look at the dreaded COVID-19 scourge, governments (Federal and States’) desperate efforts at safeguarding the citizenry, the […]
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