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Afe Babalola University advances cure for Covid-19

Director General, Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Prof Babatunde Salako, has certified that the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) Virucidine Liquid has the potential for the treatment of COVID-19. The herbal Virucidine Liquid for COVID-19 management was presented by (ABUAD) in collaboration with NIMR. During the evaluation presentation, experts unveiled that lots of herbal […]

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COVID-19: Ganduje Reconsiders, Shuns School Closure

COVID-19: Ganduje Reconsiders, Shuns School Closure… Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has on Friday shunned the idea of closing down schools in the state, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ganduje disclosed this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, while holding a stakeholder meeting with members of the

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LASUCOM Shuts Campus after Students, Officials Test Positive for COVID-19

The Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), has shut down its campus after some students and officials tested positive for the coronavirus infection. While confirming this on Thursday January 14, 2021, Head, Centre for Information, Ademola Adekoya, stated that about three students of the medical college have been confirmed to be COVID-19 positive and

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UNIPORT Sets Up COVID-19 Treatment Centre, Installs Safety Measures

UNIPORT Sets Up COVID-19 Treatment Centre, Installs Safety Measures In preparation towards the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) resumption of academic activities on February 1, 2021, after its senate’s decision, the institution informed that it has put in place measures of enforcing COVID-19 safety measures to avert any disruption of its academic activities by the

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Breaking News: UNILAG Professor Dies of Covid-19

A professor of education at the University of Lagos, Duro Ajeyalemi, has died of Covid-19. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday January 6, 2021. “The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, on Wednesday morning lost another prominent professor, Duro Ajeyalemi, to coronavirus disease,” the statement reads. According to the statement, the late Mr Ajeyalemi,

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All education institutions to close down from Nov 26 as Covid-19 positivity rises in Pakistan

Pakistani Education Minister, Shafqat Mahmood, has said that all educational institutions, including schools, colleges and tuition centres, will close down from Thursday November 26, 2020. Earlier today, the country’s education ministers met to review Pakistan’s Covid-19 outbreak and to take a final decision on extended winter vacations for school students. Addressing a press conference in

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LASG Trains School Inspection Evaluators in Covid-19

The Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), has organised two-day training for its senior OEQA evaluators in preparation for the commencement of school inspection and evaluation exercise. While disclosing this on Wednesday November 18, 2020, the Director-General, OEQA, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, said the training was part of efforts to ensure the safety of

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Staff, Students Test Positive for Covid-19 in Lagos School

The Lagos State Government has disclosed that not less than five members of staff and a student have tested positive for COVID-19 in a secondary school in the State. This was disclosed in a statement titled, ‘Lagos confirms COVID_19 infection in secondary school’ and signed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Friday

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LASUBEB Monitors Covid-19 Safety Compliance at Public Primary Schools

The Executive Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King, with members of LASUBEB staff has begun a monitoring exercise to some public primary schools across the State to ensure strict compliance with the COVID-19 safety protocols and management. While disclosing this on Monday November 2, 2020, Alawiye-King stated that the exercise was

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181 Private School Students, Staff Contract COVID-19 in Lagos

About 181 students and staff of a private school in Lagos State have contracted Covid-19 While disclosing this on Friday October 16, 2020, the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said that 181 students and members of staff of a private boarding school located in the Lekki area of Lagos State have tested positive

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Covid-19: LASG Partners FBN, Launches N5 Billion Support Capital for Low-Cost Schools

Lagos State Government in partnership with First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has launched a N5 billion Post-Coronavirus (COVID-19) Recovery Support capital for education sector to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among low-cost private schools across the state. The intervention fund, which targets over 2,000 private schools, was formally launched by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

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Benue: SUBEB Tasks Teachers with Monitoring of COVID-19 Safety Rules

The Executive Chairman, Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Comrade Utse Joseph, has tasked teachers in public primary and junior secondary schools to ensure full implementation of COVID-19 safety rules to protect learners under their care. Joseph disclosed this on Friday when he led management and other officers of the Board on routine monitoring

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Moving Forward: A Training for the Safe Reopening of Lagos State Public and Private Schools.

Moving Forward: A Training for the Safe Reopening of Lagos State Public & Private Schools! As a follow-up to the published guidelines for reopening of schools in Lagos State, the Ministry of Education through the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) is holding training for school owners/leaders, school associations, school networks and educators in the

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COVID-19: Lagos House of Assembly Begins Inspection of Public, Private Schools

The Lagos State House Committee on Education has commenced inspection of both public and private schools across the state. The inspection, which began on Wednesday August 26, 2020, is aimed at ensuring that authorities of the schools adhere strictly to the guidelines given by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus as the

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10 WAEC Candidates Test Positive for COVID-19 in Gombe

Not less than ten candidates sitting the ongoing West Africa Examination Council examination have tested positive for coronavirus in Gombe. The first student, a male candidate at Government Science Secondary School Gombe, was sent to the Isolation Centre on Monday to write the exam. Chairman of Gombe Task Force on COVID-19, Professor Idris Mohammed, disclosed

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