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The attention of the Lagos State Ministry of Education has been drawn to the plans by some private schools in the State to resume academic activities for the third term of the 2019/20 session by online teaching. This is with effect from Monday, 27th April, 2020. As we are already aware, the State is presently on lockdown imposed by the ... Read More »

There is a saying in the Yoruba tradition to the effect that death translates ordinary mortals into idols. I do not know the exact sense in which progenitors of the tradition meant it, but this can be construed in two ways, at least. The first but more improbable is the spiritual. In Yoruba cosmology, the dead are believed to have ... Read More »

President of the Nigerian Bar Association, ( NBA ) Paul Usoro, SAN has mourned the passing of Chief Richard Akinjide, SAN – an icon of the legal profession and a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association. Chief Richard Akinjide, SAN passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, the 21st day of April, 2020. He was 88. Chief Akinjide, ... Read More »

Mallam Abba Kyari, a notoriously popular name since he was appointed PMB’s Chief of Staff, has passed on to the great beyond, put to the ground as soon as he died, in one piece of cloth, at Gudu cemetery; according to Islamic rights – contrary to some opinion that he had passed away at least two weeks before. The most ... Read More »

The National Leader of the APC, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with family members and associates of Chief Willie Anumudu on the death of the businessman. Anumudu, Chairman of Globe Motors Ltd., died in Lagos on April 21. Tinubu, in a condolence message, by his media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, described Anumudu as a prominent businessman, reputed for his industry ... Read More »

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Kano State governor Kano State Government has revealed on Wednesday that it has applied for N15b from the Federal Government to fight the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed bythe state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, during a television programme ‘Politics Today’ aired on Channels Television and monitored by Daily Trust. The governor stated that the state had ... Read More »

· Commends roles in palliatives’ distribution · Fears tough days ahead as oil revenue dries off · Govt to prioritise social investments, select capital projects Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said the civil society movement is key to good governance in any democracy, calling on them to join hands with his administration to strengthen the delivery of his ... Read More »

Kwara State Government will on Friday begin budget review sessions involving heads of various ministries, a step designed to urgently rework the N162bn (2020) budget to align with the current global economic realities. The budget had, among other fundamentals, been predicated on $57 per barrel of oil but Nigeria’s Brent Crude now trades at around $20 as at Wednesday afternoon, ... Read More »

Sequel to reports circulating in the media on the foregoing matter, it is expedient to clarify the issues at stake for the generality of the public as follows : 1. Ever before Covid-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Mission had been working on repatriation of Nigerian prisoners in Tanzania. The Ambassador, Dr Sahobi Isa Gada OFR, mni was actually in Nigeria in ... Read More »

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday felicitated with the Emir of Ilorin Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, describing him as the symbol of unity for the people of Ilorin Emirate whose welfare the emir considers paramount. “On behalf of the people of Kwara State, the government, and my family, I send my heartfelt felicitations to His Royal Highness the Emir of ... Read More »