FG Makes U Turn, Suspends Resumption Of Domestic Flights

LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government (FG) has suspended resumption of domestic flights formerly scheduled for Sunday, June 21. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, announced the suspension at a Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja Thursday. The Minister who was represented by the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),…

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COVID-19: FG Sets Free 3,955 Inmates

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has said it will release more inmates just as the number of those discharged has increased to 3,955, as part of measures to decongest the custodial facilities and curb COVID-19 spread. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, explained that the challenge of inmates’ accommodation was being addressed with the…

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FG Grants Approval To 12 Universities To Operate Open Distance Learning

LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Only 12 Nigerian universities have approval to operate both conventional learning and Open and Distance learning (ODL), the National Universities Commission (NUC) has said. The 12 were given ‘conventional’ licences to operate a dual-mode system – face to face learning in the classroom and also the open distance learning. The NUC also…

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Lockdown: Nigeria Students Vow To Protest FG Plan To Feed School Children At Home

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to mobilise its members nationwide in a “mother of all protest” if the Federal Government goes ahead with the plan to commence school feeding programme at a time when the schools are shutdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. National President…

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