LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the recent closure of schools in Zamfara State, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has, again, called on political leaders, at all levels of government, not to be blinded by their quest for power, ahead of 2023 elections, when the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of all classes in public and private schools across the state from next week Monday, November 2, 2020. Boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. Schools in the state were shut on October 19, 2020 following safety concerns after hoodlums…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 24-hour curfew declared on October 20 was eased on Saturday with movement allowed from 8am to 6pm. However, the hours have been reviewed and movement is now allowed from 6am to 8pm, while schools in the state will remain closed. Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information and strategy, in a statement on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti-SARS protests. Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, who issued the directive, said the safety of the pupils/students, parents and all staff working in schools was paramount “at this…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has commended Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on the news of the planned return of schools to the church. Reacting via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Obi wrote: “I read with happiness, news of the planned…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Government has announced September 21 as the reopening date of schools in the state. The new students who will be resuming for the first time after the nationwide closure in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will join students in SS3 who are currently writing the West African School…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the reopening of tertiary institutions effective September 14. “I am pleased to announce that our tertiary institutions will be allowed to reopen from September 14, 2020, all our tertiary institutions,” the governor announced during a briefing on Saturday at the State House, Marina. Schools in…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says no date has been fixed yet for full schools’ resumption despite continues talks between the Federal Government and stakeholders. Nwajiuba said this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. He however expressed optimism that the…