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Following the Covid-19 Pandemic that leads to a long time lock-down.   The National Universities Commission has released new directives to vice chancellors of Nigerian for safe reopening of universities. The NUC directive was contained in a memo addressed to the vice chancellors, signed by the Director, Directorate of the Executive Secretary’s Office, Chris Maiyaki, on Tuesday. The commission directed universities to conclude their resumption arrangements in line with the guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Punch News 

 The Akwa Ibom State Government has reached their decision on reopening of schools in the state It got to us earlier today about the decision reached by Akwa Ibom State Government on school reopening in the state. This was made during a brief speech by the Governor on media. The Governor gave schools the right to clear the learning environment ahead of reopening. This will go a long way bringing students and pupils back to school. According to His Excellency, students have stayed too long at home which is not healthy to their academic development.  Reopening of schools in Nigeria Email for more  Proposal for reopening of University in Akwa Ibom State. 

court intervention  Risky for Canada to back preventing genocide abroad but not heed calls at home, expert says Mike Blanchfield - The Canadian Press Smoke billows above  Cries of the pot calling the kettle black are emerging after Canada joined an international genocide lawsuit against Myanmar because the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls said Canada's Indigenous Peoples are genocide victims. Canada and the Netherlands announced with great fanfare this week that they were joining the genocide application launched by Gambia against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice in The Hague as interveners. Gambia filed the case last fall on behalf of the 57 Muslim countries in the Organization of Islamic Co-operation under the 1948 Genocide Convention.  More than 850,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Rakhine state after being targeted by Myanmar security forces, who killed thousands while burning villages and engagi...

This is to inform the general public that the 2020 PUTME registration has been extended till 25th of September 2020. All candidates who are yet to register are advised to take advantage of the extension and complete their registration. Please call the supports line on the portal page for moreinformation. Visit:  www.portal.aksu  to complete your registration. Aksu info Akwa Ibom State University For more information on aksu list of courses Check

National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, who spoke at the briefing of the PTF in Abuja Thursday, said: “Educational institutions, which include daycare, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, should begin the process of working towards potentially reopening within this phase.” He, however, said the PTF strongly recommended that states conduct risk assessment “to ensure all schools are at a level of compliance and create a monitoring mechanism to assess, create, and monitor this level of preparedness. “All daycares and educational institutions are to remain closed to in-classes until this level of risk is assessed. “And if there will be opening of schools, it must be staged and preferably carried out in phases to ensure that this does not pose a risk to the general public and in particular to vulnerable groups that might end up getting infected by students going back home,” Aliyu said. Aliyu said the government was in the process of d...

According to punch newsline, a young man attempted to plugged off a woman's breast for rituals. The police in Anambra State have arrested a 41-year-old suspected ritual killer, Ogbonna Nwankwo, for attempting to cut off a woman’s breast in a motel in the Orumba South Local Government Area of the state. A source told our correspondent that the suspect attempted escape but was apprehended by youths in the area. Read more

Primary and secondary schools in Anambra are to reopen on Monday, Sept.7, 2020, a statement issued by Nwabueze Nwankwo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic Education, said in Awka on Friday. Details of the resumption showed that the third term of the 2019/2020 session would begin on Monday, September 14, and end on Friday, October 23, 2020, for both primary and secondary schools. He stated that students in boarding schools would resume at the weekend before the resumption date. The statement noted that the third term was quite short and urged schools to make maximum use of the little period. “We have continued to teach our children at home through various e-platforms, including the Anambra State Teaching on Air. “These various platforms shall be continued as we do a phased re-opening of schools and watch the health implication. “We enjoin parents to provide hand sanitizers and face masks for children,” he said. Read more

The Kogi State government has ordered the full reopening of all schools in the state. The announcement was made known in a statement by the state’s commissioner of education, Wemi Jones, in Lokoja on Tuesday. He said the  governor , Yahaya Bello, has approved September 14 for the resumption for primary, secondary and tertiary schools. Mr Jones noted that the “ministry will review the state’s academic calendar accordingly, to reflect on the new development. The details will be worked out and released to the relevant stakeholders in due course before resumption.” “However, we encourage that all relevant education stakeholders like ANCOPSS, ASSUS, SUBEB, NAPPS, heads of tertiary institutions in Kogi State, NUT, STETSCOM, and every other stakeholder are very free to liaise with us at the ministry for further clarification.” ”We are equally informing the general public, parents, guardians, and schools heads that we are very particular about the health and ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has faulted the plan by the Federal Government to reopen public universities in the country. Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, who made this known during a news conference on Tuesday in Jos, said that the move could be “perilous’’. Abubakar, who declared that ASUU was not in support of the plan, said that reopening of universities would further pose a grave danger to students and it would be inimical to the fight against the spread of coronavirus in the country. He said that most public universities lacked the infrastructure that would enable students to comply with putting safety protocols in place, thereby, making them prone to contracting the dreaded virus. “ASUU is not in support of the government’s plan to reopen universities. “Our position is that universities should remain close until the right thing is done to enable students to comply with the COVID-19 safety prot...

Channels update Presidentof the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has promised to give more support to ensure that the continent’s infrastructure gap is reduced by providing quality growth. Dr Adesina, during his inaugural address after being sworn-in as AfDB President on Tuesday, pledged to expand partnership and tilt more attention to Africa.

The Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accepted the Supreme Court judgement affirming Governor Yahaya Bello as the winner of last November’s election. In a statement issued on Monday and obtained by Vanguard, shortly after the Supreme Court ruling, the party paid tribute to its flagbearer, Engr. Musa Wada and his running mate, Hon. Sam Aro. The PDP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Bode Ogunmola, said while it accepts in good faith the ruling of the Apex Court, it leaves the final judgement in the hands of God. The statement obtained by Vanguard read, “While the higher court in the land has given its verdict, the PDP has no choice than accept it. We appreciate the resilience of members and the teeming supporters of the party, the legal team of the party and to all those who either died, got maimed or injured during the election. “We thank God for the grace and the courage to go this far. We believe that He has the ultimate say.” The Suprem...

The Osun State Government has announced a tentative date for the resumption of schools. The government in a statement signed by its commissioner for information, Funke Egbemode, on Monday, said the state has set resumption for September 21. According to her, the decision was reached at the State Executive Council meeting. She urged stakeholders to put protocols in place towards the reopening of schools according to the guidelines set by the Federal Ministry of Education. “Having conducted an assessment of schools within the state to ascertain the level of preparations for reopening, the government has scheduled schools to resume from the COVID-19 break on September 21st for an abridged third term of the 2019/2020 academic session, which is expected to end on October 30, 2020.” Read more