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WAEC reveals date for 2020 WASSCE The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed that the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will now commence on the 4th of August. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuiba, disclosed this on Monday during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. Nwajuiba said that examination for graduating students will now hold from August 4 till 5th September 2020. He further explained that a decision on when the National Examinations Council, NECO, National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, will be taken after the WASSCE He said: “From the 4th of August to the 5th of September. Parents, please take note. “As soon as we conclude WAEC we will take up NABTEB and NECO exams. “Last week the chairman of the PTF announced that school facilities will be available for those who want to go into revision classes. ”The idea here is that we have a whole month from now till th

Coronavirus: Primary schools, daycare centres remain closed – Buhari govt The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 on Monday said Daycare centres and primary schools remain closed. This was disclosed by the National Coordinator of the Committee, Sani Aliyu during its daily briefing in Abuja. “All daycares and primary schools to remain closed till further evaluation,” Aliyu said. Recall that the Chairman of the Committee and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha had earlier announced the “safe” reopening of schools. Mustapha had said only  graduating classes would be allowed to resume. He had explained that the measure was to allow the graduating classes prepare for their final examinations. President Muhammadu Buhari had a few months ago ordered the closure of schools due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The decision was a measure to curb the spread of the virus in Nigeria.

NANS Asks Nigerian Government To Reopen Schools, Provide Tuition Waiver To Cushion COVID-19 Impact The student body in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kazeem Olalekan Israel, said the government was making students pay for its years of refusal to fund education. The National Association of Nigerian Students, Zone D, South-West, has asked the Nigerian Government to reopen schools so that young people in the country can be engaged. The student body in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kazeem Olalekan Israel, said the government was making students pay for its years of refusal to fund education. The statement reads, "It is on record that as an association, we have been calling on the government at all levels to properly fund the educational sector. "As an association, we are disturbed that the Federal Government is not ready to stop putting the brunt of their failure and incompetence on the people which is evident in the guidelines that were issued in line with sch

Nigeria Records 675 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Near 21,000   Nigeria on Monday reported 675 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The new cases bring the country’s total reported cases, since February, to 20,919. According to the health agency, 7,109 patients have been successfully treated and discharged while 525 have died as a result of the virus. In Monday’s report, Lagos state recorded the highest number of new cases with 288 and Oyo was second with 76. Other states with new cases include Rivers (56), Delta (31), Ebonyi (30), Gombe (28), Ondo (20), Kaduna (20), Kwara (20), Ogun (17), FCT (16), Edo (13), Abia (10), Nasarawa (9), Imo (9), Bayelsa (8), Borno (8), Katsina (8), Sokoto (3), Bauchi (3), and Plateau (2).   NCDC ✔ @NCDCgov 675 new cases of # COVID19Nigeria ; Lagos-288 Oyo-76 Rivers-56 Delta-31 Ebonyi-30 Gombe-28 Ondo-20 Kaduna-20 Kwara-20 Ogun-17 FCT-16 Edo-13 Abia-10 Nasarawa-9 Imo-9 Bayelsa-8 Borno-8 Katsina-

13 Imo lawmakers test positive for COVID-19 Thirteen members of the Imo State House of Assembly have tested positive for coronavirus. The lawmakers have immediately gone into isolation at different centres in the state. The Chairman of the State Task Force Team on COVID-19, Prof. Maurice Iwu announced this on Tuesday during a press briefing. DAILY POST recalls that members of the Assembly were instructed days ago  to undergo COVID-19 test  after a member tested positive for coronavirus. Governor Hope Uzodinma had directed members to go for compulsory test at Evaright Diagnostic Centre Owerri to ascertain their COVID-19 status to avoid its likely spread.

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Two dead, 11 injured in Lagos-Ibadan highway crash Two men have died in fatal multiple road accidents that occurred at the Isara bridge axis along the diversion area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. 11 other men sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident that involved 23 persons. The accident, which occurred around 9:50am on Monday, involved four vehicles: a Toyota bus marked, BEN 133 YQ and three Man-diesel trucks with registration numbers, KFU 101 LG, QAP 584 XA and LSD 759 XR. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps told DAILY POST that the accident was caused by wrongful overtaking and reckless driving on the part of the Man-diesel marked LSD 759 XR, moving from Lagos to Ibadan. TRACE Spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said “The Man-Diesel, which caused the unfortunate mishap was outbound Lagos-Ibadan, when in an attempt to overtake the vehicle in its front, closed with the other three vehicles in the opposite direction.” The vehicles we