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The Lagos State Government says it has intensified the periodic fumigation/decontamination of all public secondary schools, in preparation for the planned partial resumption of terminal class students. The Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Mrs Aderonke Odeneye, said in a statement on Saturday that majority of the public secondary schools in the six educational districts had been reached. Odeneye said …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says worship centres in the state will reopen effective August 7, 2020. Worship centres had been shut in the state since March as part of measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 had okayed the reopening of churches and mosques in the country in June …

Ahead of the planned resumption of schools, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has distributed Covid-19 hygiene kits purchased by the state government to 257 public schools in the state. He said the state attaches much importance to the education and health of Rivers children and that the materials are in line with the guidelines for the resumption of schools. Wike, …

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed his displeasure to the Nigerian Army over an attack on his convoy by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Baga, a town in Kukawa local government of the state on Wednesday. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Zulum survived an ambush by gunmen while on a trip to Monguno and Baga towns to distribute food to …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has described the late Senator Ayo Fasanmi, a founding leader of the Afenifere as a true patriot, a forthright servant of, and interlocutor for the common man…”Prof. Osinbajo issued the following statement on Thursday on learning about the news of Pa. Fasanmi’s transition, as released by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & …

…tasks faithful on COVID-19 guidelines …assures of improved security, consequences for violent behaviour Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has felicitated with Muslims on the occasion of Eid-El-Kabir, urging them to reflect on the key messages of the event which are sacrifice and penitence. In his message, which was broadcast statewide on Friday, Obaseki said: “My dear good people of …

…insists that group remains united, committed to reelection of Obaseki/Shaibu The leadership of the Obaseki/ Shaibu Movement (OSM) has described the purported resignation of Mr. Patrick Okoudoh Iyoha, as the State Director General of the group, as false, baseless and a ploy to fraudulently obtain money from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who is known …

WORCESTER, MA — If you’re headed back to Massachusetts from a Florida vacation, or from almost anywhere outside the Northeast, you will face some new quarantine rules this weekend. Gov. Charlie Baker’s new coronavirus travel restrictions start Saturday. In general, anyone traveling into Massachusetts — including residents — will have to follow new quarantine and test guidelines or face a …

WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule that adjusts fees for certain immigration and naturalization benefit requests to ensure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recovers its costs of services, with effect from October 2, 2020.In a statement made available to Alltimepost.com, DHS noted that unlike most government agencies, USCIS is fee funded. Fees collected and deposited into the Immigration Examinations …

The Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, on Wednesday, announced the establishment of its nationwide security outfit in order to curtail security challenges confronting the country. National President and Secretary of the association, Bello Bodejo and Saleh Alhassan, respectively, who disclosed news of the formation of the outfit in a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, said the outfit, …