Day: October 29, 2020

Again, Lagos reopens Schools, regrets frequent closure

Damola Oyede

  The Government of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, has for, the second time in less than six weeks, approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the State. The state, which reopened schools on September 21 after an abrupt closure due to COVID-19 shut schools again on October 19 due to fall outs from #EndSARS protests across the state. The fresh reopening of schools, the state said in a statement to Platforms Africa, begins from Monday, 2nd of November, 2020 while boarders in public…

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Documents against Tinubu, Alpha Beta burnt in Lagos Court Arson – Lawyer

Gbenga Adeoti

  The burning of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere in the wake of the #EndSARS protests has led to a setback for the lawsuit instituted against Nigeria’s top politician and leader of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta Consulting. This came as documents submitted in evidence by a former Managing Director of Alpha Beta, Dapo Apara, were, according to a report by PUNCH newspaper, among other vital exhibits burnt during the attack on the Court. The newspapwr quoted Apara’s lawyer, Mr…

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NNPC dispels fuel scarcity rumour, flaunts 2bn litres petrol stock

Efe Wellington

  The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has assured motorists of ample availability of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) revealing that the Corporation has more than 60-day sufficiency of petrol in its various strategic depots across the country. In a press release by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, the GMD attributed the emergence of queues in some petrol stations across the country to the disruption of the free flow of vehicular movement occasioned by curfews and…

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