The University of Lagos (UNILAG) will resume online classes on January 25, 2021. The date is contained in the revised academic calendar released today.
The National Examination Council (NECO) has said 233,000 candidates would write the examination in February. NECO said candidates who could not write the
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AS Nigeria crossed the 100,000 mark of confirmed COVID-19 cases, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has blamed the spike on increased travel, business activities, including social-related one and nightlife, religious programmes and reopening of schools without strict compliance with protocols.
Nigeria now ranks second highest in Africa in terms of the number of new cases of confirmed COVID-19, the PTF affirmed on Monday.
The Federal Government is, therefore, reviewing the date for resumption of schools nationwide earlier set for January 18.
Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, who disclosed this during its weekly media briefing in Abuja, pointed out that the number could be more, because many people with the infection may have been missed.
The Ebonyi Government said it will deploy two nurses to each public schools ahead of January 18 resumption to stem the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.