Rising COVID-19 cases: NUT cautions FG against Jan 18 schools’ resumption date • Prepare for more COVID-19 patients in need of oxygen, NMA tells FG Friday Olokor, Grace Edema, Dayo Ojerinde and John Charles The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Thursday cautioned the Federal Government against the January 18 resumption date for schools across the country. The NUT Secretary-General, Dr Mike Ike-Ene, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents, said there was no need to hurriedly resume, if the rate of COVID-19 infection kept increasing. Ike-Ene stated that if coronavirus infection was increasing, teachers would stay at home. Recalled that the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had on December 17 said the country had entered COVID-19 second wave.