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*LAGOS SET TO REOPEN ECONOMY, COMMENCES REGISTER-TO-OPEN INITIATIVE* The Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola has disclosed that the Commission is set to begin the Register-To-Open initiative of the State Government. Speaking recently at a Press Conference organised to inform the general public about the State Government’s plan towards gradual reopening of the economy, Mojola declared that in line with the directives of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the guidelines towards reopening of the economy, especially Religious and Social centres have been developed and consultations are ongoing with all Stakeholders in partnership with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture. He noted that upon registration, a verification process will be carried out to ensure adequate space management is put in place across the various centres to guarantee that social distancing, hygiene and safety measures are observed across all religious

FG Considers Morning, Afternoon Classes For School Reopening The Federal Government says it is thinking of sectionalising classes for primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the country ahead of school reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, stated this on Wednesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. The minister, who faulted the reports that schools would reopen in the country on June 8, said the government could not afford to take any costly risk, especially as it regards the safety of pupils and students in the country. He said, “Until we are sure these children can go to school, return safely and not bring up with them COVID-19 and infect people who are more susceptible than they are, then we are running a huge risk and God forbid, in our hurry, something happens to our children, I am not sure how anybody will be able to retrieve what has been lost.” Nwajiuba said the ministry was bei

INEC starts electronic voting 2021 in wake of Covid-19 The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will introduce electronic voting (e-voting) in off-season elections starting in 2021. This is contained in a 17-page “Policy on Conducting Elections in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic” released on Monday in Abuja and signed by the INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The policy covers health and legal issues, election planning and operations, election day and post-election activities, voter registration, political parties, election observation, electoral security and deployment of technology in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Continue to make available its electronic channels for voters to check their registration status. Pilot the use of Electronic Voting Machines at the earliest possible time (not Edo and Ondo), but work towards the full introduction of electronic voting in major elections starting from 2021,” the document stated. The commission, however

1. Congratulations to the Min. of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on his 63rd birthday.  Ogbeni Aregbesola has done a lot for the country. He laid the foundation for the infrastructural development of the State of Osun and turned it to what it is today: a modern state. https://t.co/Pa9Yx6Dhks

Lagos state governor Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu celebrated edl fitri with his deputy Dr Hamzat with a surprised visit to Hamzat  family at their residence on 24th May, 2020. According to special thank you message uploaded at the Twitter page of the deputy governor where he thanked mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the visit and making the festival a special one for him and his family. "Thank you my Governor and friend @jidesanwoolu for the special visit as we celebrated #EidAlFitr in my home today.  I pray that Allah grants you more wisdom and strength as we guide Lagos through these extraordinary times. #EidMubarak https://t.co/55y5Ov8mWB

Honourable Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa has rubbishes a report publish by Sahara Reporters that he has 64 bank accounts linked to his Bank Verification Number, (BVN). Sahara Reporters, in its reports claimed that 64 bank accounts have been discovered to be linked to the Bank Verification Number of Obasa and registered with various names, allegedly being used to siphon public funds in Lagos. But the speaker on Saturday night said the story was all fabricated and that he did not have such accounts linked to BVN, as claimed by Sahara Reporters. Obasa said he did not want to react to every story written by the online news platform as he had done previously. “We have debunked several of its publication and we don’t want to reply him again,” he said. The speaker said most of the numbers and names being published by Sahara Reporters were duplicated and that the owner of the online platform was being sponsored to do some hatchet jobs for his pay mas

President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his family on Sunday observed the Eid-El-Fitr prayer at the presidential quarters in line with the protocol against mass gathering issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The protocol of social distancing was also exhibited during the two-raka’at prayer President Buhari immediate family in family group picture to observe Eid-el-Fitr celebration in State House