Tag: Shutdown
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Unpaid salaries: Blame FG if we shutdown varsities again – ASUU warns
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday accused the Federal Government of victimising its members and tactically avoiding the payment of salaries to its members for up to 10 months. It warned that its members might be called out soon for another strike, if the government failed to address the union’s grievances. In…
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FG extends Third Mainland Bridge completion, announces new shutdown dates
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Sunday said the Third Mainland Bridge will no longer be opened on Monday but at the end of February. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that the bridge would experience one more total closure from Feb. 19 to 21 before…
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FG announces another three-day total shutdown of Third Mainland Bridge
The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Wednesday announced another three days of total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge for another round of delicate expansion joints replacement. Popoola said that the shutdown would take effect from midnight on Friday to midnight of Monday, Feb. 1. He explained that construction works had…
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FG postpones shutdown of Third Mainland Bridge
Mr Olukayode Popoola, the Federal Controller of Works Lagos, has lamented the disruptive activities of ‘Area Boys’ who sometimes open the closed section of the Third Mainland Bridge to traffic to endanger safety of motorists. The controller said on Saturday that their actions jeopardised safety of road users, adding that security had been beefed up…
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National Eye Centre shutdown 80 percent services over COVID-19 pandemic
The National Eye Centre, Kaduna said it has shutdown 80 per cent of its healthcare services, as part of measures to prevent transmission of Covid-19 among its staff and patients. Chief Medical Director of the Centre, Dr. Mahmud Alhassan said, the hospital is now just attending to real ophthalmic emergencies like severe infections from popular…
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Ekiti shutsdown major markets over threats of Covid-19 spread
Ekiti State Government on Tuesday said food markets in Ado Edition and Ikere Edition with history of heavy population would no longer be allowed to operate during the period of lockdown. The state government explained that the ban become necessary in view of increasing number of COVID-19 cases and the need to fully enforce the…
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Okowa declares total shutdown in Delta after three suspected Coronavirus cases surface
Delta State on Tuesday evening confirmed three suspected cases of the novel coronavirus [COVID-19]. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa disclosed this on Tuesday in a statewide broadcast. The governor however noted that samples of the three suspected cases have been sent to the Specialist Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, adding that the state was expecting the results. By…
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BREAKING: Lagos may shutdown totally soon if… – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday evening said the total shutdown of the state over outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus is imminent. He said once the state recorded a certain number of positive coronavirus cases, Lagos would be totally shutdown in a bid to save lives. The governor, at a live broadcast at the…
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NIMC shuts down enrolment centres in Lagos, Katsina, 3 others
The National Identity Management Commission has ordered the immediate shutdown of enrolment centres in Lagos, Katsina, Ekiti, Ogun and Anambra states as part of preventive measures against the spread of Coronavirus. The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the head of Corporate Communications of NIMC Mr Kayode Adegoke on Friday in Abuja. ”…