Tag: Rauf Aregbesola

Eid-el-Kabir: FG declares Thursday, Friday public holidays

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Federal Government has declared July 30 and 31 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir Celebration. This was disclosed in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah, on Thursday. According to Ehuriah, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, congratulated Muslim faithful and all Nigerians both at home and abroad on the occasion. The statement added: “He called on the Muslims to continue to imbibe the spirit of love, peace, kindness and sacrifice, as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) and…

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Read Nigerian Government’s COVID19 warning

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has warned Nigerians to reduce the tradition of hands shaking and hugging in order not to contract the novel coronavirus. Aregbesola, while speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of a 3000-capacity custodial centre in Karshi, Abuja, said the Minister enjoined Nigerians to always stay three feet away from one another and avoid crowded places. “Don’t shake hands again, don’t hug for now except your family members, maintain three feet distance between you and the next person”, he warned. The Minister advised Nigerians to greet by…

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Osun to dump Aregbeola’s single uniform, middle school

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Osun state governor, Gboyega Oyetola is to reverse some policies of his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola, especially in the educational sector as the Education Policy Review Roundtable Summit set up by the State Government to examine some policies introduced into the sector by the previous administration in the state had recommended the abolition of middle schools. The panel, led by the pioneer Registrar, National Business and Technical Education Board, Prof. Olu Aina, also recommended the reversal of single uniform policy. Middle schools, which have pupils in primary 5 and 6 alongside…

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