By Suzan Okenwa (Senate Correspondent, NASS)

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, forwarded the name of his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie and three others to the Senate for confirmation of their new appointment as National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Onochie represents Delta State at the Commission.

• Insists IGP Submits Presidential Approval For Creating New Commands, Departments

By Kingsley Okoro (Crime/Police Affairs Reporter)

The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 175 senior Police Officers. It also stepped down the promotion of 112 others.

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

Amidst conflicting positions about whether or not, the Covid-19 pandemic is currently abating in Nigeria, the Federal Government has ordered the immediate reopening of all schools in Nigeria.

By Mahmoud Dogara (Bauchi State Correspondent)

The Bauchi State Government has directed primary and secondary schools in the state to resume on the 12th of October 2020, to complete the 2019/2020 academic session, subject to the compliance of COVID 19 regulations on school reopening.

By Angela Onwuzoo (Reporter, Punch Healthwise)

As schools across the country prepare to reopen, experts have warned that the shortage of toilets and hand washing facilities in schools put students at serious risk of getting infected with COVID-19.

The experts urged the government to urgently take steps to ensure provision of toilet and hand washing facilities in all the schools or suspend schooling for the rest of the year.

By Hammid Abdullahi (Education/MDA Reporter)

Thursday September 10, 2020, has been fixed as deadline for the registration of schools and examination candidates for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by the National Examination Council (NECO).