Day: May 28, 2020

NGO feeds over 1000 children to mark Children’s Day celebration

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Street Child and Welfare Initiative (SCCWI), a non-governmental organisation that has been prioritising the needs of street and vulnerable children for the past 12 years, decided to mark the May 27th Children’s Day celebration by providing sumptuous meals for over 1000 less privileged children. The NGO which is based at Alagomeji, Yaba-Lagos, took the feeding program to streets in various parts of Lagos State like Oshodi, Okobaba in Ebute Meta, Iddo Slum, Ojuelegba, Oyingbo amongst others. According to Comfort Alli, President/ Project Director of SCCWI, the feeding program has been…

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FG contemplates morning and afternoon classes for schools’ reopening

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The Federal Government has said that schools will remain closed until government is sure pupils could attend classes without the risk of contracting COVID-19. Minister of State for Education Emeka Nwajiuba, who disclosed this at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF), said: “Until we are sure that our children can go to school and return safely without taking COVID-19 home, we are not ready to take the risk of opening schools.” Clarifying that an announcement suggesting schools would reopen June 8, 2020 did not emanate…

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Protest in US for second night over police killing of black man

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During a second night of protests in the US city of Minneapolis on Wednesday, demonstrators clashed with police and set a store alight over the killing of a black man by an officer who held him to the ground with a knee on his neck. Police fired tear gas and formed a human barricade to keep protesters from climbing a fence surrounding the Third Precinct, where the officers accused of killing George Floyd worked before they were fired on Tuesday. They pushed protesters back as the crowd grew, a day…

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