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Kaduna State has directed its civil servants to report to work on Monday, July 20, 2020, after working remotely for over three months at home, following the invoking of the Quarantine Act and Kaduna State Public Health Law, which quarantined all residents on March 26. A circular issued by the office of the Head of Service on Thursday, stated that different category of workers will work in different days of the week, from 9am to 3pm. According to the circular which was signed by Ibrahim Jere, Permanent Secretary (Public Service Officer), all Permanent Secretaries, Directors General, Chief Executives of Agencies and Parastatals, as well as Directors will work from Monday to Friday. The circular further stated that officers on Grade Level 14 and above will work for three days, including Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while officers on Grade Level 7 to 13 will work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays only. The circular also noted that in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19, visi

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 35, 107. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle late on Saturday. The health agency said that as of July 18, 653 new confirmed cases and six deaths were recorded in the country. It said that the 653 new cases were reported from 27 states and the FCT. According to the agency, only nine states did not report a new case of the disease in the past 24 hours. The NCDC added that Lagos state reported the highest number of infections with 115 new cases, while Kwara reported 85 new infections. Amongst others were Enugu with 80 cases and the FCT with 78. Rivers had 36 cases, Ondo – 35, Oyo – 30, Katsina – 28, Kaduna – 19, Abia – 19, Nasarawa – 18, Plateau – 17, and Imo – 16. Four states, namely: Ogun, Ebonyi, Benue, and Kano reported nine more infections with Delta, Bauchi, and Ekiti having eight, seven, and six new cases re

………..Afenifere wants coroner inquest into Tolulope Arotile's death   More questions, emerged, yesterday, over the death of the late Flight Officer, Tolulope Arotile, as the umbrella body of Yoruba-speaking areas of Kogi State, Okun Development Association, ODA, called on the Federal Government to order an immediate investigation into the matter. The association described the official explanation on the cause of her death as curious, saying only a proper investigation could clear growing suspicions over the matter. Arotile, who was Nigeria’s first female combatant helicopter pilot in Nigerian Airforce, NAF, died in an accident on July 14, 2020, at the Nigerian Air force Base, Kaduna.   Detail As of the day, the news of her death broke, there was hardly any detail regarding the incident. But a day after, the Nigerian Air force, in a statement by its Director Public of Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said she was inadvertently hit by the reversing

The Publisher Arise Africa Magazine, Mr Ikechukwu Anyanwu revealed that plans are already in top gear for the Arise Africa Achievers Award being organized by Arise Africa Magazine The all-important event will take place at Owerri capital on Saturday, July 25th-26th 2020 and the Governor will also double as an Award Recipient and Special Guest of Honour. His Excellency Distinguished Sen. Hope Uzodimma was nominated by well meaning Nigerians to receive Award at Arise Africa Achieves Award organized by popular online media, Arise Africa Magazine During a visit to Government house on Tuesday 14th July 2020 to inform the Governor about the nomination, the team led by the Chairman Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) Imo State and  Publisher of Arise Africa, was well received by the Special Adviser on Electronic and New Media to the Governor, Hon Mrs Nneamaka Okafor. Mrs Okafor who was nominated  for Excellence In Public Service Award, thanked Imolites for  nominating he