NIGERIA’S PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES LEAD IN ONLINE LEARNING AMIDST CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

With Nigeria continuing its lockdown closure of education institutions into late June, the country’s private universities are continuing to develop online learning, while many public universities are waiting for their physical facilities to reopen before restarting services. Access to such buildings by essential staff have eased from June 2, with Nigerian government loosening a nationwide curfew from 8pm and 6am, which will now be in force from 10pm to 4am until June 29. The government has also allowed banks to fully re-open while religious services in churches ...


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