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A friend reached out to me last week, after I shared my family’s “Covid-19 exposure” story in our WhatsApp Group, asking for help with my NCDC contacts. I obliged him. His sister suspected she was exposed to Covid-19 and here’s how: she’s a staff of one of the major banks. One of her colleagues, who wasn’t supposed to be at ... Read More »

I salute your resilience, cooperation and collective resolve to keep Ekiti State free of this pandemic since this global challenge surfaced in Nigeria in February 2020. This is the seventh time that I would be addressing you since the break out of COVID-19 Pandemic in Ekiti State, in fulfilment of my promise to constantly update you on the progress we ... Read More »

PURPORTED SUSPENSION OF SELECTION PROCESS OF 774,000 JOBS BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES: ALL STATES’ SELECTION COMMITTEES SHOULD PROCEEED WITH THEIR WORK UNHINDERED. Today, in obedience to their invitation, I appeared before the Joint Committees on Labour of both the Senate and the House. The Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members sought to be briefed on the implementation of the Special Public ... Read More »

ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF OGUN STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, PRINCE DAPO ABIODUN, MFR AT THE INAUGURATION OF ALHAJA SELIMOT OLAPEJU OTTUN AS THE NEW HEAD OF SERVICE, AND THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HELD ON TUESDAY, 30TH JUNE, 2020 Protocols, Exactly 10 days ago, the former Head of Service Tpl. (Mrs.) Amope Ajibola Chokor bowed out ... Read More »

The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture to liase with the Attorney-General/Commissioner for Justice to look at the listed sites (Prevention) Law, 2015 with a view to removing all vestiges of slave trade and colonialism. This motion was moved by the Deputy ... Read More »

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tested positive for COVID-19 He disclosed the information through a video broadcast on his Facebook account, saying that he is asymptomatic and on isolation as a result of the infection. According to the post: “Earlier today, I got confirmation of a positive result for Covid-19. I am asymptomatic and not displaying any symptoms. I ... Read More »

As part of efforts to expand COVID-19 testing capacity across Lagos, the state government has approved seven private laboratories to commence sample analysis for the virus. The laboratories are; Total Medical Services, SynLab, 54 Gene, Medbury Medical Services, Biologix Medical Services, 02 Medical Services and Clina Lancent Laboratories. In a statement last night to announce the development, the Commissioner for ... Read More »

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the State was not interested in making any gain from the ongoing political feud between Governor Kayode Fayemi and Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu. Ojudu, who is having a running battle with the State Governor, Dr. Kayode ... Read More »

We read with consternation and unbelief the piece titled: “Southwest PDP Chairmen alleged plot to replace Secondus with George,” written by Mr Muyiwa Adeyemi, Head, Southwest Bureau of the Guardian Newspaper. The article, ab initio, is unprofessional, malicious, indecent, reeks of prejudicial hack writing which is capable of diminishing the long held image of The Guardian. The stark truth is ... Read More »

It was like a movie, watching the proceedings of the Ad Hoc Committee set up by the House of Representatives, to probe the hike of subscription rates by cable television service providers. The Chairman of the said Committee, Hon Unyime Idem, took me back to my Aluta days at Obafemi Awolowo University (Great Ife), roaring like a lion and reeling ... Read More »