The Ekiti State Government on Friday said it has received a total N631 million from the COVID-19 Response Resource Mobilisation Committee set up last month to raise and manage funds and projects to aid government’s fight against the spread of the virus in the state. The Government also announced the arrival of its molecular laboratory for COVID-19 test in Ado-Ekiti, ... Read More »
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Makinde Visits Ayoola’s Family, Prays for the Repose of His Soul
Oyo state Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde on Sunday visited the family of the late Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Kehinde Ayoola. Makinde was received by the wife of the deceased, children and other family members. Makinde however prayed for the repose of his soul. Read More »
Amaa partners creative industry to mask up Africa
What a year 2020 has turned out to be: Amazing might come to mind. Unexpected, perhaps? Surprising? Crazy? However we may choose to describe it, this year has certainly impacted us in the most unpredictable way. As creatives, our survival is based on our freelance and independent work. We work as teams, closely collaborating with each other to share our ... Read More »
DISOBEDIENCE OF COURT ORDERS BY THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL IS UNHEALTHY FOR DEMOCRACY, Adegboruwa san writes
Very recently, the Comptroller-General of the Correctional Centres, CGCC, gave an order to his officers not to admit new defendants into the Correctional Centres, presumably as part of COVID 19 precautions. This executive order is now being complied with, and it has very grave implications for the rule of law and the administration of justice in Nigeria. The reports across ... Read More »
NIGER STATE RECORDS FIRST COVID19 DEATH, EIGHT NEW CASES EMERGE
Niger State has recorded its first COVID-19 death. This however occurred among the eight new cases confirmed by the NCDC. The State Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services. Dr Muhammad Makusidi disclosed in Minna. The Commissioner explained that out of the 22 results received from the NCDC, Eight are positive while 14 are negative. Dr Makusidi revealed that from the ... Read More »
Jandor Laments Untapped Opportunities as the World marks Telecommunication and Information Society Day
As the world battles post Covid-19 economic woes, the lead visioner of Team Jandor, Mr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran has urged the government to look into the untapped opportunities in the Information and Communication Technology sectors to diversify the economy. While speaking on this year’s theme; “Connect 2030: ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),Jandor enjoins government at all levels to ... Read More »
COVID-19: PDP Gives FG 48-Hour To Declare Chinese Doctors’ Whereabouts.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government a 48-hour ultimatum to declare the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team it brought in purportedly to assist in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in our country. PDP’s position is predicated on the alarming declaration by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie ... Read More »
PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES MADAGASCAN COVID-19 HERBAL “DRUG” FROM GUINEA BISSAU’S PRESIDENT EMBALO, SAYS “I WILL LISTEN TO SCIENCE”
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday at the State House, Abuja, received the Madagascan native formulation against the Covid-19 pandemic, and reiterated that he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. At an audience meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau who brought along with him the samples of the traditional ... Read More »
Basorun Dele Momodu: Okunrin Marun of Our Time by Gboyega Okegbenro
It will be stating the obvious to remark that the raging corona virus pandemic robbed the world of one of the most vivacious celebrations that would have seized the entire nation, nay Africa, today as Mr. Celebration himself, Basorun Ayobamidele Abayomi Ajani “Areago Arikuyeri” Momodu, aka Bob Dee, turns 60! So much had gone underground amongst Dele’s close friends over ... Read More »
Dele Momodu: A Reporter Acknowledged By Olawale Olaleye
His is a brand that long ceased to struggle for attention or anyone’s validation. He’s in a class exclusive to him. His reputation – in all the boxes of human interests – has come to precede him. Although he is first a journalist before anything else, Bashorun Dele Momodu, publisher of the world’s famous Ovation Magazine, boasts such versatility and ... Read More »