Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health, broke the news in two tweets on Thursday afternoon. At least 10 persons at the Lagos state government house in Marina have tested positive for COVID-19. Abayomi said the development made Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor, and Joke, his wife, to undergo another test for the disease. He said the results came back negative. The sample ... Read More »
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COVID-19: Ogun Discharges 6 Cases, Total Active Now 73 including 4 New Cases
Ogun State on Wednesday discharged 6 Coronavirus patients from its Isolation Centre in Ikenne, after they each twice tested negative to the virus. The 6 patients, who have since joined their families to continue living their normal lives, bring the total number of discharged cases in Ogun to 20. However, 4 new confirmed cases were announced in the State by ... Read More »
PRESIDENT BUHARI LAUDS AKINWUMI ADESINA ON VOTE OF CONFIDENCE BY AfDB BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Muhammadu Buhari commends President of the African Development Bank, Nigeria’s Dr Akinwumi Adesina, over the clean bill of health given him by Board of Directors of the financial institution. A report dated May 5, 2020, signed by Niale Kaba, Chairman of the Bureau of the Board of Governors, indicated that Dr Adesina had been exonerated of allegations against him ... Read More »
Olaifa Condemns Fulani Herdsmen attacks; charges Security Operatives and State Government
A member of the National Assembly, Abuja representing Egbado North/Imeko Afon Federal Constituency in Ogun State has voiced out his consternation on the spate of insecurity in his Constituency. Olaifa in a release he personally signed reported “I am sad to formally bring to the public notice of an unacceptable renewed onslaught of Fulani Herdsmen on my Constituents of Egbado ... Read More »
Gov Buni debunks reports of Covid-19 deaths in Yobe
Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni has debunked reports of Covid-19 related deaths in the state, and asked Nigerians to disregard an online report alleging the contrary.An online news portal had claimed that scores of people had died in the state in recent days as a result of Covid-19, but the Director General Press and Media Affairs to Yobe state ... Read More »
Ibadan Bus Terminals: APC and the burden of enmity against Makinde By Abubakre Ajao
The government of Oyo State recently awarded a contract for the construction of four bus terminals in Ibadan, the state capital. The state’s Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transportation, Prof. Raphael Afonja, explained that the government’s plan on the terminals is to bring sanity to public transportation in the state, adding that new buses would also be procured in ... Read More »
How Oyo is making gain of COVID-19 By Salau Adio
One thing is certain: by the time the world gets over the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be a new rule of doing things. The new kind of lifestyle we would have will not just be limited to the practices we must embrace to stay healthy. In most part too, it will affect even the way we evaluate the performance of ... Read More »
UBA Rewards 100 customers with N100,000 amid COVID 19 Meltdown
UBA Gives customers reason to Cheer ….100 customers rewarded with N100,000 Each Pan African Financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has again given its loyal customers reason to cheer as it rewarded 100 loyal customers with N100,000 each in the UBA Bumper account draw. The draw, which took place at the UBA Head office on Tuesday, was held ... Read More »
CACOVID strengthens Rivers, Enugu States against COVID-19
The private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) yesterday strengthened the fight against the scourge with the handover of fully equipped isolation centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and donation of beds & accessories in Enugu, Enugu State. CACOVID is a joint initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Aliko Dangote Foundation, Access Bank, UBA, GTBank and private sector organisations. ... Read More »
EVACUATION: NIGERIAN WOMAN DELIVERS BABY ABOARD EMIRATE AIRLINE
A Nigerian lady, Mrs Kafayat Amusan, one of the stranded Nigeria travellers, returning from Dubai, UAE, has been delivered of a baby boy on board Emirates airline departing to Lagos on Wednesday. She put to bed, on board the plane,30 minutes after departure, which resulted in the plane returning back to Dubai after take off . She is currently on ... Read More »