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  Polaris Bank has gi ven a boost to government efforts in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19). Polaris Bank has acquired 400 specialised hospital beds, complete with mattresses and accessories. The beds according to the Bank, will be handed over to the Lagos State Government; being the state most hit by the pandemic, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other State ... Read More »

Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, has said the result of the coronavirus test conducted on the Governor Kayode Fayemi has not been released. Yaya-Kolade said Fayemi had submitted himself for COVID-19 test and had since then gone into self isolation, stressing that the test became necessary because the governor recently was in contact with somebody that tested ... Read More »

This is to bring to the notice of the general public that the Hon. Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu who was in the UK on 10th March for a high level  meeting on Water and returned on  11th March, 2020 has been taking all due precautions to protect himself, his family and his contacts since his return. He ... Read More »

It has come to my attention that there are several false reports floating around on social media regarding H.E Adesola George Oguntade’s recent 80th birthday celebration held in London on the 10th March 2020. My husband , myself and family members plus all our close friends were all in attendance and I can confirm that we are all well and ... Read More »

The right to freedom of movement is guaranteed to every citizen of Nigeria under section 41 of the 1999 Constitution and also under the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights. Through this fundamental right, every citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria and to reside in any part of Nigeria and no citizen of Nigeria shall ... Read More »

  Over the last few days I have received extensive briefings on the state of the nation as it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic, from the relevant Federal Government agencies as well as the Lagos State Government. Accordingly, I approved the following: The immediate release of a 10 billion Naira grant to Lagos State, which remains the epicentre of the ... Read More »

The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to stop wasting “limited testing kits” on political office holders and government officials. In a press release on Thursday signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade O’Seun John, the organization said the unchecked usage of the scarce testing kits for COVID-19 ... Read More »

  The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed into law an emergency bill to help the state combat the Coronavirus, the pandemic currently spreading across the world. Personally sponsored by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, the Emergency Coronavirus Pandemic Bill 2020 also afforded Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the legislative concurrence to spend an initial N20 billion to effectively contain the virus ... Read More »

  Sequel to the directive of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday on more restrictive measures to break the cycle of transmission of Corona virus (COVID-19) in the State, the State Government today set up makeshift markets for food and agricultural produce in selected schools across Local Governments in the State. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan ... Read More »

  Good afternoon gentlemen, and welcome to this press conference, called to update you on the measures being taken by the Federal Government to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic. 2. I want to say straight away that our strategy at containing this pandemic is working, but we still have a long way to go. We know our priorities and we know ... Read More »