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Monthly Archives: March 2020

Speech Delivered by the Executive Chairman, Agege Local Govt., Alh. Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi (JP) at an event to provide update on Coronavirus Pandemic in the area

The last few months will go down in infamy as one of the periods the human race was under threat by the ravaging coronavirus pandemic which is claiming lives across the globe per second per second. ln Nigeria, the casualty may currently be low but we must not be deceived. The reality is that we are in for a tough ... Read More »

Coronavirus: Jack Ma’s medical supplies donation arrive Lagos

Airforce lifts items to Abuja Two days after its expected delivery, the medical supplies donated to the Federal Government by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma to assist the fight against Coronavirus has arrived. The supplied arrived at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos around 3:20 pm through an Ethiopian Airlines Freighter. This is just as The Nation gathered that the ... Read More »

Ogun discovers new case of COVID – 19, identifies 32 contacts

Ogun State Government said it has identified 32 persons, who had contact with a new case of coronavirus in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker,  disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abeokuta. Coker said the new case involved a 62 – year- old resident of Sagamu while contacts included four family members and 28 healthcare givers. The ... Read More »

BREAKING: Bauchi Gov, Bala Mohammed, tests positive for Coronavirus

Bauchi state’s Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has been confirmed positive to Coronavirus. His Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, made this announcement through a statement on Tuesday afternoon. This comes a day after the governor took the test after he had contact with the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who was confirmed to have been infected with ... Read More »

BREAKING: Three of Kyari’s staff test positive for COVID-19

  … others advised to self-isolate Three officials in the of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, have reportedly tested positive to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). A presidential source confirmed the development. Efforts to reach Presidential spokesmen to confirm most of the developments within the State House on Tuesday were unsuccessful as neither the Special Adviser and ... Read More »

Court sacks Enugu monarch over certificate forgery

An Enugu State High Court has sacked the traditional ruler of Umuogbugbuagu Autonomous Community, Ugwuoba, in Oji River Local Government Area of the State, Igwe Anayo Anochili. The Court presided over by Hon. Justice Afam Nwobodo, held that Anochili was not qualified ab-initio to contest for the traditional stool, having presented a questionable Secondary School Certificate. Another contestant to the ... Read More »

President Buhari approves procedure for appointment of new Perm Secs

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the procedure for the appointment of new permanent secretaries to fill the existing vacancies in 16 states of the federation. In a statement signed by Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, Director of Information, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), on Tuesday in Abuja, the affected states are Kwara, Kebbi, Abia, Anambra ... Read More »

Heritage Bank stimulates CBN’s financial inclusion on 2020 target

As part of efforts to consummate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiated policy aimed at reducing the figure of the unbanked populace by 20 percent by 2020 and to ensure greater participation in the nation’s financial sector, Heritage Bank Plc has keyed into this initiative to drive financial inclusion and promote economic growth. CBN has mandated all banks in ... Read More »

BREAKING: Two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Lagos, Ogun

Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Lagos and Ogun states. One is in Lagos state and the other in Ogun state. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), one case is a returning traveller while the second case is contact of a previously confirmed case. So far,  there are 42 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in ... Read More »

Coronavirus: Buhari not infected as COS Kyari tests positive

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly tested negative of the Coronavirus Disease despite claims his Chief of Staff (COS) Abba Kyari was diagnosed of the COVID-19 on Monday. Buhari was said to have subjected himself to be screened after result of Kyari’s test conducted Sunday came in positive on Monday. It was gathered that Kyari who’s also a close relative of ... Read More »

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