The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has confirmed 19 new confirmed cases in the yet-to-be-named firm, based in Ibadan, the state capital. The state task force has, however, indicated its decision to reveal the identity of the company on Tuesday. The total number of confirmed cases in the firm, which is situated in Ibadan South…
The Federal Government has queried the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Mohammed Bello, for allegedly buying what it described as an “uncompleted carcass” building for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the sum of N7bn. Bello was said to have superintended over the transaction for the purchase when he was…
Experts have warned that people who have asthma or other lung conditions should not wear a face mask because it could make it difficult for them to breathe. People have been advised to wear face masks when in public or in the midst of other people. This is because the coronavirus is a respiratory virus,…
The Lagos State Government has prosecuted about 185 cases within the months of March and April 2020 from three magisterial districts of Ogba, Ebute-Meta, and Ikorodu. This is contained in the monthly report of district prosecutors released by the ministry. In the report, prosecution of the 185 cases was approved after been filtered by the…
Managing Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Nigeria Ltd, Michael Yigao, says the 15-man Chinese team that arrived in the country on April 8 are in the company’s care. Yigao, who made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja while reacting to concerns as to the whereabouts of the team, said the team would be leaving…
Pastor David Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministries has stated that governors are only looting funds because there is nothing like coronavirus in Nigeria. Ibiyeomie made this known while delivering a sermon from the pulpit of hi auditorium. “People are making noise about corona. To me it’s rubbish”, he said. “Did they make noise about malaria? Malaria…
Following the kidnap and release of Akewugbagold’s twins, Seven suspected kidnappers identified as RILDWAN TAIWO, RAFIU MUTIU, OLUMIDE AJALA, FATAI AKANJI, RAFIU MODINAT, BASHIRU MOHAMMED and OPEYEMI OYELEYE have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command on Monday. According to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu, the suspected kidnappers were arrested in connection…
Akwa Ibom State Government has rejected ten vehicles donated by ExxonMobil to aid contact tracing of suspected COVID-19 patients in the state. The government had appreciated the company for the gesture made on Friday but in a statement issued on Sunday by its Information Commissioner, Charles Udoh, it described the vehicles as too old and…
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation in a broadcast on Monday following the end of the first phase of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown. Aliyu Sani, the national coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19, made this disclosure when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, the president…
Fifteen more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Lagos State isolation centers after testing negative for the virus twice. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this on Sunday, saying those discharged comprised nine females and six males. He noted that with the 15 recently discharged COVID-19 patients, a total of 623 patients have recovered…