Ekiti to diversify economy through Agric sector
Ado-Ekiti—In view of dwindling economic fortune of the nation arising from the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the world, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has restated his administration’s resolve to use the agriculture sector as a platform for the diversification of the state’s economy.
BREAKING: Buhari directs closure of air, land borders for 4 weeks
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate closure of international airports and land borders for four weeks. This is just as he directed that all Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) staff and experts who are away on training or international assignments are to return immediately. In a long thread on via his verified Twitter […]
Coronavirus cases in Nigeria could explode ‘in days ahead’
Federal Government on Thursday warned that Africa’s most populous nation could soon see an “exponential” increase in coronavirus infections unless contacts of confirmed cases are tracked down quicker. The country of around 190 million people has so far recorded just 51 infections and 1 death, but testing has been limited. “We have 4,370 people of […]
Panic as Nigeria confirms 14 new cases of Coronavirus — toll now 65
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
UPDATED: COVID-19: Okowa orders shut down of Asaba airport
AS part of an effort aimed at containing the outbreak or spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in the State, the Delta State Government, yesterday ordered the shut down of the Asaba International Airport to traffic and closure of all land borders into and out of the State.
Oyo APC faction describes Ajimobi’s reconciliation c’ttee as dead on arrival
A faction of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, known as the APC reformers, which comprises of former political appointees and elected officials during the administration of the immediate-past governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi on Thursday described the recently announced reconciliation committee headed by a former governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, as dead on arrival.
