Just In: Oyo COVID-19 Task Force confirms one new case of coronavirus

Just In: Oyo COVID-19 Task Force confirms one new case of coronavirus

…set to fumigate markets this week …as state rakes in N125m cash, other donations The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force on Saturday confirmed that the state indeed recorded another positive case of COVID-19, bringing to nine, the total of positive cases in the state. A statement by the Acting Chairman of the Oyo State COVID-19 […]
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COVID-19 Crisis: CSO urges African countries to adopt structured lockdown

COVID-19 Crisis: CSO urges African countries to adopt structured lockdown

Say citizens’ mass revolt may jeopardize govt’s effort By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja This assertion was made by the convener, CDNDC, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, while expressing concern over total lockdown order that has worsen the situation as it has made some citizens to put resistance to the order that is gradually snownballing into a mass revolt. […]

COVID-19: Abia Deputy Speaker donate relief materials to constituents

COVID-19: Abia Deputy Speaker donate relief materials to constituents

The Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu, today donated relief materials to be shared to his people of Ohafia South State Constituency as part of his contribution towards alleviating the sufferings of his people in this period of the coronavirus pandemic. This followed the directive of the Abia State […]

COVID-19 Lockdown: DSP Omo-Agege clears bails to decongest prisons

COVID-19 Lockdown: DSP Omo-Agege clears bails to decongest prisons

… Donates Food, Sanitizers To Okere, Uyo Prisons Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has ordered the management of Okere and Uyo Prisons to send to him the bills of persons held in custody due to inability to pay bail, in order to decongest the prison and reduce the spread of COVID-19. Omo-Agege gave the order […]

Guardiola v Klopp: Coronavirus puts latest chapter of a defining rivalry on hold

Guardiola v Klopp: Coronavirus puts latest chapter of a defining rivalry on hold

Rivals in the Bundesliga and now the Premier League, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have driven each other on to new levels of excellence. Liverpool were set to emerge at the Etihad Stadium this weekend, either with the scent of triumph in their nostrils or the delicious addition of a guard of honour from Manchester […]

COVID-19: Insurance consortium launches N5bn premium cover for Lagos healthcare workers

COVID-19: Insurance consortium launches N5bn premium cover for Lagos healthcare workers

Olasunkanmi Akoni A consortium of six insurance companies in Nigeria on Saturday put together an insurance cover of N5billion for health workers and volunteers tackling the coronavirus pandemic in the state. The firms are – Leadway Assurance Company Limited, Custodian and Allied Insurance Plc, Lasaco Assurance Plc, AIICO Insurance Plc, Tangerine Life Insurance Limited and […]

Coronavirus: Edo govt begins televised classes for SSCE, NECO students Monday

Coronavirus: Edo govt begins televised classes for SSCE, NECO students Monday

Following the disruption in academic activities by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Edo State Government will on Monday, April 6, 2020, begin state-wide broadcast targeted at students in Senior Secondary Schools preparing for West African Senior School Examination (WASSCE) and National Examinations Council (NECO). In a statement, Commissioner for Education, Barr. Jimoh Ijegbai, said the […]

Coronavirus: Bayern negotiations unaffected by pandemic, insists Rummenigge

Coronavirus: Bayern negotiations unaffected by pandemic, insists Rummenigge

Bayern Munich’s contract negotiations with a quartet of key players will not be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, insists CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller, David Alaba, and Thiago Alcantara are all out of contract in 2021 and are mulling over the offer of fresh terms from the Bundesliga champions, who extended Hansi Flick’s […]

COVID-19: FG seeks NASS approval for N500bn intervention fund

COVID-19: FG seeks NASS approval for N500bn intervention fund

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Saturday met with the leadership of the National Assembly to intimate it on an Executive proposal to establish a N500 billion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund.