TIDI commends residents for compliance, set to distribute food items
Chairman Warri south local government area, Dr Michael Tidi has lauded people of the local government for their compliance to the sit at home order of the state government, saying governor Ifeanyi Okowa had graciously sent food items to vulnerable, aged and indigents in various communities in the local government.
COVID-19 lockdown: Ganduje begs resident on compliance as cases rise to 27
By Bashir Bello – Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has on Saturday begged residents to obey the total lockdown order put in place in the state as a number of positive coronavirus cases rise to 27. This was coming as the state late Friday night recorded six additional new cases of coronavirus […]
Kyari’s death, a monumental loss to the Nation — Sanwo-Olu
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the death of Mallam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, as shocking, painful and a monumental loss to the nation, Nigerians, the government of Maiduguri and the Kyari family. Kyari, who died in the early hours of Saturday, has been […]
Firm unveils USSD COVID-19 platform for self-tests
By Dennis Agbo AS the fight against COVID-19 intensifies, an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD, has surfaced for quick test and possible contact tracing. Developed by a Nigerian financial technology startup firm, Instant Deposit Limited, the USSD system interacts with the user to capture relevant information, including symptoms and travel history. The information is processed […]
COVID-19: Shedrack Agediga Foundation donates food items to Ogulaha kingdom
THE Shedrack Agediga Foundation, SAF, has distributed food items worth millions of naira to the communities in the Ogulagha Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State to cushion the effects of the lockdown directives of the Delta State Government as part of measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Taraba NUJ Correspondent Chapel suspends three members over falsehood
Addressing a separate briefing at an emergency Congress at the Chapel’s office, the present executive led by Wole Ayodele of ThisDay Newspapers urged members of the chapel and the NUJ to disregard their ‘kangaroo announcement.’
