Wike confirms receipt of N78bn FG refund
By Egufe Yafugborhi FEDERAL Government has refunded to the Rivers State Government the N78 billion the state spent on federal projects, Governor Nyesom Wike has confirmed. Wike gave the confirmation Wednesday at Isiokpo where his Special Guest, former Governor Peter Obi, commissioned Internal Roads Phase 2 in Ikwerre Local Government Area. The Governor announced, “Rivers […]
Five dead, 16 injured as bus rams into truck along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway
By Bose Adelaja An accident involving a Mazda bus and a low bed truck has reportedly recorded five fatalities and injured 16 others, in Ogun State. The incident was said to have occurred at about 3 pm, at Danliti, Mowe area, along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, when the truck was making a U-Turn. The casualties were fifteen […]
Oyo: Makinde faults COVID-19 second wave report
By Adeola Badru Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday faulted the claimed second wave of the COVID-19 as being widely speculated, saying the state is still in the first wave. The governor made the disclosure, during a media briefing with the Governor’s Office correspondents, held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, on the […]
African Union secures 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
By Sola Ogundipe The African Union has secured close to 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for distribution to its member nations. The Senior Science Adviser for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC, Dr Nicaise Ndembi, who confirmed this on Wednesday, said the 300 million doses are being secured independently of […]
School Reopening: ASUU’s position shocking, disservice to university system — FUNAAB VC
Say VCs have plans to put COVID-19 guidelines in place Some Vice-Chancellors of universities under Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU have said that it was wrong for ASUU to claim that there were no COVID-19 guidelines for reopening Universities. ASUU, haven called off 9-month strike insisted that Nigerian universities were not ready to re-open […]
Lagos govt enforces ‘no face mask, no entry’ into Alausa Secretariat
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government on Wednesday embarked on strict enforcement of COVID-19 safety protocols on staff and visitors at the state’s Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Recall that the state government has stepped up measures to prevent further spread following rising cases of the […]
