COVID-19: Private hospitals not allowed to admit, treat COVID-19 patients’ — Osun Govt
Gives reasons for lockdown extension Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Osun State Government has restated its warning that private hospitals in the State steer clear admitting and treating suspected or confirmed Coronavirus patients. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode who gave the warning in public announcement on Thursday, stated that […]
COVID 19: Ondo regent evokes gods
The regent of Ayeka kingdom, an Ondo community, has advised her subjects to take seriously the coronavirus disease on the prowl all over the world while appealing to people to constantly wash their hands and use hand sanitizer regularly. She gave this advice while speaking with newsmen in her palace at Ayeka in the Okitipupa […]
6 Years on: COVID-19 not an excuse to forget Chibok Girls
WO caught up with Helon Habila, Professor of Literature at George Mason University, USA, Caine Prize winner and former Vanguard editor whose book, The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria published in 2016, continues to make waves around the world. It has been six years since the infamous heist of […]
GOFAMINT distributes relief items to Ogun communities
The Gospel Faith Mission International has distributed food and relief items to various communities in Ogun State as part of palliative measures to cushion the effect of the lockdown. Speaking during the presentation in Abeokuta on Thursday, the Assistant General Secretary, GOFAMINT, Pastor Olusegun Onayemi, said the gesture was part of the corporate social responsibility of the church […]
COVID 19: ANEEJ, MANTRA partners monitor returned $322.5m Abacha loot
Hail Buhari over expansion of Social Register By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and its MANTRA partners disclosed on Wednesday, of monitoring the returned $322.5 million Abacha loot nationwide. This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director, ANEEJ, Rev David […]
COVID-19: Ortom extends lockdown, dusk-to-dawn curfew by two weeks
Slashes 2020 budget from N195billion to N119billion Another suspicious case placed on self-isolation, 23 others test negative By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has extended the partial lockdown and dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on the state by another two weeks as part of measures to check the spread of Coronavirus in […]
