Gov Fayemi plans to decongest Correctional centre to curb COVID-19 spread
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti says he has directed the Ministry of Justice to urgently prepare modalities for further decongestion of the Federal Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti. Fayemi, gave the directive in a statement issued by Mr Tunde Olaolorun, Special Assistant to the Attorney-General on Public Education, Media, and Communication, on Wednesday. The governor said the […]
Lockdown extension to curb spread of COVID-19 pandemic necessary — Expert
A medical researcher, Dr. Bamidele Iwalokun, has described the lockdown extension announced by President Muhammadu Buhari to further curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria as very necessary. Iwalokun, a Deputy Director of Research at the Nigeria Institute of Medi-Cal Research (NIMR), Yaba, expressed his views in an interview with the News Agency of […]
OAAN, APCON institute SOP for OOH advertising industry
By Princewill Ekwujuru The Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN) in association with Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) has entered into partnership aimed at developing a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to guide the business of Out-of-Home advertising practice in Nigeria. According to OAAN, the objective behind the operating procedure is targeted at developing […]
COVID-19 survivors develop stronger immune system – Prof Sunday Omilabu
The world is currently battling one of the worst epidemics in history, Tens of thousands of people have lost their lives even as many countries came up with different strategies to combat the disease. President Mohammadu Buhari announced a lockdown as part of strategies to reduce the spread of the disease. But two weeks into […]
Lockdown: Oyetola orders payment of stipends to 25,907 vulnerable persons
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has ordered the immediate payment of stipends due to 25,907 vulnerable persons in the state. The stipends were part of palliative measures to cushion the impact of the state-wide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the state. Mr. Lawal Olayemi, the Commissioner for Youths and Sports in […]
Monarch’s wife, daughter kidnapped in Oyo
Olori Funbi Ojo, the wife of Oba Olusanjo Ojo, the Baba-Aso of Igboole in Igboora area of Oyo State, was on Monday evening kidnapped alongside her daughter by unknown gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the wife of the monarch is the Matron of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH) […]
