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COVID-19: Osun relief materials committee to raise N1bn
Clement Adeyi, Osogbo The Relief Materials and Welfare Committee, set up by the Osun State Government under the leadership of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to generate financial and material resources, including food items to cushion the pang of the government’s stay-at-home order occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, has expressed readiness to flag of distribution of the
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COVID-19: Jigawa governor pardons 74 prison inmates
Ahmed Abubakar, Dutse Jigawa State Governor Muhammad Abubakar Badaru has pardoned 74 inmates serving jail terms across the state prisons?. Alhaji Muhammed Badaru said that the pardon comes as part of containment efforts to curtail the spread of the dreaded novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and that government must play a leading role in the process. The
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COVID-19: Radio station distributes cash, food items to Ekiti residents
Priscilla Ediare, Ado Ekiti The first private radio station in Ekiti State, Voice 89.9 FM, has distributed cash and food items to hundreds of vulnerable residents to alleviate the suffering occasioned by COVID-19 lockdown. Beneficiaries have been trooping to the radio station’s corporate office along NTA-Ilawe Road in Ado-Ekiti throughout the week to receive cash
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King of Thailand ends self-isolation in German hotel with harem of 20 concubines
(Daily Mail) The King of Thailand has ended his self-isolation and returned home for a festival after hiring out an entire luxury German hotel for him and his harem of 20 concubines, it has been reported. The monarch, 67, left the 4-star hotel in Bavaria on Saturday night so he could attend the Chakri Festival
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COVID-19: ASUU FUAM donates intervention materials
Rose Ejembi, Makurdi Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) branch has donated intervention materials including hand sanitisers and handbills to the Benue State COVID-19 Action Committee as part of efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The lecturers also informed the committee that, given the opportunity and necessary support, FUAM
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Covid-19: Health professionals recommend Tinapa Resort for isolation centre
Health professionals in Cross River have advised the state government to convert the Tinapa Resort emporiums into isolation centre in case of any recorded positive case of Covid-19 in the state. Chairman of the group, Dr Agam Ayuk, made this known on Thursday in Calabar while submitting the groups report and recommendations on how to
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Imperative of regionalism and restructuring Nigeria
Ademola Orunbon Regionalism has come back to prominence, as the political, economic, cultural and social meaning of space is changing in contemporary Europe. In some ways, politics, economics and public policies are de-territorializing; but at the same time and in other ways, there is re-territorialization of economic, political and government activity. The “new regionalism” is
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Use legislation to prepare us for future pandemic, FG urges NASS
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The Federal Government has described the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a dangerous war hence the need for all hands to be on deck to defeat it. It therefore called on the National Assembly to develop a legislative framework to prepare Nigeria for any future pandemic. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on
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DSS arraign self-acclaimed CMD for alleged impersonation
The Directorate of State Security (DSS) in Osun, on Thursday, arraigned one Quadri Abiodun Akande, 34 before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for an alleged impersonation. Akande, who allegedly presented himself as the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of one Optimal Care Clinic, is facing a five count-charge, bothering on impersonation and forgery. The defendant, however,
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WHO lists 2 COVID-19 tests for emergency use
The Word Health Organisation (WHO) has listed the first two diagnostic tests for emergency use during the Covid-19 pandemic. The tests are genesig Real-Time PCR Coronavirus (COVID-19) and cobas SARS-CoV-2 Qualitative assay for use on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems. WHO, in a statement posted on its website, said the move should help increase access to
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Lawan to Maryam Uwais: ‘Your reaction to our comment is baseless’
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described as “unfair and baseless” a statement made by Maryam Uwais, Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments. Uwais had reacted to comments credited to Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives, on the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). Uwais said the comments of the national assembly leaders were “regrettable and unfortunate”. At a meeting with Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, in Abuja on Tuesday, Lawan and Gbajabiamila demanded a reform of the programme.…
‘EFL can be finished in 56 days’
The English Football League season can be completed in 56 days when it is safe to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic, clubs have been told. But it is assumed that matches will be played behind closed doors. A letter sent to all 72 EFL clubs by chairman Rick Parry said no training should resume until at least May 16, reports the BBC. The EFL said it was hopeful the campaign could finish in the summer, but there is still no indication of when it might begin again. All 24 sides…
Singing sensation, Annjay, returns with ‘Ije Love’
Pretty multi-talented Nigerian songstress and beauty entrepreneur, Annjay Chioma has paid her dues in the fiercely competitive Nigerian music scene. With a wealth of good songs to her credit, she took a break from music few years ago but has returned to her first love. In a brief chat, she explained why she had to pause her music-making craft, but returned with ‘Ije Love’, which is produced by PeterMac. She said; “I was busy setting up businesses, trying to figure out what business and how to go about it. I…
German court rules ban on Easter services during pandemic is legal
The authorities are entitled to ban religious services with congregations during the novel coronavirus pandemic, a German court ruled on Thursday. The court, sitting in Munich, threw out an urgent application from a Catholic lawyer challenging the ban on religious services as Easter approached, reports dpa. The Munich-based lawyer said that he wished to celebrate Easter in traditional fashion this year, in spite of the lockdown imposed by the Bavarian authorities. The lawyer, in his application, claimed that the ban infringed his right to freedom of worship as guaranteed by…
COVID-19: Uzodinma lifts lockdown for Easter shopping
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has temporarily lifted the lockdown on the state for one-day Easter shopping on Friday. A statement signed by the Imo State Information Commissioner, Hon. Declan Emelumba noted that the governor approved Friday April 10 for Imo people and residents to shop for food items for the Easter celebrations. The statement read in part: “This means that the total lock down of the state will be temporarily relaxed on Friday April 10, to enable Imo people and residents shop only for food items for the…
Buhari pardons late Anthony Enahoro, late prof Ambrose Alli, other
(pix: Buhari) Buhari pardons late Anthony Enahoro, late prof Ambrose Alli, other President Muhammadu Buhari has granted Presidential Pardon to the former governor of old Bendel State, late Prof Ambrose Alli and a foremost nationalist, late Chief Anthony Enahoro. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this at a world news conference on Thursday in Abuja. He said three other high profile persons also benefitted from the presidential amnesty. He added that the gesture means that they were never convicted. Aregbesola, who was flanked at the conference…
COVID-19: Face masks, hand gloves could be deceptive – Onajole
With the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide, it is now common to find some Nigerians moving in public areas, clad in face masks and hand gloves. There has also been conflicting signals on the suitability of generalised use of these protective materials. In this interview with APPOLONIA ADEYEMI, a Public Health Physician/Epidemiologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Adebayo Onajole, who is also a professor of community medicine, highlights appropriate use of face masks, hand gloves and other hygiene principles to curb COVID-19 Could you educate us…
COVID-19: Conducting mass tests not feasible now – FG
The Federal Government has said that conducting mass testing for Coronavirus in Nigeria would not be feasible now given the nation’s over 200 million population. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after the arrival of the Chinese experts and some equipment in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that government was rather continuing with its targeted testing for those who had been abroad or those who may have come in contact with any positive case. “We have 200 million citizens and mass testing is not…
Covid-19: World Bank warns on sub-Saharan Africa recession
*SA records highest coronavirus deaths in a day The World Bank is projecting that sub-Saharan Africa will go into recession for the first time in a quarter a century as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts economies. The global financial institution says the region’s economy could contract by -2.1% to as much as -5.1% this year. The outbreak has spread to 52 countries on the continent that have cumulatively reported 10,250 confirmed cases and 492 deaths, reports the BBC. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are calling for a ‘debt…
Buhari pardons late Anthony Enahoro, late prof Ambrose Alli, other
President Muhammadu Buhari has granted Presidential Pardon to the former governor of old Bendel State, late Prof Ambrose Alli and a foremost nationalist, late Chief Anthony Enahoro. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this at a world news conference on Thursday in Abuja. He said three other high profile persons also benefitted from the presidential amnesty. He added that the gesture means that they were never convicted. Aregbesola, who was flanked at the conference by the ministers of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation,…
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