Enugu State Government in furtherance of its efforts to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the state, on Friday, launched the distribution of one million units of fabric face masks to its residents across the 17 local government areas for protection, free of charge. The face masks were...
The Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Health, has debunked the reports making the rounds suggesting that the Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive to COVID-19, describing the news as absolute falsehood, fabricated by mischief makers. A statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs in...
Kwara State said late Thursday it has recorded five new COVID-19 cases as 38 results trickled in from the 158 samples recently taken for test. Results for 83 other samples are still being awaited. “With this, the state now has a total of 21 confirmed cases, out of which 13 are...
Ogun State on Wednesday discharged 6 Coronavirus patients from its Isolation Centre in Ikenne, after they each twice tested negative to the virus. The 6 patients, who have since joined their families to continue living their normal lives, bring the total number of discharged cases in Ogun to 20. However, 4...
Kwara State Government on Wednesday hailed the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) for donating some medical equipments and supplies to support the government’s campaign against the pandemic. “The government commends the private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 pandemic for donating some medical equipments to the state. We are indeed grateful to the...
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, kickstarted the distribution of relief materials to 90,000 households identified as the poorest of the poor, to cushion the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor kicked off the distribution of the palliatives in Igboora, Ibarapa North Local Government Area and...
expresses satisfaction over facility The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over efforts put together by some stakeholders to contribute to the fight against COVID-19 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Gbajabiamila spoke when he paid an inspection visit to one of the...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced the granting of a two-month licence-fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations in the country by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), as part of efforts to ease the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the broadcast industry The Minister,...
Urges NASS To Appropriate Fund The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has uncovered fresh plots by the cabal in the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use fake subheads and duplicated projects as ploy to re-loot the recently repatriated $311millon. The party signaled that the cabal had perfected the...
Says Clubs, Bars, Hotels Remain Closed As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit the tourism sector with its attendant effects on the operators, the Lagos State Government has issued fresh guidelines on the operations of Restaurants and Eateries. These new set of guidelines, according to the Special Adviser to the...