PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S 2020 EASTER MESSAGE TO NIGERIANS I rejoice with our Christian brothers and sisters as well as all Nigerians on the occasion of the celebration of this year’s Easter. This year’s commemoration of Easter comes amid the grip with which Covid-19 has held the entire world. Unprecedented in living memory,...
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday night announced that a patient suspected to have contracted Coronavirus in the state had died. His Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, said in a statement in Asaba that the governor disclosed that the case, which was the second, after the first confirmed...
Lagos State Government has commenced a house to house case identification to detect possible cases of COVID-19 in the State. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this during a joint Ministerial Press briefing on COVID-19 intervention held today in Alausa, Ikeja, stated that the Coronavirus case identification campaign...
The Oyo State Government commenced training of 137 volunteers who are students of the University of Ibadan for the containment and decontamination exercise on Thursday. The Head of the Oyo State COVID-19 Containment and Decontamination Committee; Professor Olanike Adeyemo (Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, University of Ibadan) made...
Says Overs 4,600 Lagosians Already Volunteered For COVID-19, Others The Lagos State Government has extolled the altruism and resilience of residents and other stakeholders for their quest to complement efforts of the administration in the fight against the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic through volunteerism. Special Adviser to the Governor on Sustainable...
Offers 3-month moratorium on LSETF loans, plans to inject more funds into the scheme Commences Second Phase of Emergency Food Relief Programme The Lagos State Government has reeled out strategies being put in place to cushion the effects of COVID-19 as the pandemic takes its toll on the economy...
Following the unfortunate death of the former Commissioner for Health, Enugu State, Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu, last week, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Thursday, swore in Associate Prof. Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, as the new health commissioner. Prof. Obi, until his appointment was a Consultant Public Health Physician and Lecturer at University of...
Barely a week after the Oyo State COVID-19 Endowment Fund was set up, donations from corporate organisations, religious groups and individuals from within and outside the State have continued to flow in. As of April 8, 2020, the funds in the three accounts domiciled in First Bank, UBA and Unity...
The Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Part, PDP, today held an emergency meeting of State Working Committee members and some select stakeholders who are members of the Party's various strategic committees. The meeting which was held in accordance with the social distancing policy of not more than twenty...
The Delta State Government has said that its palliatives being provided to cushion the effect of the lockdown in the state on the vulnerable as a result of COVID 19, will not be distributed along party lines. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while...