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...
The Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), DCP Olatunji Disu, on Wednesday, led a team of Police Officers to impound 13 vehicles in Alapere area of the metropolis for not complying with the stay-at-home order of the Federal Government, just as the team dispersed a group of over 150 youths...
The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Thursday, launched the Federal Government's Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme in the State, which will see more than 15,000 beneficiaries across the State get N20, 000 each. This is part of efforts to mitigate the economic effects of the Coronovirus pandemic in the...
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong and members of his family have tested negative to the Corona Virus disease after carrying out the test. The samples of the Governor and members of his family were taken 2 days ago by health officials and forwarded to the NCDC laboratory in Abuja...
Kwara State Government on Thursday announced a total lockdown on the state in a renewed effort to contain the spread of Corona Virus (COVID-19), exactly 48 hours after it took a similar step in Offa local government. The government said violators of the pronouncement may face prosecution in line with...
The Federal Government on Thursday granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this at a conference at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja. He said...
Officers of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) have impounded about 36 commercial trailers and other articulated vehicles belonging to haulage companies and logistics departments during its routine operations and surveillance in the State. The Executive Chairman, OYRTMA, Dr. Akin Fagbemi revealed that the operators of the trucks...
Governor Samuel Ortom has reiterated the directive of the state government for people of the state to maintain social distancing and adhere to measures that can help curb the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19. The Governor spoke with journalists today at the New Banquet Hall of the Benue Peoples...