No fewer than 25 personnel of State Security Services (SSS) on Sunday evening invaded the residence of the former Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele and arrested his Personal Assistant Jaspa Olowojoba after using him to search Akerele’s house located off 1st Ugbor Road in Benin city, according to Vanguard report on Sunday. The whereabouts of Akerele …
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Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Zamfara, Kaduna and Nasarawa states have recorded 23 new cases as the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. As Ondo State said it recorded its fourth COVID-19 case on Saturday, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has blamed the police for the porosity of the state borders. It was gathered that the fourth case, said to be a policeman, …
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“The case of this individual who is a police officer is unique. He was tested in Lagos but came to Ondo state while awaiting his results, …officer’s action as reckless and one that posed a risk to public health and safety. I am most disappointed in the level of porosity of the entry points to the state”. Ondo State Governor, …
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NACCIMA, NECA, LCCI DG, Yari, Senate Minority Leader disagree Ekiti, Osun, Zamfara, Imo, others record 87 new cases, total now 1,182 Ahead of the imminent review of the lockdown imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Nigerian Medical Association has advised the Federal Government to again extend the …
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The Catholic Archdiocese of Benin and members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Edo State, have donated hand sanitisers, facemasks and other relief materials to the Edo State Government to complement the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s efforts at containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and cushion its economic effect on the people. While the Benin Archdiocese donated 100 bags of …
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BOSTON — Another 174 Massachusetts residents have died from the new coronavirus, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, bringing the state’s reported death toll to 2,730. The state also confirmed another 2,379 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Massachusetts to 53,348. Increased testing has brought a dramatic increase in the number of confirmed cases …
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The Edo State Government has commissioned a 30-bed isolation centre at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital, Benin City, as it ramps up efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The Edo State Deputy Governor and Chairman, Technical Sub-committee on COVID-19 Response, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, who commissioned the facility, said the centre was built in record 12 days and would serve as a major …
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The Federal Government has launched free e-learning portals for all students in primary and secondary schools following the closure of schools nationwide to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this on Friday in Abuja during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The federal government in March ordered the closure …
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The Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Taiwo Akerele, suddenly resigned on Saturday for being sidelined, over his refusal to join the fight against the National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The resignation of Akerele came barely two months after Obaseki’s Senior Special Assistant on Anti-Human Trafficking Issues, Solomon Okoduwa …
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To roll out 3M free face masks for distribution ..Urges private coys to provide locally made face masks for workers ..No mass burial for COVID-19 cases, gives 2 weeks ultimatum to clear other unclaimed corpses .Set free 209 prisoners in Lagos .FG to disclose stance on lockdown directive by Monday ..Urges Muslims to observe Ramadan prayers at home, no public …
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