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Kwara: 8-year-old donates to Covid-19 technical committee
By Steve Oni, Ilorin An eight-year-old boy, Akinduyo Oluwapamilerinayo, has donated a sum of one thousand, one hundred and twenty naira to the Kwara State Technical Committee on Covid-19. Making the donation on Thursday in Ilorin, the state capital, to the Chairman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19, Mr. Kayode Alabi, Master Oluwapamilerinayo said his…
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My goals, my shortcomings as Borno’s governor
By Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum All praise be to Almighty for giving us good health and strength to preside over the governance of our dear state. I salute our courage and calmness in the face of the global pandemic called corona virus that is ravaging the whole world. We should continue to observe the simple…
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COVID-19: Kwara sets up committee on palliatives
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Traditional rulers, religious leaders and community-based organisations at various ward levels are to oversee the distribution of Kwara State government’s palliative packages to the poorest of the poor in the state, Emir of Shonga and chairman of the committee on palliatives Dr Haliru Yahaya said on Wednesday. The emir also said…
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COVID-19: Fagbemi (SAN) donates N10m to Kwara, urges public support
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Well endowed individuals within and outside Kwara state have been implored to support the state government at this trying period of coronavirus pandemic ravaging Nigeria and the world at large. A legal luminary, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi SAN, who hails from Kwara state, gave the charge in a letter he personally…
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COVID-19: Total lockdown of state our last option – Edo govt
By Ikhili. Ebalu, Benin City As various states governments now engage stringent measures to check the spread of coronavirus in their respective jurisdictions, Edo state government says it will declare total lockdown only when it becomes absolutely necessary. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, disclosed this on Wednesday after conducting journalists round the…
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NAUS laments coronavirus pandemic outbreak, seeks divine intervention
By Steve Oni, Ilorin National Association of University Students (NAUS) has lamented the deadly coronavirus pandemic ravaging the globe, praying that God would show mercy and intervene to heal the land. In a statement, the Deputy National Secretary General of NAUS, Comrade Adewoyin Tijani Adekola, “sympathised with individuals, families, homes, businesses, corporate organisations, and nations…
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COVID-19: Kwara announces immediate closure of its borders ·
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has announced the immediate closure of its local and external borders amid ramped up efforts to block entries of vehicles from outside and prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state. The government however said the border closure excludes all categories of movement sanctioned in the broadcast of…
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Apprehension in Plateau as leaders yet to confirm status
Raymond Gukas, Jos With some Nigerian governors admitting to testing positive to the global menace of the Corona virus disease popularity known as COVID 19, residents of Plateau state are apprehensive over the fate of its leaders, including governor Simon Lalong. Though competent government sources have assured that the governor is not in any form…
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Plateau begins implementation of strict measures to curb virus spread
Raymond Gukas, Jos As the Plateau state government begins full implementation of strict measures put in place to contain the ravaging Corona virus disease COVID 19, the Muslim community in the state are not sure if the jumma’at prayer will hold today. Though the governor, Simon Lalong had in a broadcast outlined that all religious…
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BREAKING: Buhari declares curfew in Lagos, Abuja, Ogun
The President,Muhammadu Buhari, has declared curfew in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State. He said the restriction was to curb the community transmission of COVID-19 in the states where it is prevalent. Details later