COVID-19: Oyo Tracks, Isolates Lagos Patient, As Transferred Case Tests Negative
Governor Seyi Makinde has disclosed that the state has tracked a COVID-19 positive case following an alert from Lagos state. According to the governor, who disclosed this in a series of tweets, the patient was tested in Lagos but came to Ibadan while awaiting her test result. He added that the case had been recorded as a Lagos State case but...
RAMADAN: Niyi Akintola Greets Muslims, Urges Nigerians To Prepare For Post COVID-19 Challenges
Legal luminary, Chief Adeniyi Akintola (SAN), has tasked governments at all levels as well as all Nigerians to do more in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic with a view to curtaining its spread in the country and also work out modalities that would minimize the effect of the global crisis on the overall economy of the nation at...
COVID-19: UI Provides Online Learning Materials For Newly Admitted Students
Nigeria's premier University, the University of Ibadan, has launched a platform on its website to make learning materials available to its newly admitted students. The management of the institution, on Monday, sent a text to inform the new students that they can now access some learning resources ahead of their resumption on the school's website. "Dear incoming 2019/2020 student. The University...
COVID-19: Makinde To Make Security Agents At Border Points Comfortable
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, embarked on an inspection tour of the state’s borders with neighbouring states, declaring that the state government will make security officers manning the border points comfortable. The governor also stated that the state will ensure strict compliance with the inter-state lockdown order agreed upon by governors of the South-West states to contain...
We’re Ready To Receive Good Bags Of Rice From Oyo, Not Infested Ones — Customs
The Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on Thursday said it was not true that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) was actually invited to test and certify that the rice distributed to Oyo state government was fit for consumption. The Customs Command, however, explained that before the rice were loaded and distributed, top...
COVID-19: Policemen Are Also Frontline Workers, They Need To Be Protected – Makama, AIG Zone XI
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Mallam Bashir Makama has pointed out why officers and men of the Nigerian Police Force also need personal protective gears as the battle against the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic continues in the country. He submitted that the security agents are directly dealing with different residents of Nigeria...
Man Who Spent 37 Days In Ibadan EFCC Detention Wants Justice
For spending 37 days on account of a business transaction gone sour between his company and Gasland Nigeria Limited, Ibadan, a businessman, Kolade Roberts, of Flame Favour Food Gas Limited, and his wife, Bukola, are currently seeking justice over the alleged detention and manhandling of the former (Roberts). Problem had started between the two companies in respect of failed remittance...
COVID-19: When Lockdown Breeds Hunger And Anger | Ogungbile Emmanuel
I woke again this morning feeling more languish and ravenous than I was before I went to bed last night. Apparently It was the second consecutive time that we didn't eat before drifting to bed. Our eatables were gradually getting exhausted, hence, we skipped our proposed undernourished meal for the next morning, leaving for bed without a pinch of...
COVID-19: You Certified The Rice We Distributed To Oyo, Others — Minister Replies NAFDAC DG
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, replied a claim by the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye that the rice distributed to Oyo and other states were not certified by NAFDAC. The Minister insisted that the rice distributed to the states were certified by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration...
COVID-19: Customs Refuses To Accept Infested Rice From Oyo Govt
The crisis over the 1,800 bags of rice being rejected by the Oyo State Government seems to be deepening as the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) refused to collect the rice on Wednesday. The state government had shown the world last Friday that the rice was infested with weevil, making it unfit for human consumption. It announced its decision to return...
