CORONAVIRUS: Oyo NUJ Cautions Security To Respect Journalists As Curfew Begins
The Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ), Oyo State Council has cautioned security agencies in the state to respect journalists as essential service providers as the dusk to dawn curfew declared by State Government began. This is contained in a statement jointly signed its Chairman, Mr Ademola Babalola and Secretary, Mr Sola Oladapo. The NUJ in the statement made available to newsmen on...
Ajimobi Parades Self As Deputy Nat’ Chair Despite Court Order
Despite the court order at a Federal High court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State restraining a former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi from parading himself, as the Deputy National chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the former governor last week Tuesday flouted the order and paraded himself as the Deputy National chairman of the...
CORONAVIRUS: UI Senior Staff Club Shut Down
Adebayo Abdulrahman The management of the Senior Staff Club of Nigeria's premier university, University of Ibadan has shut down the club to curtail the spread of coronavirus. The decision to shut the club was announced in a letter signed by the management of the club dated 29th of March, 2019, accessed by OYOINSIGHT.COM. According to the letter, the decision to shut...
CORONAVIRUS: Alaafin Shuts Down Palace Activities, Warns Against Fake News
Adebayo Abdulrahman The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, has shut down activities in the palace and warned Nigerians against dishing out unverified information or fake news during this pandemic period. Oba Adeyemi, who is the chairman of the Oyo State traditional council, made this announcement in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Bode Durojaiye made available...
CORONAVIRUS: Nigeria’s Cases May Increase To 312 By Friday —UI Team Predicts
Adebayo Abdulrahman The committee on COVID-19 data analysis and management of Nigeria's premier university, University of Ibadan, UI, has predicted that the number of confirmed cases in the country will be at least 312 by Friday, April 3. The UI team, OYOINSIGHT.COM gathered, disclosed this in a graphical report shared by the school's Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnership, Prof. Olanike Adeyemo on her social media...
From Coronavirus To ‘Coro-fear-virus’ | Oludayo Tade
From WUHAN in China to other parts of the globe, the novel Corona virus (COVID-19) ravaging the world has shown that human behaviour in a corner of the world can affect and be dangerous to the survival of others elsewhere. The transnational dimension of the problem has revealed that improperly managed personal problem can become large scale global social...
Oyo Engages Ex-UCH CMD, Temitope Alonge, To Set Up Isolation Centre
The immediate past chief medical director, CMD, of the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Professor Temitope Alonge, has hailed the Oyo State government readiness to combat the pandemic coronavirus in the state. Alonge, while speaking with Tribune Online, on Sunday at the Oyo State Infectious Disease Isolation Centre, Olodo formerly Ajimobi maternal and paediatric centre, said he has gotten the...
REVEALED: How UCH CMD, Provost, Deputy Contracted COVID-19
•... As Hospital Board Chair Developed Symptoms At Board Meeting Details emerging from the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan confirmed early on Monday how the Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Prof Jesse Otegbayo, College of Medicine Provost, Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa and his deputy Prof Obafunke Denloye contacted the dreaded disease. A statement by Otegbayo on Sunday had...
CORONAVIRUS: Oyo NUJ Warns Members Against Physical Interviews
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council has warned members to stop all physical interviews to prevent being infected by corona virus (COVID-19).This is contained in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Mr Ademola Babalola and Secretary, Mr Sola Oladapo, and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan.The union warned members to be cautious in...
COVID-19: Atelewo Sensitizes 9 Ibadan Communities, Ready To Partner Government For Food Supply
ÀTẸ́LẸWỌ́ - a language and cultural organization dedicated to the repositioning of Yorùbá language and cultures - have sensitized nine communities in Ibadan on precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Oyo State. According to Oredola Ibrahim, the coordinator of the program, The Atelewo Yoruba Coronavirus Campaign was inspired and launched as a result of the ongoing global...
