The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday donated two motorised modular fumigators to the Ondo State Government in support of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Ogunwusi made the presentation to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State at the Government House in Akure. The traditional ruler also provided a fumigator-drone to the state government for use for a period of time. He urged Nigerians to evolve ideas which could help stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic instead of unnecessary criticisms. The Ooni said: “I am leading by example for every other person to know that COVID-19 is…
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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau The National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) has made it categorically clear that Lagos State and its agency, Lagos State Lotteries Board (LSLB) lacks the power to prevent holders of National Lottery Licences from operating in the state.This much was disclosed in Abuja on Thursday by the Director General of National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila while reacting to the recent public disclaimer by Lagos State which tends to discredit lottery and gaming companies holding the NLRC licences.Gbajabiamila in a press release made available to the media in Abuja on Thursdaysaid that his…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has appointed Commander Femi Adeoye (rtd), of the viral “Father Rejects Son” video as an ambassador of the Covid-19 Response in Ekiti state for his integrity and exemplary show of valour in the ongoing fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Fayemi also made the retired Federal Road Safety Officer a member of the State’s Covid-19 Taskforce which the Governor headed as chairman. Adeoye shot into limelight when a video of him insisting that his son, who returned to Ekiti State from a trip outside the state be isolated for 14 days as stipulated by NCDC…
Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluomo, the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers ( NURTW), lost his mother on Thursday . She was also buried same day according to IslamicFuneral rites. Mr Jimoh Buhari, the Personal Assistant (PA) to MC Oluomo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Alhaja Abebi Sinatu Akinsanya died at the age of 87 in the early hours of Thursday. “ Mama woke up early this morning to observe the early morning Ramadan prayer and Sari , but later complained of ill health. “On the way to the…
Mr Sunday Olajide, the lawmaker representing Akure Constituency 2 in the Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday in Akure, disbursed N1.5 million cash to 150 members of his constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some beneficiaries got N5, 000 each while some others received N10, 000 each on the occasion. Olajide, in his remarks, noted that the gesture was part of the efforts to cushion the effects of the ravaging global pandemic on the people. He also said that the gesture was apolitical and as such, was not limited to any political class. The lawmaker urged…
The Police in Ebonyi says it has arrested a youth gang for allegedly killing a police officer attached to a Chinese mining company in the state. DSP Loveth Odah, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Abakaliki. Odah said that the deceased officer’s AK-47 rifle was also recovered. “On April 25, the Site Manager of Tongyl Mining Company, Mkpumakwuokuko Izzi LGA of Ebonyi, Mr Joel Osaghele, reported that a youth gang from the area attacked them. “Osaghele, who was in company of a Chinese national, reported that the gang…
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom says the state has lost one life and recorded three new positive cases of coronavirus within the week.Emmanuel made the disclosure on Thursday while giving update on COVID-19 in the state at Government House, Uyo.He said that the new death brought to two, the total number of Akwa Ibom people who have lost their lives to COVID-19.The governor said that the state now has six active cases, stressing that the three new cases recorded were as a result of the ongoing contact tracing in the state.“On the last laboratory test we conducted on 44…
Property worth millions of naira were, on Thursday, destroyed by an early morning inferno, which occurred at Ita-Ama in llorin West Local Government area of Kwara.The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the fire, which destroyed five shops and some rooms, lasted over three hours.NAN also reports that it took some fire fighters from the state Fire Service over two hours to put out the raging fire.Some of the residents of the area, who spoke with NAN at the scene of the incident, said they could not ascertain what triggered the fire.They said that they had made frantic efforts…
World number one Novak Djokovic said he initially struggled to cope with the uncertainty surrounding when tennis can restart after its shutdown in early March due to the novel coronavirus. The sport is suspended until at least mid July due to the virus, which has infected more than 3.19 million people and killed almost 227,000, according to a Reuters tally. “For us tennis players, it is important that the calendar is clear,” Djokovic told Sky Sport Italia. “Officially it is the 13th of July, many people say it is difficult we will start again on that day. “For me it…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged the general public to disregard the trending social media claims on Golden Penny semolina. The Director General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the call in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. According to Adeyeye, NAFDAC attention has been drawn to a social media video showing a woman washing Golden Penny Semovita in a sieve using cold water. She said that the claim of the woman that she got a plastic residue after sieving the content was a ‘total false’. NAFDAC said that upon receiving…