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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 114 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 1,095, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. It said that 80 of the new confirmed cases were reported in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, 5 in FCT, 2 in Zamfara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Sokoto.NCDC said in a tweet on Friday that as of 11:30 pm 24th April, there were 1095 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.And 208 patients have been discharged while 32 patients have died of the disease.Breakdown of cases by…

A staff of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company IBEDC, Ayorinde Olajide, was attacked by aggrieved residents of Isale Igbeyin/Grammar school areas of Abeokuta in Ogun state on Thursday April 24th.Ayorinde while narrating his ordeal, said he was out distributing bills to the residents who were at home due to the lockdown when he was attacked. Advertisement “I was busy distributing electricity bills to houses around Isale -Igbehin and Grammar School area of Abeokuta and I was attacked by a group of people asking me to stop the unnecessary distribution of bills. Before I could even explain to them, they started…

The protective glass box recently unveiled by the Ogun State Government is now in use by health workers in the State to collect samples for forward testing at the Ogun State Walk-in & Drive-through Testing Centre at the Ijamido Town Hall, Opposite Ansar-u-Deen Comprehensive College in Ota.This was disclosed during an inspection visit by the Deputy Governor, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele and the Hon. Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker who assessed the high-end method used by the health experts.According to analysis earlier given by the State Ministry of Health, the protective glass box, which is the first in Nigeria, has…

Ogun State Government has announced that the second phase of distributing 80,000 relief materials to residents in the state will begin on Saturday.The State Deputy Governor, Naimot Salako-Oyedele disclosed this on Wednesday during a strategic meeting with all the twenty Local Government Transition Committee Chairmen in her office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State.The Deputy Governor urged the local government chairmen to ensure the second batch of distributing relief materials is targeted at the vulnerable and the poors in the State.Explaining how the stimulus package would be distributed, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Shuaib Salisu, disclosed that 80,000 relief…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has commended the Ogun State Government for its willingness to go an extra mile at ensuring that the State was fully ready to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.The Director General, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu who made this known when he visited the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, alongside the Country Director, World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Fiona Braka in the Governor’s country home, Iperu-Remo, said that the Centre for Disease Control is willing to work with the State Government in its quest to battle the Coronavirus pandemic. He added that the Centre believes…

The Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCT Administration has noted with concern the video trending on social media, showing a man pulling off his Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) unprofessionally after participating in the burial of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Abba Kyari, at the Gudu cemetery, Abuja. The Public Health Department has since taken neccasry action. The said PPE left over by the individual has been professionally evacuated and the entire cemetery has been decontaminated. In addition, all the individuals including the man in question that participated in the burial and were not properly kitted…

The Emerging Leaders Forum of Nigeria (ELFON) has commended the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai for giving a morale-boosting talk to Nigerian troops at the frontline as the final push to dislodge the remnants of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists begins.Speaking from his Owerri home this saturday morning, the national Chairman of ELFON; Hon. Godstime Chukwubuikem Samuel said Nigerian Youths are happy with the latest move by the Chief of Army staff and his men to end the existence of Boko haram insurgency in Nigeria.Hon. Godstime said that Buratai’s appearance at the battle field to free Nigeria…

Due to the announcement of total lockdown in Ogun State, which won’t allow movement as from tommorow – I went to get one or two things which include whistle and other things because of security threats we’ve been facing in almost every Community in Ogun State.I called a close big brother around 12noon to inquire about the price of a whistle at the market, the person said it’s #500 because people are rushing to get whistle.Around 1:50pm this afternoon, I bought this whistle which is usually sold at #200 at the rate of #1000.On getting to Sapon, I bought it…

The Ogun State Government said it has purchased a molecular laboratory as part of its efforts towards flattening the curve of the Coronavirus pandemic in the Country, just as it is working on reviewing relaxation windows for people of the State during the 14-day lockdown extension recently ordered by the Federal Government.In a statement on Wednesday, Governor Abiodun said the molecular laboratory would be unveiled during the period of this lockdown at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Sagamu, where finishing touches are being put to its operationalisation. The Governor had, while declaring open two Isolation Centres in the State, promised…

Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III has reportedly sent one of his queens, packing from the palace over allegations of adultery.According to sources, Olori Badirat Ajoke was sent packing yesterday after allegations were made by a popular blogger, Esther Aboderin aka Esabod that a wife of the Alaafin of Oyo was having an adulterous affair with a popular fuji artiste, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM1).I learnt that it was an emotional scene at the Alaafin’s palace watching Olori Badirat Ajoke, who is actually the 9th wife and not the last wife as believed in certain quarters, of the highly…