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The attention of the Ogun State Government has been drawn to incidences of violence, alleged robberies and related crimes resurfacing in the State, especially in the Sango-Ifo axis. The Government has not only moved swiftly into action, the affected towns including but not limited to Sango, Ijoko, Ifo, among others are currently under substantial security surveillance. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun stated this, as he disclosed that he had communicated with all relevant agencies and mandated them, especially the State Command of the Nigeria Police to ensure law and order in all the affected areas, as well as the entire…

The Nigerian Army has warned movie and skits producers to stop giving the public negative impression about Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Army through a press release signed by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa warned skit makers, the press release read thus:1. There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a variety of measures to stem its spread in our country. Some of these measures include restriction of movement, lockdown and stay at home directives which are being enforced by various government and security agencies. Some creative Nigerians found it expedient to provide comic…

Now, here in Nigeria, what we are witnessing can be best described as a celebration of a season of shame, as expected, no reasonable measures or steps are being taken by those in power to cushion the inherent hardship of social restriction order caused by Coronavirus pandemic ravaging the whole world. Due to shortage or absence of relief packages, thieves are back in every street operating freely, people are complaining of hunger while living is getting tougher for the less privileged at the time our leaders are becoming richer. Many Nigerians could not afford to eke out their means of…

Today, I will be speaking on two different issues, which is of course are battling our political ideologies as an individual and as a country, our inability to reflect on these ideologies as been making us fail yet we believe we are succeeding in our political endeavours. Don’t we think we going to get alongside well in this country of ours soon? If we think so, what are the lines of thought we are thinking along to achieve this?We do complain and express sadness over actions and inactions of our government, yet we are same persons who follow them all…

The immediate past Governor of Ogun State and the present Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, CON, FCA, has concluded preparations to percentage Covid 19 food Palliatives packages across Ogun State.According to the media aide of the former Governor, Mr Bola Adeyemi, ” the food packages consisting of rice, garri, noodles, vegetables oil have been packaged to reach the 3,210 Polling Unit areas in Ogun State.” The aide also said “critical stakeholders would also be reached through their respective leaders in an orderly manner throughout the state.”The aide further said that “the distribution of the palliatives is…

The Ogun State Government has rolled out a mobile application for members of the public to self-assess themselves on individual basis for the dreaded Coronavirus.The State Government had in March launched a real time concurrently updated mobile application for health workers which has been deployed to all government and private health facilities across its 20 local government areas to aid information sharing. In a release signed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, the new application, christened, “Ogun COVID-19 Assessment” is not for diagnostic purpose but it is meant to determine the risk of resident’s exposure to the disease.Coker noted…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) wishes to alert the general public that cyber-criminals are taking advantage of the current “COVID-19” pandemic to defraud citizens, steal sensitive information, or gain unauthorized access to computers or mobile devices using various techniques.This trend is not peculiar to Nigeria as there has been a rise in COVID-19-related cyber criminal activities all over the world. Our priority is to ensure that Nigerian banking customers are aware of the ongoing trend to prevent them from falling victim to such cyber�crimes.Some of the cyber-criminal activities using the COVID-19 pandemic are outlined below:Phishing campaigns: cyber-criminals send out emails claiming to be…

Both the United Kingdom and the United States have recorded their deadliest days of the coronavirus pandemic so far.In the UK, another 708 deaths were reported on Saturday as people were told to stay inside despite warm, sunny weather.The total number of deaths recorded in Britain is now 4353, with more than 41,000 cases confirmed across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.The youngest victim announced on Saturday was just five years old, according to NHS England.The child is now believed to be the youngest coronavirus death in Europe after a 12-year-old girl passed away in Belgium earlier this week.Britain’s death…

Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), FNCS, FBCS, FIIM Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has denied rumours spreading like wildfire that lockdown is to keep Nigerians inside in order to lay 5G viber. Honourable Minister said in a press release which read:”The attention of my office has been drawn to the public concern about the health implications of the deployment of Fifth Generation Mobile Networks (5G) in Nigeria. Based on available records at my office and the earlier report received from the regulator, I would like to clarify as follows:i. The National Frequency Management Council (NFMC), of which I am…

The last may not have been heard about the attempted prison break by inmates of the Kaduna Correctional Centre, as reports say about eight of the inmates believed to be arrowheads of the attempt may have been killed.It would be recalled that inmates at the centre had embarked on a protest that later turned violent over concerns that they may contract the dreaded COVID-19 disease that is sweeping across the world, because of the over crowding and lack of proper ventilation at the correctional centre.Though the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) said one inmate died while officers were trying to quell the riot,…