After leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) party on which platform he was elected, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has advised Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, to resign from office. Mr Ajayi decamped to the PDP from the ruling party, APC recently. The PDP South-West Publicity Secretary, Mr Ayo Fadaka, who spoke on […]
The recent acceptance of the Yoruba-speaking Nation to the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, UNPO, will give global voice to the age-long agitation for a better deal for Yorubas in the affairs of Nigeria. A foremost Yoruba Nationalist, Prof. Banji Akintoye, stated this while fielding questions on AM120, a Breakfast Show on the Television Channel […]
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has embarked on an inspection tour to 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 […]
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, has announced four new cases of coronavirus in the state, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to eight. In a statement signed on Saturday evening, April 25, 2020, in Ado-Ekiti, Fayemi disclosed that the victims contracted the virus from the state’s fourth index case, a 45-year-old medical doctor […]
Osun State on Saturday, April 25, 2020, recorded 12 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 32. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Ismail Omipidan, confirmed in a statement that the Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu revealed that the confirmed cases were […]
Lagos State has recorded another death from the COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 19. This was disclosed by the State Ministry of Health via Twitter on Saturday, April 25, 2020, hours after an additional 80 cases of the Coronavirus were confirmed in the state. In total, there are 1,095 […]
The Lagos state government has discharged 10 COVID-19 patients, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Friday, April 24, 2020. In a tweet via his verified handle, Sanwo-Olu said the 10 patients include three females and seven males. Three of the 10 are foreigners. The number of COVID-19 cases have been rising in recent days as testing […]
The Chairman of Okitipupa Local Government Council of Ondo State, Mr Abayomi Adesanya, distributed face masks to residents on Friday, April 24, 2020, as part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the area. This development came hours after the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu had ordered the compulsory use of face masks […]
Four suspected killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the National Leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, have been areested by the Ondo State government. They are Lawal Mazaje from the Felele area of Kogi State, Adamu Adamu from Jada area of Adamawa State, Mohammed Usman from Illela area of Sokoto State, and Auwal […]
Oyo State has recorded its first coronavirus death. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this via his official twitter handle on Wednesday evening, April 22, 2020. The governor said the patient died at the University College Hospital before his confirmation test for the virus came back, adding that contact tracing has commenced. He implored people to continue […]