Forty-nine new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 23 in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Ekiti. As at 10:40 pm 18th April, there are 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 166 have been discharged with 19 deaths. NCDC @NCDCgov Forty-nine new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 23 in Lagos 12 in FCT 10 in Kano 2 in Ogun 1 in Oyo 1 in Ekiti As at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 166 Deaths: 19#TakeResponsibility
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The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Sina Olukolu has declared the readiness of the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command to put a halt to the activities of criminal elements terrorising the peace of the state. He revealed this while featuring as a guest on a popular Radio Station programme tagged, COVID-19 SITUATION ROOM in the heart of the city. While answering questions from the Anchor, Mayor Isaac Brown, Mr Oukolu said crime and criminality form parts of the social unrest that had been in existence from time immemorial except in an utopian society which is different from what is…
COVID-19: LG information officers partner Oyo on grassroots sensitization …Makinde working hard to contain disease—Information commissioner …as Alaafin hails state govt, FG over response to disease Members of the Association of Local Government Information Officers (ALGIO) chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State chapter, on Saturday, kick-started a sensitization campaign to the grassroots on how to prevent the novel Coronavirus. The campaign under the aegis of the Coalition for Grassroots Volunteers Against COVID-19 (COGVAC-19), held in partnership with the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, under the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde, was kicked off in Ijawaya Village,…
The Ekiti State Governor, DR Kayode Fayemi, has been urged to make Ekiti his priority rather than eyeing the 2023 Presidency. This was contained in a statement by Lere Olayinka, the aide to the immediate past Governor of the State, Ayodele Fayose. GOALPOACHER NEWS obtained the statement on Lere’s social media pages on Facebook (Lere Olayinka), and his WhatsApp group. The post reads: Dear Gov. Kayode Fayemi, “Now that we have a REAL case of Coronavirus in Ekiti, kindly stop mourning Abba Kyari and get to work.” “Even though I understand why you must be disturbed with the death of…
The Federal government Relief Committee handling the distribution of Relief materials meant as palliatives for vulnerable Nigerians has been put to task over the method of carrying out it’s assignment. The Executive Chairman of the BCOS in a statement after meeting with the News Management team expressed the frustration of the Corporation in tracing the households and individuals who were reported to have benefitted from the palliatives in Oyo state. He recalled that the Relief committee headed by the minister of Humanitarian affairs Sadiya Farouq posted that 28,282 households and 99,569 individuals have benefitted from the exercise in Oyo…
GOALPOACHER NEWS EDITORIAL UNIT TAKES A LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S DISOBEDIENCE TO SOCIAL GATHERING AND DISTANCING Whatever compromises a nation’s growth has compromised its fruitfulness. Fruitfulness is a resultant and culmination of a thriving life politically, socially, economically, spiritually and physically. The finest hour is not a funfair hour, ironically, it is mostly, the toughest hour, like the darkest hour we are in now as a nation nearest to the dawn of a new life. Would the leadership of this country blame Nigerians for guessing and assumptions whenever there is vacuum of knowledge and truth? Are…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan , former Vice – President , Atiku Abubakar , and Senate President , Ahmad Lawan, have expressed shock to the demise of the Chief of Staff to the President , Abba Kyari . In separate tweets on Saturday morning , the three politicians paid tributes to the departed COS . Kyari died on Friday at age 81. President’s spokespersons, Garba Shehu and Femi Adesina said the deceased died of COVID- 19 . “ The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President , Mallam Abba Kyari . The deceased had…
Abba Kyari, Kanuri from Borno, who died on 17 April 2020 was a Nigerian politician and former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. In 1980, according to different biographical information on him (aggregated by Wikipedia), he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Warwick, and also received a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Cambridge. In 1983, he was called to the Nigerian Bar after attending the Nigerian Law School. ‘In 1984, he obtained a master’s degree in law from the University of Cambridge. He later attended the International Institute for Management Development…
PRESS RELEASE The South West Governors at its virtual meeting held on Thursday 16th April, 2020 resolved as follows: i. That as Owner State Governors we dissolve the Board of Directors of ODUA Investment Limited with immediate effect. The Group Managing Director should take charge of the conglomerate affairs pending the constitution of a new Board. ii. That the Entry Points of our six States be closed forthwith to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. iii. That the State Governors agreed that people involved in essential services or dealing in medicine, water and consumable items in particular Traders and market…