Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has extended the quarantine orders being enforced in the state for another 30 days, the governor’s spokesperson, Muyiwa Adekeye, said in a statement. The statement added, “The governor’s decision follows a recommendation to that effect by the State Standing Committee on Covid-19, which is chaired by the Deputy Governor, Hadiza Balarabe.This is effective from today, April 26 “With Covid-19 cases rising rapidly in neighbouring states and the FCT, and with strong evidence of interstate travel being a major means of spreading the virus, the Standing Committee’s evaluation is that measures to protect Kaduna State…
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*PRESS STATEMENT* *’Mysterious Deaths’: Kano Govt. Reacts* Kano state government on Sunday acknowledged recent deaths in Kano, promising that the state Government is on top of the situation, as Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has already directed the state Ministry of Health to conduct a thorough investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the deaths. In a Statement made available to journalists in Kano, the state Commissioner of Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, said although investigation into the cause of the deaths is still ongoing, preliminary report from the state Ministry of Health indicated that the deaths are not connected…
COVID- 19: STOP TAKING IN VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE OSUN – OYETOLA WARNS CITIZENS …As state records 2 deaths The Governor of the State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has warned citizens and residents of the State against breaching the COVID-19 lockdown directives aimed at halting the spread of the pandemic in the State. This followed the report of 12 new confirmed cases in the State after almost a two-week lull without reporting any positive cases, one which brought the State close to achieving containment of the spread. Governor Oyetola, during a press briefing on Sunday, said that the State…
Covid-19: Oyo govt takes sensitization campaign to Hausa communities …says state may lockdown communities that flout precautionary guidelines …as Hausa leaders promise cooperation The media sub-committee of the Oyo State Covid-19 Task Force, on Sunday, took its sensitisation campaign to leaders of the Hausa community in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The sensitisation drive, which was led by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, alerted the communities visited that the essence of the trip was to engineer community ownership of the risk communication messages aimed…
Why Oyo rejected Customs’ Covid-19 palliatives rice—Govt The government of Oyo State said on Sunday that it rejected the 1,800 bags of rice meant as Covid-19 palliatives by the Nigerian Customs Service because they were truly bad and unfit for consumption. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, who equally serves as a member of the Covid-19 Task Force, indicated that any claims to the contrary was a disservice to humanity and attempt at endangering the lives of the people in the state. “No government that is worth its name would agree to…
The Oyo State government has expressed its readiness to see to the safe return of an indigene of the state, identified as Peace Ufuoma Busari, who was recently put up for sale on the internet in Lebanon, for the sum of $1000. A statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Diaspora, Mrs. Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu, maintained that the state was liaising with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) headed by Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa to facilitate the lady’s safe return home. Sarumi-Aliyu, who stated that though the victim was yet to be located, called on citizens of…
An unidentified person was reportedly trapped this Sunday, as a residential building collapsed at Onipasan Area, behind Oluyoro Hospital in Ibadan North East Local Government. The Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security Matters, Mr Fatai Owoseni, who spoke with GOALPOACHER NEWS, confirmed the incident. He said efforts were being made by the State Government and other security agents to rescue the victim trapped and to ensure that no life was lost. The Caretaker Chairman, Ibadan North East Local Government, who arrived the scene of the incident earlier, was said to have arrived with an excavator to assist in…
We have confirmed two other cases in Ondo state. One of the cases involves one of the recently arraigned suspects in the murder of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, Pa Fasoranti’s Daughter. The Commissioner of police has been duly informed and the line tracing of police officers and others in the SARs facility where he was kept has started and their specimens are being collected. The suspect has been isolated from others and will be moved to the IDH for treatment. The commissioner of police has assured the state that there will be adequate security around the IDH premises to prevent his…
PRESS STATEMENT The attention of the Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to some mischievous and deliberate falsehood being circulated in the media for reasons best known to their author(s) concerning the Federal Government’s palliative given to Oyo State among other states. As a responsible agency of Government whose functions include ensuring that nothing that could compromise the security, economy and general being of Nigerians are allowed into the Country, we cannot turn round and be associated with giving anything that will negatively affect our people. We therefore wish to state as follows: That in line…
The Oyo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock at a statement credited to the Oyo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in which the opposition accused the executive governor of Oyo state for expressing the desire to return rice donation from the federal government on health ground. In a statement signed by the state publicity secretary of PDP, Engr Akeem Olatunji, and was made available to pressmen on Saturday (today), the ruling party accused the opposition of what it described as ‘taking too far the desperation to discredit governor Makinde’s giant strides’.…