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Paul Ibe, a Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has blasted the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari for granting a presidential pardon to a former Minister, late Anthony Enahoro when the regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon had done same in 1966. Enahoro, a foremost journalist and nationalist, was popularly called the “Jailbird” for his frequent incarceration and was convicted on four different occasions in his lifetime: three times under the colonial rule and once in the post-independent Nigeria. His pardon was gazetted on August 12, 1966, after it was signed…
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Saturday, advised residents of the state to pray for the state and Nigeria in general as they celebrate Easter. Makinde implored Christians to use the opportunity of the Easter season to engage in more prayers to God to grant wisdom and direction to humanity on a solution to COVID-19. Makinde in a statement by Mr Taiwo Adisa, his Chief Press Secretary, urged the people to imbibe the lessons of sacrifice and love which are the hallmarks of Easter. The statement reads in part: “Sacrifice, love and increased prayers are important at a critical…
By Kazeem Qudus Osun state government has discharged 10 of the 17 coronavirus patients at its isolation centre in Ejigbo. Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun who announced this on Saturday evening said the patients have tested negative for coronavirus twice. “I am happy to inform you today that 10 of the 17 patients at our Ejigbo facility have tested negative twice for the virus in line with the National Centre for Disease Control protocol, and will soon be released to join their families and live their normal lives,” Gov Oyetola said. Prompt News recalls that Osun state has 20 confirmed…
Osun Government says it has commenced an investigation into an allegation that some bags of rice distributed to the people as a palliative to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown in the state are adulterated. Mrs Funke Egbemode, state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, in a statement on Saturday in Osogbo, said the government had received complaints that some of the distributed bags of rice might not have met the expected quality. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Gboyega Oyetola on Wednesday, flagged off the distribution of 6,020 bags of 50kg rice to the needy to…
Eleven-time Grammy award winner Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds announced that he and his family had been battling the novel coronavirus but are now “on our way back to full health”. “I feel so blessed to be able to celebrate another birthday,” Edmonds posted on social media channels on Friday, the day he turned 62. “I tested positive for Covid-19, as did my family. “It’s an incredibly scary thing to go through my friends. “I’m happy to report we have now tested negative and are on our way back to full health,” the father of three wrote. Edmonds said he will take…
The Ondo State Government has directed the cancellation of the special concession granted to Churches in the state to celebrate the Easter season with a Sunday service. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Government had granted the concession on April 7, in a statement after a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), unfortunately, a positive case of COVID-19 was reported on Friday, April 10th. Mr Donald Ojogo, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, in a press statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Akure, said the state government noted with deep concern,…
Some lawyers have called on the federal and state governments to ensure the privacy of health-related and non-health-related information of persons infected by COVID-19. The lawyers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), raised concerns about the exchange of information obtained from the infected and passed among various government departments. They are of the opinion that it could give rise to a data breach. According to them, sharing of information could result in data privacy infringement, particularly in relation to non-health data such as name, age, address, travel history, and phone number. Mr George Ukwuoma, a former Assistant…
Mrs Dolapo Dosunmu, the Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Oyo State, has urged Nigerians not to see the 2020 Easter celebration as a time for merry-making, but a time for sober reflection on the significance of the season. Dosunmu made the call in a statement in Ibadan on Saturday while felicitating with residents of Oyo State as they celebrate the Easter amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The director enjoined Nigerians to put into practice the lesson of Easter. She also urged citizens to emulate Jesus Christ by showing love and sacrifice to one another and advise them against stigmatizing…
The Lagos State Government has warned warring factions at Ajah, Eti-Osa LGA, to desist from attacking government officials and allow peace to reign in the community. The Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Mr Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, gave the warning in a statement on Saturday. Bamgbose-Martins expressed concern over the attitude of the warring factions, especially during a period of challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos. ”It was disheartening to read the report submitted by the Ag. Director, Fire Services, Mrs Magaret Adeseye, on the incessant attacks on her staff while performing their official duties of saving the…
Kano State Government says it has adopted proactive measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus, a sequel to the first case of the virus recorded in the state. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje stated this in a state broadcast on Saturday on the index case recorded in Kano metropolis. Ganduje said the state government ordered commercial tricycle operators not to take more than one passenger at a time as part of social distancing measures adopted to contain the pandemic. He said that the index case was a 75-year-old former diplomat with no history of foreign trips in the past six months. Ganduje…