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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, said that the State has recorded 4 new cases of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Makinde noted that with the four new cases, the state now has 73 confirmed cases of coronavirus. The Governor, who doubles as Chairman of the Covid-19 task force, made this known in a series of tweets on his verified Twitter account Wednesday night. Makinde said, “The COVID-19 confirmation tests for four suspected cases came back positive today. Two more COVID-19 cases were also confirmed late last night. “So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State…

The Presidency has raised alarm concerning numerous fake ‘Professor Ibrahim Gambari’s’ that have surfaced on social media, bearing the name of the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari a few hours after his appointment. Many accounts have been opened on Twitter and other social media platforms with the name ‘Prof. Ibrahim Gambari’, ‘Professor Gambari Ibrahim’, and so on. However, the Presidency informed Nigerians that the new Chief of Staff has no social media account. It said Gambari, who was confirmed yesterday as the new CoS to President Buhari, is not on social media for now. The alarm was…

Although the Coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives and livelihoods of Nigerians in different ways, it, however, offers an opportunity for the Nigerian people and government to have a reset in critical sectors of the economy and social services, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday, at a virtual launch of the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund, NSSF, – an initiative of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the Global Citizen, and other partners. The Vice President joined the event from his office. The NSSF is designed to provide additional support for Nigeria’s response to…

The Kogi State government, on Tuesday, disclosed that the 111 people who were tested for coronavirus ( COVID-19) in the State returned negative. Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, the State Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lokoja, the State’s capital. According to Fanwo, the tests were conducted on the persons without the supervision of officials from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). He noted that the testing kits procured by the State were used to conduct the tests and that those tested were picked randomly. “Kogi State got testing kits independently and followed…

Justice Luma Schofield of the New York Federal High Court, US, has granted Nigerian Government’s request to access 10 bank accounts of former politicians, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife Patience. US-based legal website, Law360 reports that District Judge Schofield, ordered the banks to allow the President Muhammadu Buhari government access to sundry account details of officials listed in its subpoena request. According to the judge, the move would enable the Nigerian government to prove its claim that the $9.6 billion arbitration was obtained by Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) by fraud. In a bid to overturn a…

The Management of Twitter, on Tuesday, announced that it’s set to allow employees to continue to work from home indefinitely even after the end of the coronavirus crisis. Jennifer Christie, Twitter’s head of human resources, said if employees were in a position to work from home and they wanted to continue to do so “forever”, Twitter would “make it possible”. According to her, the company said offices would remain closed until at least September, “with very few exceptions”. “Opening offices won’t be our decision. “When and if our employees come back, will be theirs,‘’ she added. NAN reports that Twitter…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, announced that the State has recorded another two new cases of confirmed coronavirus. Makinde made this announcement via a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle Tuesday night. With the two new cases, Oyo State now has sixty-seven confirmed cases of coronavirus. Makinde, who doubles as Chairman, COVID-19 task force in the State said, “the COVID-19 confirmation tests for two suspected cases came back positive. One case in Ibadan North and one case in Ibadan North West. “So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State as at 8 PM…

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has been urged to lift the ban on burials in the State but with a proviso that the precautionary measures put in place against COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are observed at such burials. The State chapter of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) made the plea on Tuesday following complaints by morticians, as well as families who have corpses of dead relatives in mortuaries, over the environmental hazards and financial implications of keeping their dead relatives more than required. According to a statement…

Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reopen churches for true believers to fellowship and worship. Giwa, in a statement he personally signed and forwarded to DAILY POST on Tuesday, said only the lukewarm Christians would support the closure of churches. He said, “I write in my continued effort to recommend that President Muhammadu Buhari should reopen churches across the country. “It is very unfortunate that most Nigerian Pastors, as well as Pastors around the globe, have misused and abused God’s sheep to their selfish and…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Shehu Mohammed Bello as the new Secretary of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC. The President also approved the appointment of Bitrus Chinoko as the Director-General of the Centre for Management Development, CMD, Lagos State. These appointments were announced by the Presidency, through the Special aide on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad. He tweeted, “@MBuhari has approved the appointment of Mohammed Bello Shehu as the new Secretary of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and also approved the appointment of Bitrus Chinoko as the DG of…