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Kano State Government has extended the lockdown in the State by one week. The decision is to contain the spread of coronavirus. Commissioner for Information, Muhammed Garba, announced this in a statement Monday night. He explained that the action followed “due consultations with Federal Government and key stakeholders in the health sector”. Garba said the State was determined to further reduce community transmission contacts, considered as the major factor that caused the spread. The statement acknowledged the impact of the extension on the people. The commissioner, however, called for understanding, patience, and support as the battle against the pandemic continued.…

Members of Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, moved to rename the Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa as Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa. Ogundoyin is the biological father of the current Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin. The institution, DAILY POST gathered was first named as Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic but was later renamed as Ibarapa Polytechnic during the administration of the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi. But, the lawmakers in the Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday, drummed support for the second reading of the Ibarapa Polytechnic amendment bill. The bill, which proposed that…

President Muhamadu Buhari has requested that late Chief Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru be replaced with Afamefuna Osi as a member of the Federal Character Commission, FCC. DAILY POST had reported that Chukwuemeka Okwuru was one of the member-nominees (Ebonyi State) in Buhari’s letter to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. The appointment had stirred reactions from Nigerians. However, a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday plenary said Buhari also requested the replacement of four other nominees. They were: Moses A (Delta), Afamefuna Osi (Ebonyi), Wasiu Kayode (Lagos) and Alakayi Mamman (Nasarawa The letter read, “In compliance with the provision…

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau To ensure that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) increases its testing capacity nationwide, the Federal Government has approved new guidelines for private laboratories wishing to join in the testing of samples of Covid-19 patients. NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu revealed this much on Monday during the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 pandemic daily press briefing in Abuja. He disclosed that the new guidelines for private laboratories that may wish to join the Federal Government approved laboratory facilities as Covid-19 Testing Centers will be made public later Monday, adding that “the new guidelines…

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development will commence the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme on Thursday May 14, 2020 in Abuja and subsequently in Lagos and Ogun states before the other states of the federation. Although school children are at home with schools shut as a result of the pandemic, President Muhammadu Buhari via a March 29th, 2020 pronouncement directed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development to liaise with state governments to develop strategies on the continuation of the school feeding programme. The Ministry in consultation and collaboration with state governments identified…

The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to donate the combined sum of N350 million to support Oyo State’s containment efforts against COVID-19. The State’s Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo and a member of the COVID-19 Task Force, Professor Temitope Alonge, told a meeting of the Task Force presided over by Governor Seyi Makinde that while CACOVID was supporting the State with N30 million cash for the rehabilitation of Isolation Centres, it will also give equipment worth N220 million. The NCDC, according to the Task Force members, will also support the…

The Kaduna State University (KASU) says it has expanded its current online lectures to cover all departments in postgraduate and undergraduate programmes to keep the students learning while on Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. The university’s Director of Academic Planning, Dr Salisu Tahir, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Monday. Tahir said that the university’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) team had recommended the use of the Zoom platform for postgraduate lectures and Google Class for the undergraduate lectures. He said that the university had begun a week-long training for the academic…

Former representative of Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has warned that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s draconian measures to fight against the spread of Coronavirus will prove counterproductive if he fails to give his policies a human face. This is as he stated that the war against the pandemic is fundamentally about collective humanity and therefore must be fought on strictly humane and just terms. Abe, in a statement on his Facebook page, titled: “A Dangerous Gamble” said, the demolition and auction of private property, the closure of all sources of survival for…

The management of the University of Ilorin says it has taken delivery of multi-million naira Science, Engineering, and Technology equipment from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). The university made this known in its bulletin issued on Monday, saying that this would further boost the institution’s quest for consistent high-quality service delivery in the realm of teaching, learning and research. It stated that the institution Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, expressed the management appreciation to all concerned stakeholders for considering the university to be beneficiary of the intervention. The publication said that the equipment, which was part of a TETFUND Intervention…

The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are set to donate the combined sum of N350 million to support Oyo State’s containment efforts against COVID-19. The State’s Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo and a member of the COVID-19 Task Force, Professor Temitope Alonge, told a meeting of the Task Force presided over by Governor Seyi Makinde that while CACOVID was supporting the State with N30 million cash for rehabilitation of Isolation Centres, it will also gave equipment worth N220 million. The NCDC, according to the Task Force members, will also support the state…