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The Aliko Dangote Foundation has donated a mobile molecular laboratory for the testing of coronavirus (COVID-19) to the Kano State Government. Zouerra Yousufu, the representative of the Foundation, presented the facility and other equipment to the state government on Sunday in Kano. Yousufu disclosed that the centre was designed with 400 daily sample capacity, adding that 10 ambulances and six other vehicles were also donated to the state to ease movement and enhance referral. “The centre has a 400 testing capacity; we are planning to commence testing of about 1,000 samples from next week. The Dangote Foundation will handle every…
The Private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has commenced the distribution of 5000 loaves of bread per day for the next 14 days to individuals and families in different locations in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution started at Tinubu Square in Lagos Island, and at New Market, Eti-Osa. Mrs Bisola Dejonwo-Tokan, Chief Executive Officer, Bakehoux Ltd., on Sunday in Lagos, said that the distribution was part of the CACOVID initiative to provide food support to vulnerable people in the society. According to her, the distribution, which will be done in the morning and…
Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos and entire Nigeria need data as a very critical component for economic planning and good governance. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Saturday indicated that Sanwo-Olu said this while answering questions as a guest on the digital edition of The Platform, a Covenant Christian Centre socio-political programme. He said that the novel coronavirus pandemic had shown that Nigerian leaders would need to place a premium on the gathering of data for the country to move forward, socially, and economically. The governor said that the…
The Taraba Technical Committee on COVID-19 on Sunday discharged 124 persons quarantined at the state NYSC orientation camp in Barikin Sibre, Jalingo. Dr Innocent Vakkai, Chairman of the Committee and Commissioner for Health, while handing the 124 persons to their various local government Council Chairmen, said they tested negative twice. According to him, 130 people are intercepted at the Taraba boundary and quarantine because they were coming from high-risk areas. “Out of the 130 people, six tested positive while the remaining tested negative twice after 14 days in quarantine. “Though we have eight cases- two of the cases are not…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has established community transmission of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Abuja, Lagos and Kano states. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the disclosure on Channels Television Station in Abuja, on Sunday. He spoke on the backdrop of gradual lockdown ease in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states, billed to start on Monday. Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun have been locked down by President Muhammadu Buhari for five weeks in an effort to curb COVID-19 spread. The mass movement will be gradually scaled up in the three localities from Monday but curfew will…
The Oyo State Government has launched a digitized Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) issuance platform to make the processing and collection of title documents faster, easier, and affordable. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan by Mr Abdu-Raheem Abiodun, the state’s Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development. He said the state government would ensure that all landowners in the state have digitized title documents by December 2022 through the accelerated provision of digitized title documents. Abiodun explained that the processing and collection of C of O would take only 60 days under the Oyo…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has called on the media to rise to the challenge of fake news in Nigeria amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a congratulatory message on the celebration of the 2020 World Press Freedom Day, Gbajabiamila tasked the media practitioners to be more factual in their reportage to promoting national development. The speaker lauded the doggedness of the Nigerian media in finding solutions to the challenges facing the country over the years as it had contributed a lot in stabilizing the nation. “It would not be out of place to call on media…
Ekiti Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of members of the Governing Board of the Ekiti Security Network Agency, popularly known as “Amotekun Corps”. Chief Press to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, in a statement in Ado Ekiti, made available to newsmen on Sunday, said the appointment came in a bid to ensure effective take-off and efficient management of the Amotekun in Ekiti. According to him, Chairman of the security outfit is Mr Akin Aregbesola, while the current Special Adviser on Security Matters, Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe (rtd) will serve as the Corps Commander. Other appointees to the board…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government to identify, publish, and use confiscated buildings as isolation centres for COVID-19 patients. SERAP made the call in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, which was made available to newsmen in Lagos. The letter, dated May 2, was signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Mr Kolawole Oluwadare. It urged Buhari to instruct the attorney-general of the federation to identify and publish such assets. It said that using confiscated assets as isolation centres would provide an enabling environment for the treatment and care of patients and improve Nigeria’s ability to…
Apparent concerned about the implications of mass retrenchment in the banking industry amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers’ Committee have directed banks to suspend retrenchment. Rising from a special meeting of the Bankers’ Committee on Saturday, the CBN said the decision will help minimize and mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Nigerian banking industry. A statement issued by the director of corporate communications at the CBN, Isaac Okorafor reads in full: CBN, Bankers’ Committee Suspend Lay-offs in Banks A special meeting of the Bankers’ Committee was convened on May 2,…