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Members of the House of Representatives are set to consider a fresh Stimulus Bill that will ensure that Nigerians get free electricity supply for two months to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Speaker of the House of Reps, Femi Gbajabiamila, in a statement issued on Saturday, noted…
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By Joseph Akanbi The Ajagunla Foundation, an initiative of Olubiyi Fadeyi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, has rolled out massive succour for the residents of Osun Central Senatorial District. The efforts are geared towards healthy living and cushioning the effect of government lockdown on the people during this…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osun State Government has confirmed that the missing person from the Ejigbo isolation centre has been found. The government had earlier in a statement signed by Mrs Funke Egbemode, the State Commissioner for Information & Civic Orientation, confirmed the case of the missing person. However, in a…
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Osun State Government has confirmed that one person out of the Ivory Coast returnees at the Ejigbo isolation centre is indeed missing. A statement signed by Mrs Funke Egbemode, the State Commissioner for Information & Civic Orientation, reads thus; Our attention has been drawn to a story purporting that six…
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The Osun State University has reacted to a judgment of the State High Court that sentenced two men to death over the murder of a 400l student. Justice Jide Falola of Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun had on April 2, sentenced Elijah Oyebode, 25, and Jelili Raji, 35…
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By Joseph Akanbi The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has made a donation of N20 million to Osun State government to support its effort to cushion the effect of coronavirus on Osun residents. Osun is the third-highest state with confirmed coronavirus cases…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osun State has recorded two new cases of the deadly COVID-19. The latest discovery brings Osun’s total cases of coronavirus to twenty two The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the report late last night on their Twitter account. Osun, a South West State, is the…
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the lockdown in federal capital territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states could be extended if residents do not behave themselves. On Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a 14-day lockdown as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. So far, Nigeria has recorded 190…
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed all its missions abroad to compile a list of willing Nigerian nationals who wished to come back home. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed that this was a sequel to requests by Nigerians stranded abroad in the wake of the coronavirus…
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday disowned a notice circulating in the social media directing members of the public to a link. He said any such link asking for the bio-data of Nigerians as beneficiaries of monetary hand-out was fake. Atiku, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul…
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