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The Federal Government through the National Orientation Agency has said the COVID-19 vaccine does not alter DNA. The Agency stated this ahead of the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria which will help in the fight against the virus which has killed over 1,300 Nigerians. It said the vaccine will…

Mrs Titilayo Ajibola, mother of one Idris, whose death occurred when a car he was travelling in crashed following a chase allegedly by men of the Joint Task Force last September in Osun State, had demanded N5bn as compensation from the government. Ajibola also demanded prosecution of the JTF men…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to use his leadership position to drop the plan by the Federal Government to borrow about N895bn of unclaimed dividends and funds in dormant accounts. The PUNCH had reported that the Federal Government plans to borrow…

For the fourth day in a row, over 1,500 new samples tested positive for the coronavirus in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 1,585 COVID-19 infections across 25 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) in the update for January 9. With the Saturday count, over 9,500…

The federal government has appealed to Nigerians not to be hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it gets to Nigeria. An official also said President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osibanjo and other prominent Nigerians are willing to be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the vaccine…

Osun State Government has disclosed plans by MGT Group, a multi sectoral and multidisciplinary firm with patented technologies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, to invest in building a world-class specialist hospital and a medical diagnostic centre in the state. The government further said the company had also expressed interest…

…our hopes lie in the panel, says petitioner The Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Related Extra Judicial Killings on Friday said it has received thirty petitions so far. The Panel reiterated its commitment to ensuring fair hearing and justice in all the petitions…

By Michael Adeyemo The Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly RT. Hon Timothy Owoeye has described the death of Senator Adebayo Salami as a big blow to the progressive family in Osun and Nigeria. Owoeye in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Alabi to commiserate with the…

By Michael Adeyemo Governor of the State of Osun, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has expressed sadness over the death of Senator Adebayo Salami, the Baba Adinni of Osogbo and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State, who passed on Thursday. Salami represented Osun Central at the Senate from…