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Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has announced that Ramadan will start on Friday, April 24. The NSCIA President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, announced this on Thursday. He confirmed that the new moon was sighted on Thursday, meaning that Ramadan will start on Friday in Nigeria, The…
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By Editor Osun State Government has received 49 Ivory Coast returnees into the State after undergoing a 14-day quarantine at a Badagry isolation centre in Lagos State. This was contained in a public service announcement issued by Funke Egbemode, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, a copy which was…
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By Editor As a measure to curb the spread of Coronavirus, the government of the State of Osun has announced the mandatory use of face masks in public places effective from tomorrow, Friday, April 24. The State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola who made this known in a statement released by…
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By Joseph Akanbi Family, associates of late Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, have taken to the social media to pay tribute to the first Executive Governor of Osun State on the occasion of the third year anniversary of his demise. Adeleke who died at 62, was the first Executive Governor of the…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Wednesday warned of likely social unrest if the current lockdown imposed on some states to curb the spread of COVID-19 is further extended. It faulted the palliatives being provided by the federal government to the poor, urging for an expansion of the social register to…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osun State Government has denied rumours making the rounds that it has discharged the last COVID-19 patient in the State. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, made this known in a telephone conversation with our correspondent. When asking about the veracity of the rumours, Isamotu simply…
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Members from the same family cannot receive money from the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme currently ongoing in many states, the Federal Government clarified on Tuesday. It also stated that a total of 279 trucks of grains had been deployed to the frontline states that were put on lockdown by the…
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The Nigerian government has postponed the Senior School Certificate Examination organised by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) for the year amid coronavirus outbreak. Emeka Nwajubu, Minister of state for education announced this during a press briefing monitored on Channels Tv. “WAEC and NECO…
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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday said the bodies of persons, who died of coronavirus, were not infectious. The National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu, stated this at a media briefing of the PTF in Abuja. At the briefing, Aliyu and the Secretary to the…
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As Muslims begin Ramadan fasting this week, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared that, there will be no Ramadan lecture sessions and congregation prayers in Mosques. The Sultan told Nigerian Muslims that, this year’s Ramadan is one with…
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