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The South-West Governors’ Forum on Friday said it had inaugurated the board of O’dua Investment Limited. This was contained in a statement issued in Akure by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Ondo State, Mr Donald Ojogo, on behalf of the Chairman of the Forum, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The…
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The Federal Government has extended the ban placed on flights in the country as part of efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus for another four weeks. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the daily briefing of the task force on…
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The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide alias Winners’ Chapel International, David Oyedepo, has questioned the continuous closure of churches over the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he suspects ulterior motives. Oyedepo, who spoke during the Covenant Hour of Prayer Programme on Wednesday, said if markets could be opened for six…
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By Joseph Akanbi Sequel to the relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown by Governor Gboyega Oyetola, the State House of Assembly has made the use face mask compulsory for workers and visitors to the complex. The Osun House of Assembly led by Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye after an executive session resolved…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osun State has today discharged eight patients of the deadly coronavirus. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu made this known in a post on his personal Facebook account this evening. Isamotu said the 8 discharged cases include 3 males and 5 females. Two of the discharged…
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The National Bureau of Statistics has said 40.1 per cent of the country’s population live in poverty. The NBS, in the executive summary of the 2019 poverty and inequality report released on Monday, said over 82.9 million Nigerians lived below its poverty line of N137,430 per year. The bureau said…
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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the Central Bank of Nigeria should seize the opportunity of the coronavirus crisis to lower interest rates in a bid to boost the nation’s economy. Tinubu also urged the Federal Government to demand a renegotiation of existing…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria and the banks in the country have agreed to shelve the planned sack of workers in the banking sector as a result of the pandemic. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the apex bank’s Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor. The PUNCH reports…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osun State has today recorded two new cases of the deadly coronavirus. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu made this known in a post on his personal Facebook account this afternoon. Isamotu said the two new cases of #Covid19 infection were confirmed today, wife and son…
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By Editor Thirty Eight days after he was taken in, the State of Osun today discharged its COVID-19 index case after testing negative twice for the virus. The case had arrived Osun from the United Kingdom before being taken into the Isolation Centre, and subsequently to the care facility, where…
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