Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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The Ogun State Government has refuted the online publication that the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, distributed expired COVID-19 palliatives and N5,000 to the civil servants in the state ahead of the forthcoming governorship election. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday. Somorin described the report…
The food items already had black spots, a sign of fungal growth, which made them unfit for consumption, a publication online reported. According to the the publication, “Governor Dapo Abiodun on Saturday began sharing expired foodstuff to civil servants in Ogun State as part of his moves to solicit their support for his second term…
I’ve decided to reduce the size of our team by about 13% and let more than 11,000 of our talented employees go. CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced 11,000 job cuts on Wednesday, the most significant in the tech giant’s history. The layoffs come as Meta faces a number of challenges in its…
State governments have intensified preparations of isolation centres in readiness for possible admission of COVID-19 patients as cases of the virus continue to rise in the country. Officials of states including Ogun, Gombe, Benue, Lagos, Ondo and Sokoto, in separate interviews with our correspondents on Sunday, said they had enough bed spaces to admit COVID-19…
Over the last two weeks, Nigeria has seen a 500% surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. This is stated in a statement issued and signed by Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in Abuja. Adetifa ascribed the country’s 500% spike in infections to the COVID-19 Delta and Omicron…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has rated Ogun State as the overall best among the top five performing states in Nigeria in the ongoing Mass Vaccination Campaign. Prince Dapo Abiodun, the State Governor, made this known in Abeokuta during the presentation of the Appropriation Bill for Year 2022 before members of the…
Dr Faisal Shuaib ,The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency on Tuesday said it was not clear yet when the Federal Government would take delivery of next batch of COVID-19 vaccines. Shuaib said this in Abuja during a press conference organised to update the public on the status of COVID-19 vaccination.…
The federal government of Nigeria has canceled visas for 27 Indians and placing 63 Nigerians of Persons of Interests for not complying with COVID-19 testing protocols and mandatory arrival quarantines for international travelers from India, Brazil, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates where the new but deadly variant of Corona virus is spreading. Mr Boss…
In its determination to fight the pandemic, the Ogun State Government is set to adopt free testing of residents in 10 General Hospitals. This according to the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, would afford interested members of the public and all patients to get themselves tested free to know their status. “We are…
Tunde Rahman, his spokesperson, has denied that the APC stalwart is down with COVID. “This story is inaccurate. Asiwaju is healthy and does not have COVID-19,” he said. “He took his annual trip and as part of the preparation for the trip he took a COVID-19 test which was negative. Since the advent of the…
