Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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To ensure all civil servants are fully vaccinated before December 1, 2021, the Nigerian government has commenced office-to-office COVID-19 vaccination in federal ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, said this at a briefing by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 on…
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that no government all over the world can provide the wherewithal for its citizenry, hence the need for public spirited and more private organisations to support the government towards improving the prosperity of its citizenry. Prince Dapo Abiodun disclosed this in Ota during the handing over…
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.…
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…
Workers in the Ogun State Civil /Public Service have been called upon to keep the flag of the State flying, in order to maintain the best standard that Ogun State is known for. The appeal was made by the Ogun State Head of Service, Alhaja Selimot Ottun while speaking with journalists in her office, on the…
Ogun State Government has unveiled HIV self-test kits, which will be available across the State, to avail individuals the opportunity to take HIV test in their homes or other private locations, thereby increasing awareness of the infection for people who are reluctant to know their status. Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, while…
The Ogun State environmental sanitation for the month of November will hold on Saturday, November 28, 2020, starting from 7.00 am to 10.00 am. This is according to a release signed by the Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun According to the release, there would be no restriction of movement across the 20 Local Government…
The Ogun Government in conjunction with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has flagged-off a free tuberculosis screening programme in Ijebu-Ode. The programme, which commenced on Wednesday at Itantebo area in Ijebu-Ode, was also launched simultaneously across nine other local governments across the state. Pay Attention. Read: Herbalist swindled businessman N190 million The programme…
An herbalist, Adeniyi Adewunmi, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly swindling an ailing businessman out of N190m. The 43-year-old reportedly collected the sum from the complainant, one Lawrence Akanbi, in tranches on the pretext that he would help him find cure to his illness. PUNCH Metro learnt that Adewunmi and…
Undergraduate beheads mother. The Police Command in Osun on Monday said it had arrested one Joseph Mark, a 25-year-old undergraduate of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo, who beheaded his mother on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Folashade Odoro, told newsmen in Osogbo that the incident happened at about 6:30 am, at…
