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Osun State gets relief materials from Ecobank

Apr 18, 2020 topnews

To mitigate the effects of the lockdown in Osun state, the management of Ecobank Plc on Friday donated food items to support the Osun State government. The Ecobank Head of Sales, Agric-business, Mr Donald Abe, while delivering the food items to the officials of the state government, said the gesture was aimed at complementing efforts of the government during the period. He said the organisation was motivated to reciprocate the warm relationship it enjoyed with the government over the years. Abe, who led other officials of the bank to Osun to…

Buhari loses Abba Kyari to coronavirus

Apr 18, 2020 topnews

Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to the President, is dead. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed this in a press statement. Adesina said the Chief of Staff to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari died on Friday after testing positive for COVID-19. He said, “The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. “The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17, 2020. “Funeral arrangements…

COVID-19: Lagos records two COVID-19 deaths, discharges five more

Apr 17, 2020 topnews

Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has said that the State on Thursday recorded two more COVID-19-related deaths and discharged another five other patients who have tested negative twice. This was disclosed via his Twitter handle, @ProfAkinAbayomi. A 51-year-old doctor, Chigbo Emeka, recently died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, after he had contact with an infected person in his private hospital. “Unfortunately, Lagos recorded three additional deaths from COVID-19-related complications. The deceased are males aged 51, 52 and 62. One of the dead, a medical doctor,…

Kwam 1 refutes claims of Alleged Affair With Alaafin of Oyo’s Wife

Apr 17, 2020 topnews

Nigerian music icon, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal also known as K1 De Ultimate, has refuted recent claims on social media that he was romantically involved with Olori Ajoke, one of the wives of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III. The Fuji musician in a statement released by his media adviser Kunle Rasheed has denied the allegations. According to the statement released by Rasheed, the respected musician cannot bring disrepute to the culture and tradition of Yorubaland by his alleged actions. The statement reads: “Let me categorically state that the allegation…

Isolation centres not enough for Nigerians awaiting evacuation — Onyeama

Apr 17, 2020 topnews

Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said the planned evacuation of Nigerians from foreign countries will be staggered as the number of interested persons is high. The government had concluded plans to bring back Nigerians from the United States, United Kingdom, China, United Arab Emirates and other countries on account of the coronavirus pandemic. Over 2,000 Nigerian nationals had registered with various Nigerian embassies abroad to return home. Speaking during the Presidential TaskForce on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the minister explained that the isolation centres were…

Woman designs face masks With tiny penises to raise money for charity

Apr 17, 2020 topnews

Over $55 thousand has been raised by Mindy Vincent from Herber City, Utah, who designed and sold face masks with drawings of flowers and tiny penises of different skin tones. Mindy who is a mother and therapist went viral after she shared photos of her “unique masks” on Facebook. The masks sell at $20 and also come with breast and vulva patterns. Explaining the idea behind her mask which many may find offensive, she says the offensive imagery is a good way to tell if someone is ignoring social distancing protocol. Not only…

Women arrested for cursing Abiodun, others over palliatives

Apr 17, 2020 topnews

One Idowu Adekoya and two other women have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raining curses on Governor Dapo Abiodun over alleged poor quality of food items distributed as palliatives. In a video that has gone viral on the social media, the three accused women were seen abusing the governor, the local government chairman and the vice-chairman of the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area for distributing beans filed with stones to residents of Ijebu Ode. The counsel for the acussed, Gboyega Okenla, said,”When I got to the police station,…

Fire guts Dugbe market as traders defy lockdown

Apr 16, 2020 topnews

Several shops were yesterday gutted by fire in the Dugbe Alawo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, the commercial hub of Ibadan. Two big structures (a bungalow and a storey building) housing the shops were badly affected by the fire. Although no life was lost in the outbreak, properties worth several millions of naira perished in the incident. Some vehicles also perished in the occurrence. Traders and other residents of the area defied the partial lockdown directive by the state government as they went to the scene. Some of the affected…

Cross River governor approves N30,000 monthly salary for 8,000 youths

Apr 16, 2020 topnews

Prof. Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State,, has distributed stimulus package to vulnerable persons and citizens in the 18 local government areas of the state. Distributing the items on Wednesday at CROSPIL in Calabar, Ayade said he had already approved N30,000 as monthly stipend for beneficiaries of the automatic employment given to 8,000 youths between the ages of 18 and 35 starting from Tuesday next week. He said, “Distributing food is not the real palliatives, the real palliative is in giving people jobs. Palliative which is temporal is for…

Lockdown: Aggrieved Chinese firm’s workers vandalise company’s vehicles

Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020 topnews

‌ Aggrieved casual workers of a Chinese firm in the Ogun, Guangdong Free Trade Zone, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, have set ablaze one of the company’s vehicles and destroyed two other vehicles. The workers reportedly protested against the company’s decision to lock them within the premises. It was gathered that the decision to lock them up within the premises was part of measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to obey the order of the two-week extension of the lockdown order by the government.…