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COVID-19: ISISD Donates Food Stuffs To Lagos Indigents

April 16, 2020 0

As part of measures to mitigate the impact of the lockdown on citizens, especially to ameliorate the suffering arising from the restriction of movement, a non governmental organisation has distributed food items to some indigent residents in some communities in Lagos. The food items, donated under the auspices of the Initiative for Social Impact and Sustainable development (ISISD), include bags …

Funke Akindele, Husband Plead Guilty, Sentenced, For Quarantine

April 6, 2020 0

Popular actress, Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, AbdulRasheed Bello, have been penalised for disobeying the Lagos State rules on restriction of movement in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. The duo had organised a party in their Lekki, Lagos home which attracted their workers and friends totalling above 20 persons despite the state government’s announcement that any gathering above 20 persons …

Borno State: In The Face Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

April 3, 2020 0

After more than a decade of armed conflict, outbreaks of severe malnutrition, malaria, measles and cholera, approximately 1.5 million internally displaced people in Nigeria’s Borno state now face the spectre of COVID-19. Many displaced people live in vastly overcrowded camps with poor water and sanitation facilities, limited supplies of hygiene essentials such as soap and water, and often no individual space …

Coronavirus: 11 New Patients Recover, Discharged In Lagos

April 2, 2020 0

The Lagos State Government has released 11 new patients, who have been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.

Beware Of Facebook Impostors, NDDC Warns

April 1, 2020 0

The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has alerted members of the public to the fraudulent activities of some dubious individuals who impersonate the Commission’s Acting Managing Director, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, in dishonest Facebook Accounts. Two such duplicitous Facebook accounts used to deceive members of the public, promising them jobs and contracts in NDDC, were operated by a …

COVID-19: Ogun Community Protests Proposed Location Of Isolation Centre

March 30, 2020 0

Members of Olusegun Obasanjo Hilltop Resident Association II in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital have appealed to the state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun against the proposed plan to site a quarantine centre in the estate. In a release made available to the press and signed by elders in the community, the community appreciates the thought of establishing a centre to …

Coronavirus: Why Christians Must Understand The Times-Pst. Simeon Afolabi

March 30, 2020 0

Serving Overseer of First Love Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Simeon Afolabi has called on Christians around the world on the need to have understanding of the mind of God in the wake of the current Coronavirus pandemic. In an online broadcast on Sunday, Afolabi said there are various schools of thought trying to explain the current global happening. He also said …

After N200m Donation, Dangote Rallies Private Sector Operators Against COVID-19

March 25, 2020 0

Aliko Dangote and Herbert Wigwe are spearheading a coalition of private sector organisations to support the Federal Government's ongoing efforts to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) menace sweeping across the country.