Oyo commissioner, Kehinde Ayoola dies

Oyo Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Kehinde Ayoola has passed on. Ayoola, a former Speaker of Oyo House of Assembly, was said to have been sick for about two weeks. He died at a private hospital around Iyaganku, Ibadan where he was receiving treatment. The Oyo-born politician represented Oyo East state constituency between […]

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I treated my COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine – Doyin Okupe

A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has said “hydroxychloroquine” was amongst the medications he used to recover from coronavirus. Okupe and his wife, Aduralere, were recently discharged after spending about two weeks in a COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre in Sagamu, Ogun State. “On the 23rd of […]

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Governors to National Assembly: Suspend infectious diseases bill

As controversy continues to trail the handling of the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020 by the National Assembly, Governors of the nation’s 36 states have asked the Legislature to henceforth halt all activities in relation to the Bill. The Governors, at the 8th COVID-19 teleconference of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), expressed discomfort that […]

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Why women should not shave their pubic hair – Expert

A gynaecologist has urged women not to remove their pubic hair. Dr Jen Gunter, author of The Vagina Bible, warned against waxing or shaving because it can cause “microscopic trauma” that can lead to infections. While the purpose of pubic hair is somewhat of a mystery, going “au naturel” is necessary to protect the skin […]

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Abducted army captain, three others freed in Ondo

Ondo Police Commissioner, Mr Adie Undie An Army officer, Captain D. Gana, and three others who were abducted two days ago by some unknown gunmen in Ondo State have been released on Thursday morning. The soldier and others were kidnapped along Auga Akoko-Kabba Expressway in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state while returning […]

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Reactions as Gambari becomes Buhari’s chief of staff

Two old boys of Kings College Lagos reunite at the Presidential Villa: National Security Adviser to the President, General Babagana Mongono (left) and new Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari after a closed- door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja…yesterday. PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA • Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, others optimistic on governance• […]

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Mysterious deaths in Kano, Jigawa and Bauchi

In the last few weeks, there have been reported cases of ‘mysterious’ deaths of high calibre persons in the highly populous and commercial city of Kano. Although officially Kano has recorded and confirmed about 693 cases of COVID-19 and 33 deaths, hundreds of persons have died in the period under review in circumstances that are […]

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