Ondo PTA charges pupils, students to study at home

The Parents Teachers Association, PTA, in Ondo State has called on parents to ensure that their children and wards are well taken care of by obeying government laid down rules in the stay at home directive in support of the fight against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. Its chairman in the state, Chief Abimbola Omoloja gave […]

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Teaching on radio begins for Ekiti pupils today

Teaching on radio begins today for primary school pupils in Ekiti State Government will today March 30, 2020, as part of government efforts to reduce impact on the disruption of the school calendar by the rampaging outbreak Coronavirus pandemic worldwide. Government added in a statement in Ado- Ekiti by the Chairman of the State Universal […]

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Soyinka blasts Buhari for waking up late to issue orders on COVID-19 rampage

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for waking up late from a prolonged siesta, to give his much needed direction on the way forward in the ongoing war to crush the rampaging COVID-19 which is increasingly claiming victims in Nigeria. His criticisms were contained in a statement on Monday and titled […]

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Ooni of Ife: I have tested cure for coronavirus

The Ooni of Ife, a foremost influential traditional rulers in Nigeria, and the ancestraf father of the Yoruba race, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has said that he has a ‘tested’ cure for COVID-19. He made the announcement on his verified Instagram handle on Monday, a day after President Muhammadu Buhari addressed Nigerians for the first time […]

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Coronavirus, the economy and global oil price

That global oil prices recently witnessed a drastic drop in the early days of March because of the shock to the world economy from the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic should be of huge concern to the government and people. This global health crisis, which subsequently became an economic crisis has significantly ravaged the global economy […]

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Nigeria will defeat coronavirus – Buhari

 Fellow Nigerians,  From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in the event the disease hits Nigeria.  The whole instruments of government are now mobilized to confront what has now become both a […]

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Buhari shuts down Lagos, Abuja, Ogun for 2 weeks

By Banji Ayoola President Muhammadu Buhari roared like a wounded lion Sunday evening, and declared an all out aggressive war against the rampaging Coronavirus, which is making a dangerous inroad into the country to replicate the massive damage it has caused in other countries. He slammed a curfew on Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State, which […]

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Fayemi imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew in Ekiti

To further contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi has ordered complete lockdown of the state and closure of all borders. The governor, made this disclosure in a statewide broadcast to residents of the state on Sunday, in which he also announced a dusk- to-dawn curfew on the state […]

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