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Ogun extends lockdown by one week
The state announced the extension on Friday night upon the expiration of the seven days earlier declared by Governor Dapo Abiodun. This was disclosed on the state government’s official twitter …

We Paid N350M Counterpart Fund For World Bank Project On Rural Access Road -Makinde
…project to provide 1,600 km of rural roads—Coordinator …we promptly paid N350m fund to aid project—Makinde Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday revealed that his administration paid …

Construction of Four New Bus Terminals In Ibadan: Group lauds Makinde for opening economic frontiers in Oyo State
The Oyo State Executive Council, on Tuesday, approved the award of the contract for the construction of four Ultra-modern Bus Terminals to be located in Iwo Road, Challenge, New Ife …

Coronavirus cases rise by 170 to 2558, 87 death In Nigeria
170 new Covid 19 cases recorded in Nigeria A total of 2,558 COVID-19 cases have now been confirmed in 34 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). 170 new Covid …

Lockdown Ease: Nigeria’s cases exceed 2000 as Dokpesi family, others tested positive for covid-19
Lockdown easing directive Nigeria has confirmed 238 new cases of coronavirus, raising the country’s total to 2,170. just as the country’s fiftth week of lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun …

Covid-19: Ooni donates motorised modular fumigators to Oyo, says homegrown efforts should be encouraged
“We have come to Oyo State to donate two modular fumigators to our forward-looking governor, who we are very pleased with. And we will continue from there.
“Coronavirus knows nobody. It is a leveller and we should all come together to fight it.
“From my business background before I became king, I had a fabricating yard and we came up with a technology of converting liquid to fog and it is very uncommon in Nigeria the way we fumigate. So, we decided to make it 100 per cent home-grown modular fumigator.
“It can be mounted at the back of any truck. We came up together with a lot of youths that are very agile to see how we can look at the opportunity from the disadvantage of the COVID-19 that is all over the world.”

Makinde Floats New Public Health Facilities At Secretariat, Orders Senior Civil Servants To Resume April 27th, Relaxes Curfew Period
Makinde Relaxes Curfew Period, Opens Secretariat For Senior Civil Servants To Resume April 27th. The State Secretariat will be reopened on Monday April 27th 2020. Only civil servants at level …

BREAKING: Governors Agree On 14 Days National COVID-19 Lockdown
Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the …

How To Use Masks: As Governor Makinde Sets To Roll Out Masks In A Bid To Stop Spread of Covid-19
Oyo State COVID-19 #MASKS: Before Governor Seyi Makinde rolls out millions of face masks to Oyo State people, please get enlightened on how or not to use them. Public health …

BREAKING: Buhari’s Top Aide Abba Kyari Dies From Coronavirus
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 …

Makinde signs Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency Bill into law
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has signed the Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) Bill into law. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. …

UCH CMD Reveals Why Patients Are Overcoming COVID-19 Infection Quickly
“For those who are returning to work after testing negative, their action is not in tandem with the NCDC guidelines. After the second test, you are supposed to stay at home for seven days before going to work. So, those doing that are flouting regulations.”

Three coronavirus patients recover in Oyo state – Seyi Makinde
Three people who had previously tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Oyo State have now recovered and been discharged. State governor, Seyi Makinde, announced on Friday, April 10, 2020 that the patients …

How Buhari Removed Former NDDC MD, Joy Nunieh
Fresh facts have emerged as to why the former acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joy Nunieh was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. Nunieh, it would …

BREAKING: Nigeria’s Treasury House on Fire [video]
The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation is currently up in flames. The building, tagged “Treasury House” is located beside the Federal Capital Territory FCT Police Command in Garki, …