As resistance continues to mount over Edo State government’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for citizens, civil society organizations and students’ unions on Monday paralysed activities in Benin City, the state capital to protest the order. The protesters handed down a 48-hours ultimatum to the governor, Godwin Obaseki to withdraw the order or face total shut-down of…
COVID-19: Obaseki Flags Off N-CARES Agric Programme In Support of Edo Farmers
As part of deliberate efforts to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on the economy of the state and guarantee food security, Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki on Thursday flagged off the Nigeria Coronavirus (COVID-19) Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) programme which would support over 12,494 small-holder farmers across the state with farm inputs. Governor…
COVID-19 3rd Wave: Obaseki Worried as Seven More Unvaccinated Residents Die in 48 Hours
The death toll from the third wave of the deadly coronavirus infection in Edo State has hit 33, bringing to 221 the total number of persons who have died of the virus since its outbreak in March 2020. The state government is however worried that more unvaccinated persons were dying of the virus since the…
Get Vaccinated and Stay Alive, Edo Govt Advises Residents as COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 26
As Edo State recorded additional four deaths on Tuesday, bringing COVID-19 deaths to 26, the state government has enjoined residents to embrace COVID-19 vaccination in order to reduce the rise in the number of infections and deaths in the state. Giving an update on the situation in the state at a press conference on Benin,…
Edo SSG Loses Elder Brother to COVID-19
Secretary to Edo State Government, SSG Osarodion Ogie has lost his elder brother, John Ogie to COVID-19. The late Ogie, according to a statement by the state chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP died of the dreaded virus Monday September 6, 2021. The statement, signed by Chris Osa Nehikhare, state publicity secretary of…
COVID-19 Surge: Rivers May Re-impose Lockdown
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that the state government would re-impose the suspended COVID-19 lockdown if residents of the state fail to adhere to COVID-19 protocols. The governor, in a broadcast on Monday said daily figures released from the NCDC on both the transmission and death rates in the last two weeks have…
Buhari Calls for Collective War against COVID-19 and Bad Economy
President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday in Abuja, called for joint global efforts to tackle COVID-19 and the consequent dwindling effects on national economies which would require a global framework to resuscitate and ameliorate the burden on the people. Femi Adesina, special adviser, media and publicity, said in a statement that Buhari spoke at a ceremony to…
Effects of COVID-19 on Nigerian Music Industry
From Miracle Oyedeji [responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] One great lesson we all learned from the 2020 coronavirus-induced lockdown is that no country, lifestyle, or industry is impervious as far as the global pandemic is concerned. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the propinquity between global health and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (aka world economy). The heat…
Edo Govt Deploys Untrained Teachers to Classrooms As Striking NUT Defies NIC Order
[responsivevoice] …Schools Disregard COVID-19 Protocols. Four days after reopening of educational Institutions in Edo State, the defiant striking primary school teachers have contnued to shun the classrooms in spite of all manner of armtwistig tactics employed by the state government. The teachers, under the umbrella of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, had embarked on…
COVID-19 Law: FCTA Arrests 100, Closes Wuse Market and UTC
[responsivevoice] Residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, are bracing up for a total compliance with the COVID-19 guidelines or risk going to jail. The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, began the enforcement on Monday with modest results. An initial 100 violators were arrested within the city centre, 15 of whom were convicted by a…
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