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LAGOS: Access Bank PLC, is at the forefront of the interventions deployed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic by big players in the private sector. The Bank played a major role in the formation of The Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a task force instituted to ensure the minimisation of the impact …

BY OLUWAFUNMIKE OLUTAYO ILARO-YEWA: Amidst fears that the arbitrary hike in the prices of basic items for protecting individuals against the spread of the coronavirus is putting such items, especially sanitizers beyond the reach of the masses, the gesture by Hon. (Mrs.) Lateefat Bolanle Ajayi, the Honourable member, representing Yewa …

ABEOKUTA: Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has announced the postponement of the statewide lockdown till Friday, April 3, 2020, but insisted that the inter-state and international borders will remain closed. Governor Abiodun made the disclosure on Monday, March 30, 2020 while commissioning a 128-beded Isolation Centre in Ikenne, Ikenne …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: As part of steps to quench the burning fire of coronavirus, the Ogun State Government on Saturday, March 28, 2020 announced the closure of its borders with the neighbouring states and the international border with the Republic of Benin. According to a statement by Kunle Somorin, the …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED ABUJA: President Muhammadu Buhari has imposed a curfew restricting movements in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun, commencing from 11pm on Monday, March 30, 2020. The President who disclosed in his address to the nation on the evening of Sunday, March 29, 2020, said, “based on the advice of the …

ABEOKUTA: The Caretaker Chairman of the Ogun State chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Comrade (Mrs.) Omolola Adeyinka has urged members of the Union to take note of all precautionary measures advised by medical practitioners and authority of the country during their daily reportage activities. The NUJ Caretaker Chairman …

OGBERE-OGUN: Nine members of    Emergency Response Committee, on Coronavirus scourge, have been inaugurated by the Chairman, Ijebu East Local Government Transition Committee, Hon . Falujo Callistus, at Ogbere, the local government headquarters. According to a press release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine & www.startrendinternational.com by Adebanjo Olasunkanmi, Snr. …

ISARA-REMO: Residents of Sabo-Isara, in the Remo North Local Government Area, have been warned to desist from illicit dumping of refuse that could lead to devastating effects of flood disaster in the coming raining season. According to a press release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine & www.startrendinternational.com …

IMEKO-AFON: The Chairman, Transition Committee,  Imeko/Afon Local Government, Hon. Olusola Oke, has created two Isolation centres for Coronavirus cases, within the Local Government area. According to a press release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine & www.startrendinternational.com by Ladipo Lolade Peculiar, Information Officer II, Imeko Afon Local Government, …

LAGOS: David Adedeji, fondly called Davido, the celebrated Nigerian hip-hop crooner,  has confirmed that his fiancée, Chioma, has tested positive to the Coronavirus. Davido also disclosed that he is currently in self-isolation. He said this on his verified Twitter page on the night of Friday, March 27, 2020. The Popular Muscian however …