Health

COVID-19: Ghana To Receive World’s First Doses Of Free Covax Vaccines

Web News 24 February 2021 552 0

Ghana is to receive Wednesday the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free to poor countries, UNICEF and the World Health Organization said. “We are pleased that Ghana has become the first country to receive the Covid-19 Continue Reading

Health

COVID-19: Ekiti Govt. Halts Businesses

Web News 23 February 2021 538 0

Ekiti State Government Covid-19 taskforce has sealed off some business facilities in Ado for violating Covid-19 rules and regulations  The team led by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Public health Dr. Jimlas Ogunsakin also arrested about ten persons including staff of a new generation bank for not wearing face mask at public places He […]Continue Reading

News Yoruba

Ìpínlẹ̀ Ògùn Fọwọ́ Òfin Mú Olùgbé Àdọ́ta Lórí Ẹ̀sùn Pé Wọ́n Tàpá Sófin Tó De Ìtànkálẹ̀ Àrùn Covid-19

Web News 23 February 2021 482 0

Kòdín ní àwọn olùgbé ìlú Abẹokuta tó jẹ́ àdọ́ta níye tí wọ́n ti fún ní ìjìyà láti sisẹ́-ìlú fún ọjọ́ méjì lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n jẹ̀bi níwájú ilé ẹjọ́ alágbeká pàtàkì ti ìjọba ìpínlẹ̀ Ògùn gbé kalẹ̀ lórí fífi ẹsẹ̀ òfin dídènà covid 19, múlẹ̀, èyí tón pọ̀si lẹ́nu lọ́lọ́ọ́ yi. Ìgbìmọ̀ tón fi ẹsẹ̀ òfin […]Continue Reading

Health

COVID-19: Ogun Sanctions Fifty For flouting Protocols

Web News 23 February 2021 539 0

About fifty residents of Abeokuta have been sentenced to a two-day community service after being found guilty by the special court following their arraignment at a mobile court by the Ogun state covid-19 special taskforce. The prosecution follows the critical enforcement of the safety protocols by the task force to reduce the curve of the pandemic which […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Respect one another, project the country’s values – Ogun NOA Boss

Web News 19 February 2021 509 0

Nigerians have been encouraged to cherish their status as true citizens by projecting the country’s values and respecting the rights of one another, even as the nation battles the coronavirus pandemic and other challenges.  Ogun State Director of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mr Sola Babalola made the call in Abeokuta while speaking with Radio Nigeria […]Continue Reading

Foreign

S/Korea To Buy COVID-19 Vaccines For 23 Million People

Web News 16 February 2021 481 0

South Korea has concluded plans to purchase coronavirus vaccines for 23 million more people. Prime Minister  Chung Sye-kyun announced the plans on Tuesday, a day after the government said delays and efficacy concerns meant fewer people would be vaccinated in the first quarter of the year. The deals include Novavax vaccines for 20 million people […]Continue Reading

Health

Valentine Day: Don’t throw caution to the wind – medical expert

Web News 13 February 2021 580 0

As Valentine’s Day is being commemorated all over the world today, Nigerians have been advised to comply with protocols against Covid-19 to prevent further spread of the disease. A medical expert, who spoke with Radio Nigeria in Akure, the Ondo state capital is of the opinion that people should not throw caution to the wind […]Continue Reading

Technology

Covid-19: RATTAWU Urges Stakeholders to Utilize Advantage of Radio

Web News 13 February 2021 580 0

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark Radio Day, relevant authorities in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic have been urged to take advantage of the wide coverage of Radio to curb the rising tide of the new variant of the virus This is contained in a statement issued by the National President […]Continue Reading

Health

COVID-19: NAWOJ President Allays Fear on Vaccine

Web News 12 February 2021 542 0

The National president Nigeria Association of Women Journalist, NAWOJ Mrs Ladi Bala has called for media engagements on the need to allay fears of Nigerians to take the covid-19 vaccines and adequately comply with the protocols. Mrs Bala made this known while speaking in a zoom meeting for NAWOJ members by the National Primary Health Care Development […]Continue Reading

Health

Covid-19: Expert Tasks Journalists on Safety Measures

Web News 11 February 2021 551 0

Journalists and media professionals have been enjoined to always prioritize their safety at reportorial assignments to scale through the second wave of Covid-19 The Director, News and Current Affairs, Radio Nigeria, Headquarters, Abuja, Alhaji Sanni Suleiman gave the advice in Ibadan while addressing management and staff of the News and Current Affairs Department of Radio Continue Reading

Health

Covid-19: Osun Records 120 New Cases in 48 Hours

Web News 5 February 2021 488 0

Osun has recorded its highest confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection with 120 new cases in 48 hours. It recorded 73 cases on Tuesday and 47 cases on Wednesday, according to the data published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for both days. This brings its total case counts to 1,667 since the […]Continue Reading

Health

Everyone Must Be Vaccinated To Defeat COVID-19 – FG

Web News 2 February 2021 471 0

The Federal Government has said every Nigerian was at great risk of contracting the COVID-19, declaring that everybody has to be vaccinated in order to defeat the pandemic. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce, PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during a […]Continue Reading

News

Group Calls For Rehabilitation Of Saudi Returnees

Web News 1 February 2021 533 0

Journalists International Forum For Migration, JIFORM, has admonished the Federal Government of Nigeria to go beyond accepting the reparation of her citizens from Saudi Arabia to institute a thorough rehabilitation and reintegration scheme for the 802 Nigerian deportees as they arrive the nation in batches. JIFORM which would host the African Migration summit in Accra […]Continue Reading

Health

COVID-19: Lagos Govt. Extends Work-From-Home Directive

Web News 1 February 2021 453 0

Following the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in Lagos State, the state government on Sunday announced an extension of the work-at-home order for public servants. In a statement signed by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, public servants will now resume on February 26, against the earlier communicated date, February 1. It was earlier reported […]Continue Reading

Health

COVID-19: Osun Records Cases of UK Variant

Web News 1 February 2021 475 0

Osun State has recorded five cases of the violent B117 strain of COVID-19. The B117 strain which was first reported in United Kingdom is said to be more violent and deadly. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode who announced this in a statement in Osogbo said the development called for […]Continue Reading

Health

COVID-19: Ekiti Govt. Directs Hospitals to Conduct Test on Patients with Cough, Catarrh

Web News 29 January 2021 575 0

Ekiti State Government has directed both the private and public hospitals to conduct COVID-19 test on all patients with fever, cough and catarrh starting from the 1st of February.  The state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Oyebanji Filani gave the directive in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti. Dr. Oyebanji […]Continue Reading

Health

Covid: Obey FG’s directive to avoid fine, jail term – clergy advises faithful

Web News 28 January 2021 470 0

Conference President, Ogbomoso Baptist Conference, Rev. Thomas Ojo has called on the public to obey the Federal Government’s directive on measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 rather than pay a fine, jail term. Rev. Ojo made the call while speaking with Radio Nigeria on a health protection document stipulating penalties for defaulters of Covid-19 […]Continue Reading

Health

Covid-19: Osun Records Five Fatalities

Web News 28 January 2021 508 0

Osun State has Recorded Five Death from Covid-19 Related Complications According to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, published on Tuesday, Osun’s five fatalities accounted for 33.3 percent of the 15 deaths recorded in Nigeria in the last 24 hours. This saw the state’s Covid-19 related deaths gallop to 32 out of the 1,458 confirmed […]Continue Reading

Education

Covid: NOA Takes Second Phase of Sensitization Campaign to Schools

Web News 28 January 2021 647 0

As part of efforts to check the increasing rate of COVID 19, the National Orientation Agency has commenced the second phase of sensitization campaign to over three hundred primary and secondary schools in Oyo state. In the first phase of the programme held last year, three hundred schools were visited by the campaign team of […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

Fast Tracking Virtual Education To Cope With The Challenges Of COVID-19

Web News 26 January 2021 633 0

Over the years in Nigeria, as in many other countries worldwide, the four wall of classrooms played significant role in teaching learning. Even the emergence of internet learning did not take the shine off the typical school setting at all levels of education, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. However, there is growing rethink about changing the […]Continue Reading

Health

COVID-19: FG To Close Erring NYSC Camp

Web News 26 January 2021 514 0

The Nigerian government has said it will shut National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps that fail to comply with protocols put in place to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday, said the […]Continue Reading

News Yoruba

Ijoba Ipinle Eko N Gbero Lati Ra Abere Ajesara Arun Covid-19

Web News 25 January 2021 644 0

Gomina ipinle Eko, Babajide Sanwo-Olu sope eto isejoba toun nlewaju ti bere sini gbe igbese pelu awon to npese abere ajesara covid-19 lona ati naa. O sope, ijoba ti n gbero lati fun awon olugbe ipinle Eko ida-adota  labere ajasara. Gomina so eyi nibi ipade kan nilu Eko.  O salaye pe awon eka aladani kan […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

US Talk Show Legend, Larry King Dies At 87

Web News 23 January 2021 709 0

US talk show host Larry King has died at the age of 87. The TV star was taken to hospital in Los Angeles in late December after testing positive for coronavirus. King, whose career spanned more than six decades, had Type 2 diabetes and had suffered from lung cancer, angina and heart attacks in recent […]Continue Reading

Education

Academic calendar to be harmonised following Covid-19 disruption – Educ. Minister

Web News 21 January 2021 982 0

A National Committee on the Harmonization of Schools and Examination Calendars is to be constituted. The committee will comprise NECO, WEAC, NABTEB, JAMB and a representative of private school owners. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu stated this at the 2020 Annual Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja. He said following the closure of schools […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

Enhancing Adherence To COVID-19 Guidelines By Primary And Secondary Schools

Web News 20 January 2021 952 0

The reopening of schools amidst the second wave of COVID-19 has been generating hiccups as the House of Representatives and some stakeholders faulted the decision, citing a surge in the cases. The House said the reopening would pose a threat to the fight against the second wave of COVID-19. It therefore advised the federal government […]Continue Reading