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Tolu Babaleye is an Abuja based Lawyer of Ondo descent, he writes on why the Ondo state government shouldn't treat the index case reported on Friday evening. Enjoy... DISCOVERY OF COVID 19 +VE CASE IN ONDO STATE- BY LAW, HE IS NOT YET OUR PATIENT, CAVEAT EMPTOR! I saw the Twitter update of the Governor of Ondo State this evening announcing...

The Ondo State Government says there's no cause for panic as the first index case recorded in the state, self-isolated himself upon return to the country. Donald Ojogo, Hon. Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state while giving an update on the case index disclosed that he is a military officer who returned from India recently and observed all...

Ondo State has recorded the first index case of the novel coronavirus. Donald Ojogo, Hon. Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state who confirmed this on Friday evening stated: "It is with great concern that the Ondo State Government announces the first index case. A suspected case tested positive to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We thank God for His protection thus far....

The Management of Achievers University, Owo has expressed its gratitude to God for the milestones the University has recorded since it commenced academic activities 12 years ago, precisely April 2, 2008. In a statement signed by the University's Registrar, Rev. Canon Bayode Oladimeji, the University appreciated all staff (present and past) for their contributions to the progress of...

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the discharge of 11 more patients who recovered from the virus. In a statement on Thursday, the Governor said: “Today, I have some good news for you concerning our desperate battle against Coronavirus, the lethal disease that has changed our world and tested to the limit our resilience as a people. “Even as...

Independent Hajj Reporters, (IHR), a civil society organisation that monitors and reports about Hajj activities have pleaded with the federal government to include private tour operators within the Hajj and Umrah industry in the N50 Billion palliative meant to cushion the effect of Coronavirus Pandemic on small businesses.   This was contained in a statement signed by its national coordinator Ibrahim...

The member, House of Representatives, Representing Ondo East/West, Hon. Abiola Makinde and his Wife Dr. Rhoda Makinde, Convener DROMI, has jointly launched a Food Palliative Drive for residents of Ondo City. In a press statement jointly signed by the Makindes, they stated that they have donated the sum of 5 million naira to the project. The statement reads; “We must confront...

...more than 166,700 people diagnosed with the virus have recovered By Abiola Paul Though the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus a pandemic, with no place safe from its effects, a handful of countries worldwide have escaped it so far, at least apparently, reported Anadolu Agency. After first emerging in Wuhan, China last December, the virus has over 788,000 confirmed cases...

My attention has been brought to a news item (NUJ Berates Tolu Babaleye for attacking Journalists, Declares Him Persona non grata) which was never served on me but freely circulated on Social Media and some blogs in which the NUJ Ondo State Council felt offended over my Facebook post wherein it was alleged that I called Akure Journalist lazy,...

The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oleyelogun, has put smiles on the faces of his people by distributing large quantity of foodstuffs to them at his Ifedore constituency. The people are most vulnerable, the gesture is to cushion the effects of the stay-at-home directive to contain the spread of the killer Coronavirus in the state. Oleyelogun,...