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  • Federal Government to give states N100m for COVID-19 response

    Federal Government to give states N100m for COVID-19 response

    The Federal Government says it will boost the financial capacity of states with N100million  to promptly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    This was made known on Thursday by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja.

    The Minister noted that once the Basic Health Care Provisional Fund (BHCPF) is activated, states will also get access to it to beef up their health response apparatus.

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    According to Ehanire, “all states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are receiving support from the COVID-19 response through the Regional Diseases Surveillance Enhancement (REDISSE) Project.

    “With this support, they will receive N100 million to enhance high impact priority response activities. The soon to be reactivated BHCPF will join the funding pool”, he said.

  • Video: Remains of late Ajimobi now buried at his Oluyole Estate residence

    Video: Remains of late Ajimobi now buried at his Oluyole Estate residence

    The remains of the late ex-Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajiimobi has Sunday arrived his Oluyole Estate residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital where here has now been buried..

    In the last 48 hours, the final resting place of late Ajimobi became controversial as rumour filled the air that the Oyo State Government was delaying the burial because of its refusal to approve a land in the Agodi Garden area for the ceremony.

    In another disclosure, a statement by the Chairman, Muslim Community in Oyo State, Alhaji Sanni, stated how it was ‘unislamic’ to bury Ajimobi in a Mosque, an arrangement that was meant to be a plan B after the family’s initial Agodi Garden plan was purportedly disapproved by the Oyo State Government.

    Below: Video of late Abiola Ajimobi arriving his Oluyole Estate residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital.

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  • Breaking: Robbers allegedly attack Abeokuta residents – Video

    Breaking: Robbers allegedly attack Abeokuta residents – Video

    Robbers have been reported to have stormed Ogun Radio, Rounder and Adeun areas along Aiyetoro road in Abeokuta.

    The incident was reported by a resident, Bola Hussein, who lives in the E2 area of Olomore Housing Estate in Abeokuta this Thursday afternoon.

    In a telephone chat with Echotitbits, Hussein confirmed the robbery incident, saying she had been in touch with friends who live in the affected areas.

    Hussein expressed fear that the robbers will not spare her area as her home is only about a 10minute drive from the affected areas.

    She said “There is a robbery going on, we don’t know what is happening, The chairman of our landlord association informed everybody now. We have been calling people living in Adeun, Ogun Radio, rounder, they said the robbery is going on right now. They are really attacking people entering houses.”

    It was gathered from Hussein, that the robbers were forcing their way into houses one after the other and attacking occupants. she also stated that the Assistant chairman of the Landlord Association in her area identified as Deluola, called to warn resident of the impending attack.

    “The Assistant Chairman of our landlord association in E2 Olomore, gave us the information when he called about 30 minutes ago,”

    While It is however not clear if the police in Abeokuta have responded to the incident as at 3pm, Hussein said “she has been hearing the whistle of security men, vigilantes alerting themselves”.

    Meanwhile, another resident of Sabo, Terry Asibor, who spoke to Echotitbits confirmed that he has seen videos on Whatsapp statuses of neighbors around Sowunmi, a neighborhood close to his home.

    He stated that, in the videos, security officials were seen ushering some boys in their vehicles.

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    Officers of Police Command Ogun believed to have arrested some suspects involved I’m Thursday’s attack on some residents In Abeokuta