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Earlier today, the Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi while addressing the newsmen in Lagos said The state government spends about N100,000 daily on each COVID-19 patient whose case is mild-to-moderate. For those who require intensive care, that amount can go up to anything from N500,000 to even a million naira per day.

He said the money spent on each COVID-19 patient is based on the level of severity of the sickness.

He also claims that by August COVID-19 in Lagos would have gotten to the peak as they are putting all necessary steps into consideration to ensure that they increase their testing capacity in all laboratories.

He further thanks the citizens of the State for their cooperation in ensuring that the pandemic COVID-19 is totally defeated in the State and enjoins them to continue adhering strictly to the guidelines and regulations given by the experts.

Following the positive COVID-19 result of the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, his wife, Bisi, members of the state executive council and aides of the governor have taken coronavirus tests.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, said, “The wife of the governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, being the closest to the governor, and members of the executive, including myself, as well as personal aides of His Excellency, have submitted ourselves for COVID-19 test.”

Oyebode, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday during the press briefing of the state COVID-19 Task Force, said samples of the individuals believed to have had contact with the governor had been taken for the test.

  “We are now expecting the results. But none of us is symptomatic as of now; so no cause for alarm,” he added.

 Fayemi had on Wednesday morning disclosed through his official Twitter handle that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and had since been self-isolating.

He had said, “I took my third COVID-19 test yesterday and it came back positive. I’m generally OK and I’m already self-isolating at home and receiving the best of care from my medical team. I’m delegating critical tasks to my deputy, but will continue routine duty from home.”

 The Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, who also spoke at the briefing, confirmed that the governor had self-isolated.

 He said, “The governor had broken the news on his Twitter handle, but as a responsible government, we owe it a duty to do this officially.”

 Olumilua urged Ekiti people not to panic over the governor’s COVID-19 status, saying, “He remains asymptomatic as of now.”

 The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Yaya Kolade, said the molecular laboratory established by government had tested 1,000 persons across five local government areas of the state

The Ogun State Police Command have made it known yesterday that they have arrested three Fulani teenagers for highway robbery in the Alapako area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The suspects, Uzefa Idris, 19; Adamu Yakubu, 18; and Ayuba Buhari, 17, were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, Owode Egba Division, SP Matthew Ediae.

The Force Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated this in a statement on Sunday.

Oyeyemi said the DPO was informed that a Mazda bus was forcefully stopped on the highway by a gang of armed robbers and the occupants were being dispossessed of their belongings.

The PPRO stated, “Upon the receipt of the distress call, the DPO, Owode Egba, SP Matthew Ediae, quickly led his anti-robbery team to the scene.

“On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels but were chased into the bush, where three of them were apprehended.”

Oyeyemi explained that the driver of the bus, Zacheaus Olaniyi, and a passenger was rescued from the robbers.

He said the police were able to recover N545,000 and one itel phone belonging to a passenger, Oluwakemi Oyegade, from the hoodlums.

Oyeyemi stated, “The two victims narrated that the hoodlums jumped on the road from the bush and forcefully stopped the vehicle, consequent upon which they started beating them with machetes before dispossessing them of their valuables.

An accident involving two (2) fuel tankers has occurred at Kara inwards along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

As a result of this, the section of the road leading to Mowe from New Garage (Ojodu-Berger) has been cordoned off to prevent a secondary accident while contra flow is in place to reduce delays.

As at the time of making this report, no casualty has been confirmed to have been recorded by the security agencies while efforts are ongoing to separate the collided tankers.

Today, in a statement released by Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde via his Twitter account read as thus:

Three confirmed COVID-19 cases received their second NEGATIVE test results and have been discharged. This brings the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 1015.

Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for thirty-eight suspected cases came back POSITIVE. The cases are from Oluyole (13), Ido (5), Egbeda (4), Ibadan North (4), Ibadan South West (3), Ogbomosho North (3), Akinyele (3), Ibadan North East (1), Lagelu (1) and Ibadan South East (1) Local Government Areas. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1989.

Please call the Emergency Operations Centre on 08095394000 | 08095863000 | 08078288999 | 08078288800 or visit a community-based testing centre, if you have any COVID-19 symptoms: cough, fever, tiredness, body ache, loss of smell/taste and shortness of breath.

A suspected Ritualist who identified his name as Raheem Adesina was caught while trying to run away with an abducted teenager at Challenge Area of Saki.

OduduwaNews Reporter in Saki gathered that the suspected Ritualist while being interrogated claimed that he abducted the teenager only to have a carnal knowledge of her but not to take her away for ritual purpose.

The abductor was rescued from the irate youths who wanted to set him ablaze. Our Reporter gathered that the Ritualist was caught with charms and claimed that he usually used them for his personal protection.

It was learnt also that no fewer than three people were abducted in the city few weeks ago. The residents call on security agencies to beef up security in the area as inability to do so may push them to embark on jungle justice on anybody caught again.

The Amnesty International has demanded justice for the raped Oke-Ogun Poly Student, Grace Oshiagwu, who was also murdered in Ibadan recently by her rapist.

A 21-year-old student of Oke Ogun Polytechnic, was allegedly raped and killed in a church mission building on the 13th of June. She was brutally assaulted and violently murdered. Grace is another horrific example of gender-based violence taking place in Nigeria.

The body in its Address today calls on relevant agencies, human right activists and other international organizations it its fight to end RAPE and demands #JusticeForGrace and many others.

A former Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, Mr. Bode Oyewole is dead.

ODUDUWA NEWS learnt that Oyewole died in Ibadan, the State capital on Tuesday.

Oyewole was Chairman of the NUJ, Oyo State Council between 1978 to 1980.

He later became Chairman of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC).

Chairman, NUJ in Oyo State, Mr. Ademola Babalola, while reacting, described the death of Oyewole as shocking.

Babalola said that Oyewole recently spoke with him on July 3rd, 2020, following the news of the demise of one of his successors in office, Joe Abiola

Lamenting the death of the erstwhile union leader, Babalola in a statement signed by the Secretary of NUJ, Comrade Sola Oladapo, described Oyewole’s passing as a shock.