Four persons were killed in an auto crash involving a Toyota Camry and a stationary tricycle on the Lagos-Epe expressway on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the Camry, with registration number LSR-724-FW, lost a tyre while on top speed, rammed into a man washing his tricycle and somersaulted into a ditch. […]
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The government of the state of Lagos has disclosed that two new isolation facilities in Yaba and Ikeja would be completed and opened next week for the management of Coronavirus patients in the state. Despite the increasing number of patients, the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, said at a press briefing on Friday that […]
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Lagos state house of assembly (LAHA) has cleared Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker, of corruption allegations levelled against him. Recall that Obasa was accused of embezzling public funds and abusing his office. SaharaReporters had carried out an investigation on the speaker who allegedly owns more than 60 bank accounts. He was accused of using his office […]
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The Government the state of Lagos has said churches and mosques in the state will not resume services immediately despite the federal government lifting ban on religious gatherings in Nigeria. Prince Aniofu Elegushi, the Commissioner for Home Affairs in the state, made this disclosure on Tuesday at the sideline of the 2020 Ministerial Press Briefing […]
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The number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Monday with 416 cases reported by the country, even as the nation intensifies efforts to reduce the spread of the pandemic. The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter. This takes the country’s total infections […]
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Lagos State Government on Thursday retracted its earlier statement on the COVID-19 status of the late 32-year-old Dubai returnee, saying outcome of his COVID-19 test “is negative”. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, made the clarification through his verified Twitter account handle on Thursday night. “I hereby inform the general public that the […]
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Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner for health, has announced that one of the Nigerians that the federal government evacuated from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is dead. He announced it in a tweet on Tuesday night, saying the deceased, who had “severe underlying health condition”, died from COVID-19–related complications. Abayomi appealed to residents of Lagos to be […]
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Lagos State Government has shut two facilities in Badagry West LCDA of the state for contravening new guidelines issued by the government to operators of hotels, clubs, and other entertainment outfits in the state. The affected facilities include Maggi Hotel, and Tambari Theatre Art (Night Club). This was disclosed by the state government in a […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) on Thursday announced 381 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,526. This is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day in the country. Of the new cases, 183 are in Lagos, 55 are in Kano, 44 in […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, in a tweet on Tuesday, announced the discharge another 60 COVID-19 patients. Of the 60, 31 were discharged from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 19 from the Ibeju-Lekki Isolation Centre and 10 from Eti-Osa Isolation centre. The latest discharges raise the total number of cases successfully managed in […]
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