The Lagos State Emergency Managrment Agency, LASEMA, in its swift and effective response to emergencies/disasters in the State, curtailed a fire outbreak at NNPC petrol station at Yaya Abatan bus-stop, off College Road, Ogba, on Monday, 27th April, 2020. Upon the arrival of the LASEMA Response Team, Tiger Squad, led by its Director General/CEO, Dr….
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NAFDAC Warns That Non-medical Face Mask Made Of Clothes Does Not Prevent COVID-19
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has made clarifications on the use of non-medical face masks to stop the spread of Coronavirus. The agency in a statement made available on its official Twitter page, said face masks which include self-made or commercial masks or face covers made of clothes does…
COVID-19: Kaduna Shuts Borders, Arrests 100 People
Kaduna State has temporarily closed its borders with Kano and Katsina states as part of measures to contain the interstate transmission of COVID-19. The closure which begins with immediate effect only allowed goods, medical equipment and in some cases people deemed to be necessary to the efforts to manage the coronavirus spread. The COVID-19 Security…
President Muhammad Buhari’s Full Speech On Cumulative Lockdown In Ogun, Lagos, And Abuja
Fellow Nigerians I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation. As at yesterday, 26th April 2020, some three million confirmed cases of COVID nineteen have been recorded globally with about nine hundred thousand recoveries. Unfortunately,…
BREAKING: Tinubu, Wife Test Negative After Aide Dies Of COVID-19
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his wife, Remi, have tested negative to Coronavirus. This followed the death of Lateef Raheem, the late Chief Security Officer to Tinubu, who had COVID-19. In a statement on Monday by spokesperson to Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, the late CSO whose death was announced last…
[BREAKING] DAAR Communications Boss, Dokpesi Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, has tested positive for coronavirus. He disclosed this in a short message to members of staff in Abuja, AIT reported on Monday evening. Dokpesi was said to have been self-isolating in the past week, before he developed malaria symptoms and started coughing. He reportedly contacted the Nigerian Centre…
Ondo Rejects Expired Rice Donated By FG
The Ondo state government has followed the same route as Oyo state by rejecting some “expired” bags of rice donated by the federal government. President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the Nigeria Customs Service to distribute seized bags of rice across states to cushion the hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizens. Ondo got 1,800 bags….
LASG Scales Up Enforcement of Lockdown Order, Impounds 20 Vehicles for Violation
In a bid to reduce the non-compliance with the lockdown order by motorists, especially interstate commercial transporters, Lagos State Government on Saturday scaled up its enforcement of the lockdown directive by impounding 20 vehicles and several motorbikes for violation. The enforcement team, comprising operatives of the State Task Force, LASTMA, officers of the Nigeria Police…
Mortuary Is Congested, Sanwo-Olu Tells Lagosians To Pick Up Their Corpses
…Governor gives 2 weeks ultimatum for pick up …Orders release of 209 correctional Inmates Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday said the state’s mortuaries are getting filled and congested, urging owners of corpses in the state morgues to pick them for burial in line with the protocol established in the management of COVID-19 in…
Lagos Shortlists Julius Berger, CCECC, Other Firms For Construction Of Fourth Mainland Bridge
The Lagos State Government has shortlisted 10 firms out of the 32 eligible companies that responded to the call for Expression of Interest (EOI) and applied for construction of the Lagos Fourth Mainland Bridge. This disclosure was contained in a joint statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and…
19-Year-Old Becomes As Personal Assistant To Cross River Governor
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has appointed 19-year-old Louis Okon as his Personal Assistant on Technical (Data Management) Affairs, making him the youngest political appointee in Nigeria. Okon was amongst the additional 427 aides appointed by Governor Ayade in Calabar on Monday. Those appointed include chairmen and members of boards of agencies as well…
COVID-19 Lockdown Not Effective – Lagos Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has said that the lockdown of the state over the coronavirus outbreak is not effective. Commending the efforts of Governor Babajide sanwo-Olu and his Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, Obasa stated that more needed to be done to curb the spread of…
PHCN Official Narrates How He Was Beaten To Coma
Ayorinde Olajide, a staff of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, was beaten to oblivion by angry youth on Thursday for distributing electricity bills at Isale Igbeyin/ Grammar School axis of Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to him “I was busy distributing electricity bills to houses when I was attacked by a group of people asking…
Lagos Urges Public To Disregard List Of Hospitals Exposed To COVID-19 Cases
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged members of the public to disregard a list making the round on social media of hospitals and health facilities purportedly exposed to COVID19 cases in the State. The Executive Secretary, Lagos Health Facility and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) who disowned the list which was purported to have emanated from…
Sanwo-Olu Increases Hazard Allowance of Health Officers Fighting Covid-19
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved a 400 percent increment in the hazard allowance for all Health Officers in Lagos State from N5,000 (Five Thousand Naira) to N25,000 (Twenty Five Thousand Naira) for the month of April 2020. The announcement of the increment was contained in a circular issued by the Lagos State…
FG Pays 23m Shillings for Release of 60 Nigerians From Tanzanian Prisons
The Federal Government has concluded plans with Tanzanian authorities for the release of 60 out of the 73 Nigerians imprisoned in the country. Spokesman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said in a statement on Wednesday that the Nigerians were imprisoned on different charges. Mr Balogun said their repatriation was made possible…
[BREAKING] China To Give WHO Extra $30m Following US Freezing Of Funds
China announced on Thursday that it will donate another $30 million to the World Health Organization to help the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic. His comments come around a week after the United States — also the WHO’s biggest contributor — said it would halt payments to the UN body after accusing it of…
COVID-19: Governors Adopt Two-week Inter-state Lockdown
As part of measures aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus across the country, the 36 state governors, on Wednesday, unanimously resolved to adopt a two-week inter-state lockdown. According to the Nigerian Tribune, the resolution was passed during the sixth teleconference chaired by Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, during which the governors harped on…
Uganda Convicts Six Chinese For Escaping From Quarantine, Trying To Spread Coronavirus
A Ugandan court in Kampala has convicted six Chinese nationals for escaping from a hotel in the country’s capital where they had been quarantined over the deadly Coronavirus. According to the Daily Monitor, the group last month escaped from a hotel in Kibuli and were later arrested together with their Ugandan driver and his wife…
[BREAKING] Nasir El-Rufai Recovers From Coronavirus
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has recovered from COVID-19 — after nearly four weeks. The governor announced his recovery on Twitter on Wednesday, adding that he tested negative twice for the disease. The governor who became bearded while in isolation attended a virtual meeting chaired by his deputy on Monday.