Bareky after one week after pipeline explosion in Abule-Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government, Lagos, a fire outbreak in Agboju, close to FESTAC, was reported. This is coming one week after no fewer than 23 people died in an explosion at Soba, Abule Ado area of FESTAC. The cause of the outbreak could not be ascertained…

Chancellor Angela Merkel was on Sunday in quarantine after meeting a doctor who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as Germany further tightens rules on public gatherings and plots a taboo-breaking package of support for Europe’s top economy. News of Merkel’s potential exposure to the virus came minutes after she announced a ban on public…

The Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has confirmed shutting down 32 pharmacies and patent medicine stores for illegal operation and operating beyond scope of practice. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this Sunday after reviewing the report of the first enforcement exercise carried out by the Pharmaceutical…

As part of the measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus the Lagos State Government has deployed an enforcement team after residents engaging in a social gathering, parties, and clubs, to disperse and arrest perpetrators. The task force will enforce the anti social gathering policy and monitor so no social gathering in the state or…

The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed another 10 new cases of #COVID19 bringing the total number  to 22. LagosspyNG gathered that of the 10 new cases, 3 are in the Federal Capital Territory and 7 are in Lagos 9 out of the 10 cases have travel history outside Nigeria in the last one week….

Nigeria is not one of the first 100 happiest countries in the world, according to the 2020 World Happiness Report released on Friday. The report is an annual survey of how satisfied people worldwide are with their lives and has been published since 2012. According to an editor of the report, John Helliwell, it is…

Nigerian Ex. Senator Ben Murray Bruce on Thursday lost his wife, Evelyn Murray-Bruce after suffering from cancer. Bruce said: “I’m broken. Just lost my beautiful wife to cancer. She was my best friend for 43 years and my wife for 41 years. Cancer is real, but it shouldn’t be a death sentence – awareness, and…

The World Health Organisation has urged Africa to “prepare for the worst” after a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso became the first Coronavirus death in Sub-Saharan Africa. “Africa should wake up,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, pointing out that “in other countries, we have seen how the virus…

Lagos State Government has urged residents to reduce all forms of public and social gatherings as part of the preventive measure to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus disease in the State. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who stated this today while giving updates on COVID19 in Lagos advised that citizens should observe and…

The Nigerian Government has confirmed five more cases of Coronavirus in the country. This brings the total number of cases in the country to eight. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.

The Federal Government of Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travelers from the following countries; China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland. These are all countries with over 1,000 cases domestically. The Federal Government is temporarily suspending all visas…

Chelsea FC’s Cobham training ground has been partially closed after footballer Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive for coronavirus. A club statement in the early hours of Friday (March 13) confirmed that the teenage winger had a positive test for COVID-19 on Thursday evening (March 12). Hudson-Odoi, 19, is said to have “displayed symptoms similar to a…

Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Governor of Kano State, on Wednesday alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the removal of Muhammadu Sanusi as Emir of Kano. Kwankwaso made the allegation while describing the removal of Sanusi as a sad incident to both Kano State and Nigeria in general. Speaking with BBC Hausa, the former governor who appointed…

Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has been announced as the new emir of Kano. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji made the announcement today, hours after Muhammadu Sanusi ll was dethroned.

The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission has ordered the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to appear before it on Monday, March 9, 2020. The anti-graft agency said this in a statement on Thursday as the Kano Emirate requested for another day for the monarch to appear before the body. Emir Sanusi was…