Operatives of 81 Division, Nigerian Army, on Tuesday arrested and paraded seven persons suspected to have impersonated military officers and perpetrated criminal activities during the lockdown in Lagos. The suspects, who were arrested in various parts of Lagos, were paraded by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, Maj.-Gen. Olubunmi Irefin, at the Division’s Headquarters. Read More…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday announced the recovery and discharge of eight COVID-19 patients, bringing to 69, the number of discharged patients in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu, through his Twitter account, said the patients discharged from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, were two females and six males. “This brings the number of patients successfully Read More…
The Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, uncovered a decomposed body in an uncompleted building at Manacola Estate, Ajegunle, in Lagos.The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria NAN) in Lagos. Elkana said that the father of the deceased had reported the case Read More…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Tuesday announced the sixth COVID-19 death in Lagos, as the total confirmed cases in the state hits 192. Abayomi, through his verified Twitter account, said that the deceased was a 56-year-old Nigerian man, who recently returned from the U.S. He said that the deceased died Read More…
Lagos State Government says it will beam its focus more on security and welfare of people, as the state begins another 14 days lockdown, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made this known on his official Twitter handle on Tuesday, saying, “Dear Lagosians, yesterday His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, announced two weeks extension Read More…
Some residents of Isolo in Lagos State, on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction with the extension of the Federal Government’s lockdown of the state, claimimg that it had increased hunger and insecurity.
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown on Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), by two weeks as the Federal Governments moves to intensify the war against the Coronavirus pandemic. Buhari, in a nationwide broadcast on Monday in Abuja, said that the two additional weeks had become necessary to contain the spread of Read More…
The police on Monday said they had arrested 191 suspects in connection with the activities of hoodlums and street urchins in the border communities between Lagos and Ogun States.The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.He said exhibits recovered from the suspects were 15 locally made guns, 52 Read More…
The Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC) has felicitated with her Premium Customers, wishing them happy and memorable 2020 Easter celebration amid the Corona virus pandemic.The Managing Director of the corporation, Mr Muminu Badmus, on Sunday in Lagos prayed to Almighty God for continuous guidance, protection for Christians and bless them all with sound health during Read More…
Senior U.S. health officials and some governors on Sunday warned against a too-rapid easing of restrictions put in place to combat the corona virus, while President Donald Trump’s wished-for Easter date for reopening the economy passed with most Americans remaining at home. Following a week in which the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 soared above 20,000 – a doubling of the Read More…