The Lagos Branch of the Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRCS) says it is collaborating with the Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH), in tracing contacts of suspected COVID-19 cases. The Chairman of the Branch, Mrs Adebola Kolawole, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in an interview on Friday in Lagos that it was part Read More…
A Lagos based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Timilehin Leukemia Foundation, on Friday called for more blood donation from the citizens as the Lagos State blood bank was almost empty. The Coordinator of the Foundation, Janet Oyedele, made the appeal in a statement in Lagos. The foundation said that the COVID-19 pandemic had necessitated a surge in Read More…
The National Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO) on Friday distributed palliatives to residents of Bar Beach in Iru-Victoria Island Local Council Development Area of Lagos State in continuation of its COVID-19 intervention in the council area. Mr Usman Baba, Managing Director, NETCO, which is a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said the palliative Read More…
By Kelechi Onuobia There are numerous issues those of us under lockdown have had to face, but would we be overlooking those little benefits that are being affected by the pandemic entails? More than a third of the world’s population has been advised to stay in the one place where they do not pose such Read More…
Lagos State on Thursday reported 78 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus transmission. This brings its total reported number of cases to 582. Nationwide, 108 new cases of COVID19 have been reported – 78 in Lagosm 14 in FCT, five in Ogun, four in Gombe, three in Borno, two in Akwa Ibom, one in Kwara, one Read More…
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says withdrawal of funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) will be a huge price for humanity to pay. Ihekweazu made the assertion on Thursday while answering questions on the WHO COVID-19 Africa Media briefing held in Geneva, Switzerland. He spoke against the backdrop of America President, Donald Trump’s Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja sent his best wishes to Muslims in the country and all over the world as they begin this year’s 30-day fast, following the sighting of the moon. The president, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, congratulated the Muslim Ummah Read More…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has renewed its call for relief measures for African Airlines as impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Africa deepens. Its Regional Vice President for Africa and Middle East, Muhammed Al-Bakri, made the call on Thursday in a statement in Lagos. Al-Bakri said that IATA had also appealed to development banks and other Read More…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday inaugurated the Elemoro Area ‘J’ Police Command administrative building at Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. Speaking during the inauguration, Sanwo-Olu said that government would continue to beef up the security apparatus in the state by providing the required support to the police for effective discharge of their duties. Read More…
The Medical Guild says three of its members at Alimosho General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, had tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo and Dr Ismail Ajibowo, Chairman and Secretary of the guild respectively, made this known on Thursday in Lagos on the Instagram account of the guild. Medical Guild Read More…
