Three of the Nigerian Dubai returnees observing the 14 days mandatory isolation in Lagos have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on Sunday in Lagos. Abayomi, through his Twitter account, said that those affected had been admitted to the state’s COVID-19 care centre for Read More…
Month: May 2020
Lagos Considers Full Re-Opening of Economy, Embarks on Assessment of Readiness of Businesses
LASEPA, Safety Commission To Re-Register, Assess Businesses Before Re-Opening Infected Govt House Staffers Have Recovered’ – Governor Lagos State is considering full re-opening of the critical sectors of its economy, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, revealed on Sunday. But, the move will not be pushed in a hurry. In the coming days, Sanwo-Olu said the State Government Read More…
NCDC keeps testing above 1000, reports 176 new confirmed cases, Lagos 95
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control kept testing for COVID19 above 1000, testing 1242 on Friday bringing total countrywide testing to 32,942. On Saturday, the NCDC reported 176 new COVID19 confirmed cases nationwide with five deaths. Lagos reported 95 new confirmed COVID19 infections. No new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. So Read More…
Chinese, 2 Indians among 67 COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced the recovery and discharge of 67 COVID-19 patients, including two Indians and a Chinese national. The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle, on Saturday said the patients – 22 females and 45 males – were discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. “Twenty-four are from Mainland Infectious Disease Read More…
Pregnant COVID-19 patient delivered of baby boy at Lagos Isolation Centre
A 33-year-old pregnant COVID-19 patient was on Saturday delivered of a baby boy at the Gbagada Isolation Centre in Lagos. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health, made this known in Lagos. Abayomi, through his Twitter account handle in Lagos, said that both the baby and his mother were in stable clinical conditions. “On Read More…
Ranti Ihimoyan encores ‘Amazing Grace’
It was the turn of Nigerian opera singer, Ranti Ihomyan, to heed to a call of duty, when a couple of weeks ago she sang to heal a locked down Lagos, the words of the Christian hymnal epic, Amazing Grace. Ranti, an Amazon in her own right, soared to high pitched notes as she sauntered Read More…
As testing increases, Lagos returns new high COVID19 cases
Lagos is once again returning high numbers of COVID19 infections. In the latest figures declared by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a late tweet on Friday, Lagos returned 179 new COVID19 cases. This would seem to be the result of increased voluntary testing for COVID19 by Lagosians. After a lull during the Read More…
Lagos Assembly approves unified fibre infrastructure, connectivity for telecoms companies
The Lagos House of Assembly on Friday approved Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s request for a Unified Fibre Infrastructure and Connectivity Project in a bid to harmonize telecommunications cables in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House gave the approval sequel to the report submitted by the Chairman, House Committee on Public Read More…
Commuters bemoan shortage of BRT buses, time spent at bus stops
Some users of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Friday in Lagos decried shortage of buses being released for services since the ease of lockdown on May 4. The commuters told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews at the BRT Bus Stations that inadequate deployment of the buses had increased the time Read More…
Nigeria now has 5000+ COVID19 confirmed cases, Lagos 2000+
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 193 new cases of the coronavirus, thus bringing the total number of infections in the country to 5,162. The NCDC also confirmed three new deaths, bringing the total death toll in the country to 167. The agency added that 193 new cases were confirmed in 15 Read More…