The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says a 32-year-old man, who recently returned from Dubai with severe underlying health conditions, died of COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday. Abayomi confirmed the death of the man, whose identity was not revealed, through his Twitter account. According to him, the deceased ️was a 32-year-old man, who Read More…
The authorities in Ayobo Ipaja and Agabado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State, say they would begin the distribution of 10,000 face masks respectively in their communities under the ‘Mask Up Campaign’ to curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID -19). Mr Yusuf Shakiru, Executive Chairman of Ayobo LCDA in statement on Tuesday Read More…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 242 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4641. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 242 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to Read More…
Communication Expert, Mr Lanre Adisa, has acknowledged the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool in helping both brands and consumers in making better decisions in business. Adisa, the Chief Executive Officer of Noah’s Ark Communications, made this known on Monday during a Virtual conference organised by GAGE Award Online platform. The News Agency Read More…
Information Technology (IT) expert, Mr Andrew Ughonu, on Monday said that business automation could help achieve the social distancing precaution to curb the spread of coronavirus. Ughonu, Chief Executive Officer, Optisoft Technology, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos NAN reports that one of the precautions listed Read More…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps Agency (Amendment) 2019 bill, after a third reading by members of the House. The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over the plenary, said the amendment bill was passed after voice votes in favour of the amendment. Read More…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it has recovered the corpse of a policeman killed by a ‘hit-and-run’ driver along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, LASEMA, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Monday. Oke-Osanyintolu said the Response Team of the agency recovered the remains of the victim at Read More…
Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs says over 600 evacuees from different countries are already at various isolation centres in Lagos and Abuja. Onyeama said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press briefing on Monday in Abuja. He said that the the isolation centres designated for evacuees in Lagos and Abuja Read More…
The Lagos State Government has announced the recovery and discharge of 33 new COVID-19 patients, increasing the number of recoveries in the state to 502. The state Ministry of Health, through its verified Twitter handle on Monday, said the patients were nine females and 24 males, all Nigerians. It said that 17 of the patients Read More…
One third of new COVID19 infections announced late Sunday night by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) came from Lagos even as it may seem that there has been a constant drop in testing. While so far, 25,951 persons have been tested nationwide, according to NCDC situation reports, only 938 tests were recorded on Read More…