The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced five COVID-19 related deaths for Lagos State, increasing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 72. The NCDC made the disclosure in its COVID-19 Situation Report for June 8. According to NCDC, seven COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in three states Read More…
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 315 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 12,801. The NCDC announced this on Monday through its official Twitter handle, noting that as at June 8, 315 new confirmed cases and seven deaths were recorded in the country. No new Read More…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a vote of confidence in the Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, after clearing him of all corruption allegations levelled against him by an online medium. The House unanimously passed the vote of confidence through a voice vote conducted by the Majority Leader, Mr Sanai Read More…
Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, former Lagos State Commissioner of Police has died at the age of 82, in Makurdi. Mr Sani Tsav one of the deceased sons disclosed this while speaking with newsmen at the Makurdi Central Mosque on Monday. Sani said that his father died on Monday while receiving treatment after a protracted illness at Read More…
Leading indigenous broadcasting brand, Wazobia Media, says it is partnering with the Lagos State Ministry of Education to provide remote learning services for students due to the closure of schools following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. Tatiana Nouri, Co-Founder and Chief-Executive-Officer of Wazobia, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. She Read More…
Lagos recorded its first sub-50 number of new COVID19 cases in over four weeks as it reported 38 fresh cases on Sunday almost matching the number of discharged patients of 31. Testing stayed close to 2,000 daily tests across the country on Saturday. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports that so far 76,802 Read More…
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has donated cartons of branded nose masks to Lagos State Government. The body, in a statement on Sunday by its Registrar/CEO, Mrs Taiwo Ganiyat Olusesi, said the gesture was part of its support to the MaskUpLagos initiative to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Olusesi said Read More…
While daily testing has been notched up even higher nationwide, there seems to be cause for smiles as the rate of new COVID19 cases in Lagos is steadily dropping. Though 1,935 tests were recorded nationwide on Friday, yet another high, Lagos reported 66 new COVID19 cases on Saturday, down from 121 new cases on Friday. Read More…
Mr Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, on Saturday appeared before state assembly panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations leveled against him by an online medium. Obasa told the panel that the allegations were untrue and that it was the handiwork of his enemies. The speaker appeared before the nine-man Fact Finding Panel Read More…
Mrs Cecilia Bolaji-Dada, Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, on Saturday advised women to embark on skills acquisition that would sustain them after the COVID-19 pandemic. Bolaji-Dada, who gave the advice at the monthly congress of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Lagos State Chapter’s Zoom Meeting, also enjoined women to Read More…