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Stigmatisation of discharged Coronavirus patients dangerous, Lagos social workers warn

Two Lagos-based social workers on Friday called on Nigerians not to stigmatise discharged Covid-19 patients in order to prevent change in attitude of the yet-to-be captured carriers in the society. The social workers spoke against the backdrop of findings that some Nigerians were  segregating against discharged patients of coronavirus. They told the News Agency of Read More…

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FrieslandCampina WAMCO donates N500m intervention

To further strengthen the fight to contain the spread of COVID-19, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, has donated N500 million toward Nigeria’s COVID-19 intervention fund. Mr Moyo Ajekigbe, the Chairman, Board of Directors, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, in a statement on Friday in Lagos, said that the donation was made to the Private Sector Coalition Against Read More…

Featured TV & Film

TAMPAN urges actors to endure lockdown order

The Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) on Friday urged members to endure the lockdown and work with government to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Bolaji Amusan, National President of TAMPAN, gave the advice in a statement to newsmen in Lagos. According to him, considering President Buhari’s broadcast on Read More…

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OPINION: China must pay reparations to Africa for its coronavirus failures – Oby Ezekwesili

By Obiageli Ezekwesili The covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe injury to Africa’s development prospects and worsened the conditions of its poor and vulnerable. Although there are calls for voluntary international aid to support the continent during this difficult time, this is far from the best solution. The continent must be accorded damages and liability Read More…

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Lagos records 19 COVID-19 infections as Nigeria records 35 new cases

Coronavirus active cases  in Nigeria are now 277, with the  majority in stable conditions, as the total number  of cases rises  to 442. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figure on Thursday night through its verified Twitter account. It said that by 10:20p.m. on April 16, there were 35 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Read More…

Featured Infrastructure

Lagos Govt. warns residents against bonfire on roads

The Lagos State Government has urged residents to desist from setting up bonfire on tarred road surfaces while embarking on vigilante operations, especially during the COVID-19 lockdown. Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, said in a statement on Thursday that such practice destroyed asphalt used to construct the Read More…

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Lagos First Lady distributes relief materials to NGOs, less privileged

The Office of the First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, says it has commenced the second phase of the distribution of relief materials to the less privileged. Mrs Olubukonla Nwonah, the Director, Public Affairs, Office of the First Lady, said in a statement on Thursday, that the second phase was targeting Non Governmental Read More…

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Sanwo-Olu elated as Lagos Govt discharges 5 more recovered COVID-19 patients

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday announced the recovery and discharge of another five COVID-19 patients, bringing to 90 the number of discharged patients in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu, through his verified Twitter handle, said that the patients were three females and two males, who had recovered fully and tested negative twice consecutively to COVID-19. Read More…

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Lagos records 3 more Covid-19 deaths

Barely 24 hours after it recorded the seventh COVID-19 related death, the Lagos State Government on Thursday declared the death of another three male patients in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known in Lagos, saying that they died of Coronavirus (COVID-19) related complications. Abayomi, through his Twitter account on Read More…