As part of efforts to flatten the curve of the spread of covid-19, the State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in conjunction with some corporate bodies intensified the disinfection of more major bus stops and over head Bridges on Tuesday. Below are the clean-up efforts in pictures.
Lagos State recorded 80 new cases of COVID19 transmissions as there were recorded 195 new cases nationwide. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its latest tweet, the breakdown of the new cases nationwide is as follows: 80-Lagos 38-Kano 15-Ogun 15-Bauchi 11-Borno 10-Gombe 9-Sokoto 5-Edo 5-Jigawa 2-Zamfara 1-Rivers 1-Enugu 1-Delta 1-FCT 1-Nasarawa. Read More…
The Director- General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, has reiterated state government’s commitment to safety of lives and property of residents. Mojola said this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday in commemoration of the 2020 World Day for Safety and Health Day tagged: “Stop the Pandemic, Safety and Health can Save Lives.” Read More…
Mr Geofrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday said most hotels in Abuja and Lagos had refused to be used as Quarantine centres for Nigerian returnees abroad. Onyeama also said the affected hotels had rather preferred to be empty than accommodate suspected Coronavirus patients. The minister disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force Read More…
Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring flattening of the curve of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, made this known in a statement made available on Tuesday by the Director of Public Affairs in the ministry, Mr Kunle Adeshina. The ministry received Read More…
The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested four persons, including a couple, over alleged theft of one-month-old baby. Spokesman for the police in Lagos, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, saying that the suspects were arrested on Sunday by Anthony Village Police Division led Read More…
Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC, Lagos- West) has partnered with Lagos State Government to provide massive food relief for 10 local government areas and 18 local council development authorities of Lagos West senatorial district. The senator who had earlier distributed cash palliatives and personal protection equipment for constituents across the senatorial district said the last week Read More…
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem .O. Alogba, has issued a new Practice Direction for the Judiciary in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The new practice direction, signed on April 27, is to take effect from May 4. The 26-paragraph practice direction, which was made available to NAN in Read More…
As Lagosians anticipate the ease of restrictions on Monday, 4th May, after a five-week lockdown to stem the tide of the COVID19 scourge, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, has advised businesses to still operate from home as the government continues testing and contact tracing. The governor was responding to the nationwide broadcast by the Read More…
Thirty four new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Lagos on a day that its total number of confirmed cases rose to 764. According to the NCDC on its verified Twitter account, 64 new cases of COVID19 were breported; 34 in Lagos 15 in FCT, 11 in Borno, two in Taraba, and two in Read More…