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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded 13 new COVID-19 related deaths on Jan. 11, its highest daily fatalities since inception of the pandemic. Abayomi made the disclosure through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi on Friday while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for Jan. 11. According to him, the Read More…
They were told not to bother about going to Ikoyi because Ikoyi was meant to be clean, but by the time they had spent three hours there, members of the Statewide Waste and Environmental Education Foundation (SWEEP) had picked up 136kg of plastic waste. The clean-up is part of a new environmental sustainability initiative, titled Read More…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state government and Ministry of Health will not condone any form of arbitrariness by its officials. Abayomi made this known through a series of tweets on his official Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi on Thursday night, while making “Clarifications on Corruption Allegations about COVID-19 Testing in Read More…
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed sadness over the death of the former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd). Kanu, a retired Naval Officer and former Military Governor of Imo State between 1976 and 1977, died at a hospital in Lagos on Wednesday morning at the age of 77 Read More…
The Eko Club event centre in Surulere was sealed on Wednesday for complete disregard of Covid19 protocols. According to the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor of Lagos State on New Media, Mr. Jubril Gawat, the event centre was sealed by the Lagos State Safety Commission and the Lagos State Task Force in a Read More…
The Lagos State Government has urged citizens of the state to obey traffic rules and regulations in 2021 for efficient traffic management and transportation. The Special Adviser to the governor of Lagos State on Transportation, Hon. Oluwatoyin Fayinka, said this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Fayinka stated that the challenges encountered in the Read More…
Early media reports have announced the death of former Lagos Military Governor this morning. The cause of death is not yet known. Rear Admiral (retired) Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu was appointed military governor of Imo State, Nigeria in March 1976 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. He was the first governor after the decree Read More…
The Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State has shut down the Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Health Centre, Aboru to curb the spread of coronavirus in the area. The council’s Chairman, Mr David Famuyiwa, had recently ordered the closure of Meiran Primary Health Care due to one of its staff that tested positive Read More…
The Presidential Task Team on the Apapa gridlock has handed over its road traffic management duties to the Lagos State Government. This is contained in a statement by Mr Kayode Opeifa, the Executive Vice Chairman of the task team, on Tuesday in Abuja. Due to complaints by commuters around the Apapa port corridor, President Muhammadu Read More…
In order to accomplish the reopening of the Third Mainland Bridge on February 22nd, 2021 after the completion of the on-going maintenance works, the Lagos State government has shifted the current diversion point on the bridge for motorists coming from Oworonsoki to Adekunle or Lagos Island. In a statement issued over the weekend by the Commissioner Read More…