Reported 7,420 new cases in the same period The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has revealed that the state experienced a leap in COVID-19 deaths from six in November to 22 in December 2020. In a tweet he released on Sunday, he said that during the same period new confirmed cases rose Read More…
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Lagos impounds 100 commercial motorcycles for various violations
Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce) has impounded over 100 commercial motorcycles as part of efforts in ensuring sanity on the roads in the state. The Chairman of the taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, said this on Sunday in a statement signed by the agency’s Head, Public Affairs Unit, Mr Taofiq Adebayo. Jejeloye Read More…
[VIDEO] TVC report reveals an oxygen crisis in Lagos for COVID-19 patients
There is an increasing need for the use of oxygen by COVID-19 patients in Lagos. A TVC report reveals that there is indeed an oxygen shortage crisis in Lagos. The second wave of COVID-19, according to medical personnel, is more intense and virulent. They reveal that most times patients are presented to isolation facilities when Read More…
Lagos will continue to arrest, prosecute, violators of COVID-19 guidelines
The Lagos State Government has warned that law enforcement agents will continue to arrest and prosecute residents who violate COVID-19 guidelines and directives issued to curtail the spread of the deadly virus. A combined enforcement team of the Lagos State Police Command and the Lagos State Safety Commission arrested youths partying at a Lounge located Read More…
LAGFERRY moves 41,040 trucks through barges in Lagos ports in 2020
The Lagos State Ferry Services (LAGFERRY) said that the service moved 41, 040 trucks through barges in Apapa ports between January and December 2020 to decongest gridlock in Lagos. Mr Abdoulbaq Balogun, LAGFERRY Managing Director, made the disclosure during a two-day Strategic Management Workshop for management of Lagos Ferry Services with the Theme “Resilience for Read More…
FG warns public against using Lagos Airport Road Flyover
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Friday advised the public to stay off Airport Road Flyover in Lagos dangerously burnt by fire, pending the determination of its structural safety. The bridge which runs over Toyota Bus Stop on the Apapa-Oshodi-Ojota-Oworonshoki Expressway being reconstructed, was engulfed by fire when a petrol Read More…
Bed occupancy level in Lagos COVID-19 care centres increases to 51%
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says that the bed occupancy level in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres has increased to 51 per cent. Abayomi made this known through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi, on Friday while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for Jan. 6. He said that the Read More…
Lagos targets N60.31bn monthly Internally Generated Revenue
The Lagos State Government has indicated a monthly target of N60.318 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to fund the 2021 budget. Speaking during a media briefing on the Analysis of the Year 2021 Budget at Alausa, Ikeja, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube, said that the budget size was N1.164 trillion. Read More…
COVID-19 in Lagos spinning out of control
807 new cases reported in Lagos on a single day New COVID-19 cases are not relenting as 807 new cases have been reported for Lagos alone on Thursday. This represents a rise of 165 new persons contracting the virus. The Lagos State Ministry of Health reports that 238,967 persons have been tested in Lagos so Read More…
Nigeria records 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily infections, says NCDC
Lagos still surges at 642 Nigeria recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 94,369. the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The daily increase was a new record and considerably higher than Tuesday’s 1,354 confirmed cases. It said that Read More…