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Cuppy breaks into Cool FM with #AfricaNow radio show 6pm Sunday

Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, professionally known as DJ Cuppy, will be launching her Apple Music radio show #AfricaNow on Cool FM on Sunday 17th January 2021 at 6pm. Daughter of billionaire father, Femi Otedola, Cuppy, is a Nigerian disc jockey and producer. Aside from her father’s lucred glory, Cuppy has been able to carve a niche Read More…

Education Metro Notes

Lagos aligns with FG directive, reopens schools on Jan 18

Lagos still recording high numbers of daily COVID-19 infections In spite of the high numbers of daily COVID-19 infections being recorded, the Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its earlier pronouncement that all public and private schools in Lagos State below tertiary level should resume on Monday, 18th January, 2021 for the second term 2020/2021 academic Read More…

COVID19 Health Metro Top Story

Lagos witnesses record 13 COVID-19 deaths in one day, Nigeria another daily record

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…

Environment Metro Notes

Coca Cola partners SWEEP Foundation as they rake 136kg of plastic waste in Ikoyi

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…

Corruption COVID19 Health Metro Top Story

Prof. Abayomi warns corrupt officials, “We will not condone you.”

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…

Metro Obituary Policy Top Story

Sanwo-Olu, Gbajabiamila, mourn Lagos ex-administrator, Ndubuisi Kanu

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…

Metro Notes Travel

LASG urges residents to obey traffic rules and regulations

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…

Metro Obituary Top Story

Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, former Lagos gov, reported dead

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…

COVID19 Health Metro Notes

Council shuts down health centre to prevent COVID-19 spread in Lagos

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…