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Abiru wins Lagos East senatorial election

APC wins Lagos assembly by-election The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Tokunbo Abiru, has emerged victorious in the Lagos East senatorial bye-election conducted in the state on Saturday. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced that Abiru obtained a total of 89,204 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples Democratic Party. Read More…

Pedestrians walk past a sign telling residents to call phone numbers if they have symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, in Lagos, Nigeria, May 12, 2020.Sunday Alamba/AP
COVID19 Health Top Story

COVID-19: Nigeria hits 68,937 cases as 310 new infections reported

The total confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country jumped to 68,937 on Saturday as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ), reported  310 new Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) cases in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC made this known via its verified website. The country has conducted about 791,539 tests since the first COVID-19 Read More…

Metro Politics Top Story

INEC set for peaceful conduct of Lagos East Senatorial by-election

Activities at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are in top gear to ensure peaceful conduct of the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe Constituency II, Lagos State House of Assembly by-elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored situation on Friday in Lagos, reports that one Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), several police Read More…

Culture & Arts Entertainment Metro Notes

‘Culturati 2020’ to promote culture tourism

Culture aficionado, Aregbe Idris has stressed the need to utilise Africa’s creative talents for economic development. In a statement on the 13th edition of Culturati, Africa’s largest cultural fusion holding on Dec. 18, Idris said that the festival reflects the cultural diversity of African societies and a vehicle to revive the continent’s fading culture. Idris, Read More…

Environment Metro Top Story

Surveyors pledge to resolve Lagos flooding using new technology

The Nigerian Institute of Surveyors (NIS), Lagos branch, has restated its commitment to use real-time technology to deal with environmental issues, especially flooding, in Lagos State, NIS spokesperson, Mrs Folakemi Odunewu said on Wednesday in Lagos. In a statement issued the institution said it reached the decision at a virtual conference on the institution’s 2020 Read More…

Legal Notes Society

Failed surgery case adjourned till February

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, adjourned until Feb. 3, 2021, continuation of the trial of a Surgeon, Anuoluwapo Adepoju, standing trial over alleged evasion from investigation into a failed plastic surgery. The defendant is charged by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), alongside her Clinic, MedContour Services Ltd. The defendants Read More…