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…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Proclamation Order on the General Management of COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, the Federal Capital Territory and other states in Nigeria as contained in his broadcast of April 27. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved a phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures in FCT, Lagos and Ogun States effective from May 4, to safeguard the economy. The president, in a nationwide broadcast in Abuja, however, said that the current lockdown would remain in place until these new ones come into effect on May Read More…
Following their treatment at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba and Onikan Isolation Centre, 15 COVID-19 patients have recovered and subsequently discharged, says the Lagos State Ministry of Health. The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle on Monday, said the patients were 11 females and four females, including an India national, have now tested negative twice Read More…
The Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Monday, said that the state had recorded 43 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to 746. The ministry, through its Twitter account, said that 587 cases were active and 123 discharged, while 15 cases had been transferred to Ogun and Ondo states.It added Read More…
Forty-three new COVID19 cases were reported in Lagos on Sunday, as 91 cases were reported nationwide. Of the 91 new cases of COVID19 reported, 43 came from Lagos, eight-Sokoto, six-Taraba, five-Kaduna, five-Gombe, three-Ondo, three-FCT, three-Edo, three-Oyo, three-Rivers, three-Bauchi, two-Osun, one-Akwa Ibom, one-Bayelsa, one-Ebonyi, and one-Kebbi. As at 11:50pm 26th April- 1273 confirmed cases of #COVID19 Read More…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu has kicked off the #MaskUpLagos project, which is a campaign to drive the compulsory wearing of face masks in Lagos to curtail the spread of the COVID19 coronavirus. In a message he tweeted on Sunday, the governor said: “Dear Lagosians, even as we observe the lockdown, we are Read More…
The Lagos State Government has commenced decontamination of animal markets in the state, saying it is committed to the promotion of advocacy in environmental health to protect humans and animals from harm. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Gbolahan Lawal, made the announcement at the commencement of Decontamination of Livestock/Live Bird Markets, Abattoirs and other Read More…