The Lagos Hoteliers Association (LHA), on Saturday solicited for palliatives from the Lagos State Government to cushion the effect of COVID-19 currently affecting the world. Its President, Mr Adekunle Akilo, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Akilo said that the palliatives were equally needed to effect Read More…
Nigeria now has over 15,000 COVID19 novel coronavirus infections. In its latest report, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported that Nigeria has 15,181 confirmed COVID19 cases. Of this number, 4891 cases have been discharged and 399 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory 627 new confirmed cases were Read More…
The Lagos State Ministry of Health, has announced the recovery and discharge of 90 COVID-19 patients from seven of the state’s isolation facilities. The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle on Friday, said that the patients were 30 females and 60 males, all Nigerians. It said that the patients had been successfully treated and discharged Read More…
The COVID-19 Inspection Committee for the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) has proposed Oct. 25 to Nov. 4 as tentative dates for the commencement of the festival. Tonobok Okowa, Chairman of the committee, which was set up by the National Council on Sports, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Benin. “We have suggested Read More…
It all started on Friday, 29th May, 2020. I felt ill. I had started running a temperature. But it was late in the night, so I just took paracetamol to control the shivering. On Saturday, 30th May 2020, my wife got me some malaria medication and antibiotics just in case I may also be suffering Read More…
After an unprecedented high of 3,756 fresh tests on Wednesday, Lagos on Thursday reported its own all time high fresh COVID19 infections of 345. According to the latest report from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos now has a total of 6,611 confirmed COVID19 cases. Of these, 5,532 are still active, while 82 Read More…
World Athletics, the athletics’ global governing body, has published a set of health and safety guidelines to assist competition organisers. The aim is to minimise the risk of spreading the coronavirus when staging in-stadium outdoor events during the current pandemic. A statement on the body’s website read that the guidelines were drafted by World Athletics’ Read More…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday announced another nine COVID-19 related deaths for Lagos State, increasing the state’s COVID-19 mortality to 81. The NCDC made the disclosure in its COVID-19 Situation Report for June 10. According to NCDC, 17 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in seven states with Lagos Read More…
The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 409 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 13,873 The NCDC announced this on Wednesday on its official Twitter handle, said as at June 10, 409 new confirmed cases and 17 deaths were recorded in the country. The centre said that no new state had Read More…
Lagos is a long way yet from celebrating a downward slope of fresh COVID19 novel coronavirus infections. An indication of this came when the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 170 new COVID19 cases on Tuesday. In its latest situation report released on Tuesday, Lagos is now reported to have a total of 6,065 Read More…