Tag: Lagos State

Few days after an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Theophilus Otobo and a Police Inspector, Oguntoba Olamigoke were arrested for the death of a teenager, Tina Ezekwe another police inspector, Monday Gabriel, has been arrested for unruly behaviour which led to the death of a Sergeant in Ikoyi area of Lagos. The Police Inspector attached …

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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has said that the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the state now stands at 50. Abayomi disclosed this via his Twitter feed on Saturday evening. According to him, 254 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on May 29, bringing the total number to 4,393. “3 …

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One person was confirmed dead in an accident that happened around the Ikota area along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State. A hit-and-run truck rammed into a wine-coloured Toyota Corolla car from behind in the early hours of Saturday. The car with registration number FJK 353 GC was said to have run into a roadside …

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The Lagos state police command have released photos of the police officers who allegedly shot a 16-year-old girl dead in the Iyana-Oworo area of Lagos state on Wednesday, May 27. The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, Bala Elkana, gave their names as ASP Theophilus Otobo and Inspector Oguntoba Olamigoke, adding that the police …

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The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has dedicated his first year in office to all frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu while speaking during the first anniversary of his tenure in office, acknowledged the work and support of health workers at this period. He said, “Without the support, hard work …

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Lagos State government, on Sunday announced a plan to close the Marine Beach Bridge, Apapa, to vehicular movement. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement in Lagos, said the partial closure will be from May 27 to Oct. 21. He said that the closure was necessary in order to enable repair …

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Nigeria on Sunday night confirmed 313 new cases of coronavirus. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed this in a post on its official Twitter page. Lagos recorded the highest number with 146 new cases, while FCT followed with 36. This brings the total number of cases in Nigeria to 7839, with 226 deaths …

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed that he is trying to convince the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, to allow the resumption of flights from Lagos to Abuja. Sanwo-Olu stated this while speaking as a panelist at a webinar hosted by FSDH Merchant Bank on Friday. According to the Governor, the impact of the …

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The Chief Imam of Lagos, Sulaimon Oluwatoyin Abou-Nolla, has directed Muslims in the State to observe their Eid Prayers at home. He made the call on Friday in a post by Gawat Jubril, Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The advice was based on the coronavirus situation in Nigeria. The Chief …

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The multi-award winning Nigerian Afrobeat musician and singer-songwriter, Lagbaja was as Bisade Ologunde in 1960 in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a descent of Odogun’s Compound, Ijagbo Community in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. In March 1997, he established his club called “Motherlan” in the heart of Ikeja in Lagos. He won the Best …

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The Federal Medical Centre Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, said it has recorded two new cases of COVID-19. DAILY POST reports that the two cases, who are adult males, presented at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital on Saturday. A statement by the Centre’s Spokesperson, Segun Orisajo, confirmed that the two cases just returned …

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Police officers are currently on 3MB where a lone accident occurred. The two injured occupants have been rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention while @lasemasocial is about evacuating the vehicle off the Bridge. See Below:-

The Lagos State Government has quarantined 53 Nigerian returnees from Ghana and other West African countries. The individuals, comprising 39 returnees from Ghana and 14 from different West African countries, were camped in the Badagry area of the state. Disclosing this on Sunday, the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a WhatsApp message, …

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos, broke the heartwarming news via Twitter on Saturday. A COVID-19 patient has been delivered of a baby boy at Gbagada isolation centre in Lagos state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor, broke the news via Twitter on Saturday. This comes four days after a COVID-19 patient was delivered of a baby …

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There are indications that the 2021 planned delivery date for the ongoing reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be shifted again. Following the stoppage of work on the project after the Federal Government announced a lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the country. Although …

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