Tag Archives: Lagos State

When we thought the abuse trend was over, we just recorded another, as a 20-year-old identified as Sherifat Suleiman, have committed suicide over alleged physically and psychological abuse by her own brother. According to reports, the ugly incident happened in Isawo community, Ikorodu, Lagos State Nigeria. It was learnt that Sherifat committed suicide after her efforts to stop her brother …

Lagos State government on Sunday said 45 additional COVID-19 patients, comprising 18 females and 27 males, including four foreign nationals were discharged from the state isolation facilities to reunite with the society, having fully recovered and tested negative to the virus. The state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made this known while giving an update on the pandemic, saying the patients …

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has said the State will run out of bed spaces at isolation centres, if COVID-19 cases keep increasing. Abayomi stated this while addressing a press briefing in Ikeja on Friday. Lagos currently has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria with 5,663. The state recorded its highest daily toll with 378 …

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed civil servants in the State to resume work on Monday, June 8. Sanwo-Olu made the announcement during a media briefing on Thursday. He said the civil servants to resume are grade level 13 and above, adding that grade 1- to 12 are to remain at home. “ As regards public service, …

‘It is difficult to control adults let alone children’, some parents in Lagos State say as they kick against plans to reopen schools. Earlier this week, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, spoke on plans to divide classes into morning and afternoon sessions, in a bid to reopen schools across the country. Speaking to NAN on Thursday, some …

The Lagos State Government has reached out to the Federal Government for a N400bn intervention  to complete efforts in saving the nation’s coastlines from erosion. Commissioner for Water Front Infrastructure Development, Kabiru Abdullahi, made the appeal on Wednesday at a ministerial press briefing, NAN reports. He announced that Lagos had constructed groins and needed to more wade off violent ocean …

Two facilities in the Badagry West Local Council Development Area of Lagos State have been shut down for violating and contravening guidelines issued by the government to operators of hotels, clubs, and other entertaining outlets in the state. Due to the recent pandemic, the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike issued a total lockdown in the State and also warned …

The Lagos House of Assembly on Thursday asked Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to account for expenses incurred from donations received in support of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in the state. At the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the House asked Sanwo-Olu to introduce a co-chairman from the executive arm to represent state’s COVID-19 Incident Commander before …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered all civil servants in the state to stay away from work on Monday, May 4. The reported that the five-week-old total lockdown imposed on the nation’s economic capital terminates on Sunday night, May 3 and the new phase of gradual easing starts on Monday, as ordered by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari …

A man in Ikotun has shared a video of an ambulance evacuating patients from his neighbourhood. The man seemed shaken as he recorded the ambulance evacuating “four patients”. “Coronavirus is real,” the man said as he called the name of his street in Ikotun, Lagos, and begged people to take it seriously. However, it has not been confirmed if the …