Up to twenty buildings have been sealed up in Isheri-North GRA in Lagos State due to lack of Planning Permits. The action was undertaken by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. The Commissioner in charge of the ministry, IDRIS SALAKO said there was need for all property owners and developers to…
The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has warned against self-medication by persons with symptoms of the new coronavirus. This PTF gave the warning following the observation of widespread purchase of high dosage of the chloroquine by some citizens. The Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, BOSS MUSTAPHA, made this known…
At least one person has died and several others injured in an accident on the Otedola Bridge axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident, which happened earlier today, involved three vehicles, including a petrol tanker, a commuter bus and a private car. Head of Operations of the Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, MATTHEW…
The Lagos State Government is considering home isolation of Covid-19 patients due to the problem of stigmatization. This is because of many persons who test positive for Covid-19 usually fail to present themselves for admission into isolation centres. The Commissioner of Health, Professor AKIN ABAYOMI, said many confirmed Covid-19 cases could not be traced because of false…
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has reversed the stay-at-home order to its members, which began Wednesday evening, May 20, 2020. The no-work protest was because of allegations of police harassment of medical doctors in Lagos State while enforcing the night-time curfew to check the spread of Covid-19. However; in a statement today,…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the replacement of Professor CHARLES UWAKWE with ABUBAKAR GANA as registrar and chief executive officer of the National Examinations Council, NECO. GANA assumed the leadership of NECO in acting capacity, following the removal of Professor UWAKWE over allegation of misconduct, two years after his suspension in May, 2018. The Permanent Secretary of…