Nigeria has added five hundred and ninety-five new cases of Covid-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed last night that the new infections were recorded in nineteen states and Abuja. The highest number of cases are in Lagos State, with one hundred and fifty-six, followed by Oyo with one hundred and forty-one, while Abuja had ninety-nine…
Members of the Medical Guild of Lagos State are likely to call off their warning strike, which started yesterday. This followed reports that the Lagos State government had responded to the issues raised by members of the Medical Guild. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, GBENGA OMOTOSO, who made this known, faulted the industrial action by the…
The Federal Government has reversed the directive by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 on the partial reopening of schools for transition classes. This followed an announcement by the Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU, that Federal Government colleges will not resume until they are considered safe. The Education Minister also said Unity Schools would not participate in…
The Lagos State Security Trust Fund has received a boost, with the donation of sixteen vehicles by two oil corporations. Executives of the oil companies, led by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, were at the official residence of Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU in Marina to make the presentation. In his response; Governor SANWO-OLU restated his commitment of…
Nigeria’s confirmed cases of Covid-19 has crossed the thirty thousand mark, with four hundred and sixty new cases added yesterday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the new confirmed tests in its latest update last night, which takes the total to thirty thousand, two hundred and twenty-nine. NCDC said the new cases were recorded in twenty…
The arrest of 44-year-old OLUWAFEMI OYEBOLA by the police in Ogun State for allegedly raping his own daughter has further raised the issue of the wellbeing of the girl child. OYEBOLA, who is said to be a pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church, is alleged to have been forcefully having sexual intercourse with his daughter after the…