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The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 10 and Monday 13, as public holidays to mark the 2020 Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, through a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, on Monday in Abuja. Aregbesola urged Christians […]
The Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said that the actress had been taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba. He confirmed “yes, we have (arrested) Funke Akindele and we are looking for the others. She has been taken to SCID.” Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, who is married to singer, Abdulrasheed […]
11 more patients have recovered and have been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital facility in Yaba, Lagos. According to a statement by the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his Twitter page, they have fully recovered and have tested negative to #COVID19 and have been allowed to return home to their families. The patients […]
For the second time in two weeks, the Federal Government has reviewed petrol price downward to sell at N123.5 per litre effective April 1, 2020. The 1.2 percent cut is N1.5 less than the previous N125 that was approved by the Government on 19th March 2020. “PPPRA, in line with the Government approval for a […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has charged security operatives out on the streets to enforce the lockdown order not to violate citizens’ rights. President Muhammadu Buhari imposed the lockdown on Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during a national broadcast on Sunday, to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The lockdown which took effect […]
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in […]
Participants at the African Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA) are most likely to have been exposed to coronavirus (COVID-19). The Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi, stated this in a tweet on Tuesday. He explained that the participants may have come in contact with one of the confirmed cases in Lagos at […]
The Lagos State Government has asked public officers from Grade level 1 to 12 to stay at home for the next 14 days as part of precautions to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, gave the order on Sunday during a statewide address. “Times like this call for heightening […]
Nigerian Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce has lost his wife to cancer. The former Senator from Bayelsa and Nigerian businessman posted the news early Friday. He wrote via his verified twitter handle announcing her demise, ” I’m broken. Just lost my beautiful wife to cancer. She was my best friend for 43 years and my wife for 41 […]
