July 2020

Lagos State Government has disbursed ₦19.2million to 300 victims of Abule-Egba pipeline explosion.

The money was paid out on Friday at the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Igando.

The agency disclosed that some of the victims have been living at the camp.

The January 19 disaster claimed no fewer than five lives.

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LASEMA Director-General, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was concerned about the welfare of victims.

“We were able to keep them in our camp since January 22. We ensured a

The body of the Ondo State Commissioner for Health, late Dr. Wahab Adegbenro was on Friday committed to mother earth following his demise on Thursday.

Dr. Adegbero’s remains were laid to rest according to Islamic rites in his country home of Ilara-Mokin, Ifedore Local Government Area of the Ondo State.

During the burial, the enormous crowd failed to adhere to the social distancing rule as they converged on the burial site to catch a glimpse of the process.

Adegbenro, 65, who was the Chairman of the Inter-ministerial committee against COVID-19 gave up the ghost on Thursday following COVID-19 complications.

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Eunice Ortom, wife of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has tested positive for COVID-19.

Mrs. Ortom in a statement on Friday confirmed that her son and some of her staff also tested positive.

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She said she has since gone into total isolation and has urged people who had contact with her in the last two weeks to get tested for the disease.

“A few moments ago this evening, I received my result from the tests earlier carried out on me by NCDC personnel on routine screening at the Government

There is an increase in the demand for oxygen by COVID-19 patients, according to the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi.

Abayomi stated this during a Zoom webinar by the Lagos Civil Society against COVID-19 on Friday.

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“We noticed that there is a slight increase in the demand for oxygen.

“So, we are trying to make oxygen available across the local government areas so patients can get oxygen treatment to be stabilised.

“Once they are stable, they can now be moved into isolation centres and get more

Ternan Avenue, a long stretch of road named after British Col. Trevor Ternan lies beside the presidential state house in Uganda.

Originally called the Kazinga National Park, Uganda’s most popular game reserve was renamed after Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate the monarch’s visit to the British colony in 1954.

Streets and monuments named after colonialists and British monarchs can be found throughout Uganda, a former British colony, according to campaigners, who say it’s time to remove and rename them.

They have petitioned lawmakers to trigger a legislative process to rename these landmarks after their national heroes.

“There were local names …