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Anxiety In Lagos Over Daily Robbery Attacks Amid lockdown

Anxiety In Lagos Over Daily Robbery Attacks Amid lockdown

April 13, 2020 2:02 pm

Lagos State is going through one of its roughest moments in decades amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

Just four months into the year 2020, major tragic incidents have already shaken the nation’s commercial hub.

In January, an inferno caused by a ruptured Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline at Ile Epo near Abule-Egba, claimed lives and destroyed properties.

In March, a massive explosion at Abule-Ado consumed many buildings and killed more than 20 citizens including the Principal of Bethlehem High School, Henrietta Alokha, who died while rescuing students.

However, despite the lockdown, Lagos has continued to witness unpalatable incidents.

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Another Four Nigerians Test Positive To Coronavirus

Another Four Nigerians Test Positive To Coronavirus

March 19, 2020 12:25 pm

The Lagos State Government on Thursday disclosed that four new persons have tested positive to the deadly Coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 11.

This means that the over 12 people have been infected with the deadly disease in the country.

Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this on Thursday, saying that the government was currently following up over 1,300 contact cases.

Abayomi disclosed that 19 people were tested for Coronavirus on Wednesday in Lagos and that four out of them had tested positive to the virus and had been isolated for treatment …

17 Dead, 25 Injured In Lagos Explosion – LASEMA

17 Dead, 25 Injured In Lagos Explosion – LASEMA

March 16, 2020 6:21 am
Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director-General Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has said that 17 bodies have were found after explosion at Abule-Ado area of Lagos state.

Oke-Osanyintolu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday adding that 25 casualties are also being treated for injuries.

He expressed his condolences with the families of those that died, even as he wished the injured ones quick recovery.

Read Also: Black Sunday In Lagos: Many Dead, 70 Buildings Destroyed

Oke-Osanyintolu urged residents of Abule Ado to shun fake news concerning the explosion.

“We

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Lagos Govt Begins Mass Fumigation Against Lassa Fever

March 13, 2020 10:52 am
The Lagos State Government on Friday began an eight-week massive disinfection and fumigation of about 27 model colleges with hostel facilities, abattoirs and slaughterhouses, agricultural produce markets as well as regular markets in the State.

The Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, said the fumigation exercise is aimed at preventing the outbreak and spread of Lassa Fever in Lagos State through rats.

He listed the Model Colleges to be fumigated to include the Lagos State Senior and Junior Model Colleges, Meiran; Lagos Senior and Junior Model Colleges, Igbookuta; Civil Service Senior and Junior Model Colleges, Igbogbo; Oriwu Senior and Junior

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Coronavirus In Nigeria - Lagos Govt Declares Two Wanted

Coronavirus In Nigeria: Lagos Govt Declares Two Wanted

March 10, 2020 3:48 am

The Lagos State government has declared two people, who had contact with the country’s index coronavirus case, wanted.

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has identified them as Enwelunta Obumnore Godfrey and Salami Abiodun Sadeeq.

This was announced by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Monday during a briefing.

Abayomi also disclosed that suspects who had been in contact with the secondary case of coronavirus, will begin a 14-day isolation process.

The secondary case of coronavirus is the individual, who had direct contact with index coronavirus case, the 44-year-old Italian man who is currently being quarantined at an

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Okada riders

Police, Okada Riders’ Clashes Vindicate Lagos

February 9, 2020 2:15 am

The clashes between the police and ‘retired’ Okada riders by the Lagos State government was an eye opener on the danger that this cult of a people constituted to the peace and security of the state otherwise known as the Centre of Excellence.

First at Ijora Badia and later Iyana Ipaja, the clashes, which left in its trail many casualties including several other losses, had done nothing but vindicated as well as justified the decision by the state to ban the commercial motorcycles and their counterparts in the tricycle business.

Truth is that a majority of the riders are not …

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Court To Remove NYSC DG Appointed By Buratai

February 8, 2020 9:52 am

A Federal High Court in Lagos State presided over by Hon. Justice Ayokunle O. Faji on Friday, February 7, 2020 fixed Tuesday, April 7, 2020 for judgment in a suit seeking the removal of the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim.

A Lagos-based lawyer and rights activists, Inibehe Effiong, had dragged President Buhari, Nigerian Army, Chief of Army Staff, NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim and the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN in suit number FHC/L/CS/764/2019 before the court over the appointment of the new NYSC DG by the Chief of

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Police accuse lawyer of plot to kill Kashamu

September 26, 2019 5:44 am

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned a lawyer, Bayo Adedokun, before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere for allegedly threatening to kill Senator Buruji Kashamu and Alhaji Muniru Ogunleye over a land dispute.

The 30-year-old lawyer was arraigned on four counts bordering on conspiracy, attempted murder and conduct likely to cause the breach of  peace, which he pleaded not guilty to.

The police alleged that Adedokun, in August at Ogombo village in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, hired 10 hoodlums to allegedly kill the complainants, claiming that a land they occupied belongs to his …

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