The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) has rated Ogun State as the top performing state in the ongoing mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19. Ogun State was followed in the performance rating by Zamfara, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti states respectively.…
Newest Covid variant slips into Delta-freed Japan
After largely defeating the Delta variant, Japan has reported its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Tuesday. The media said the patient is a diplomat from Namibia. The infection was detected in a man in his…
*Evans: Scared witnesses can testify online, court rules (Nation)*Firefighters struggle to rescue goods worth N500m from Lagos fire (Nation)
Evans: Scared witnesses can testify online, court rules (Nation) Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, has granted permission to two witnesses who do not want to appear in court to testify against kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias…
*NDLEA intercepts 12,385kg of Cannabis smuggled into Lagos on waterways (Nation)*Lagos can boost IGR through tourism, culture, says Sanwo-Olu (Punch)
NDLEA intercepts 12,385kg of Cannabis smuggled into Lagos on waterways (Nation) Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend seized 12,385 kilogrammes of Cannabis imported from an unnamed neighbouring country and smuggled into Lagos through the…
*Court Declares Bandits As Terrorists (DailyTrust)*Obi Cubana’s club speaks on death of customer, says ‘she tripped and fell’ (Punch)
Court Declares Bandits As Terrorists (DailyTrust) A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared bandits as terrorists. Justice Taiwo Taiwo declared the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’adda bandit groups as acts of terrorism based on an ex parte…
*Secondary school student jailed 3 weeks for threatening teacher’s life (Vanguard)*Lagos: Over 80 persons convicted for breaching environmental law (Sun)*2 docked for alleged assault, stealing (Vanguard)
Secondary school student jailed 3 weeks for threatening teacher’s life (Vanguard) An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, sentenced a 20-year-old secondary school student, Segun Dosumu, to three weeks imprisonment with hard labour, for threatening to kill his teacher. Dosumu, who…
Germany’s death toll from Covid-19 passes 100,000 as virus surges
More than 100,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Germany since the start of the pandemic, a public health agency announced Thursday. Europe’s largest economy is battling a fresh surge in coronavirus cases, and recorded 351 fatalities in the past…
*Hoodlums brutalised me for testifying at Lagos panel –#EndSARS protester (Punch)*ASPMDA urges LASG to obey court orders (Guardian)
Hoodlums brutalised me for testifying at Lagos panel –#EndSARS protester (Punch) One of the #EndSARS protesters, Kamsiyochukwu Ibe, who testified before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS-Related Abuses and other Matters, has confirmed…
Lagos jittery over fourth wave of COVID-19, laments low vaccination rate
The Lagos State government has hinted of a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 in the state, while lamenting that only 2.67 per cent of its population has been vaccinated, making the state susceptible to another outbreak. The Commissioner for Health,…
Gates Foundation, SIDA, UNICEF announce $150m for Nigeria, others
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and UNICEF on Friday announced a $150 million financial guarantee to help UNICEF procure vaccines and other health-related supplies for Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries…