*Police launch manhunt for Lagos driver’s killers (Punch)*Lagos PDP warns Sanwo-Olu against plan to shelve council polls (Guardian)

Police launch manhunt for Lagos driver’s killers (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the fleeing gunmen, who allegedly shot a driver, identified simply as Sunday, to death in the Lawanson area of the state. PUNCH…

*1 killed, others injured as NURTW members clash in Ondo (ThisDay)*CP redeploys DPO, others for aiding COVID-19 violators, 113 arrested (Punch)

1 killed, others injured as NURTW members clash in Ondo (ThisDay) One person was killed and several others injured on Tuesday morning, when members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), engaged in free for all Akure. The…

*COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu okays Ivermectin trial in Lagos (Punch)*Man docked for alleged threat on wife’s life (Guardian)

COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu okays Ivermectin trial in Lagos (Punch) Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the clinical trial of Ivermectin drug for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection in the state, Sanwo-Olu made this known in a statement on…

Lagos finalises vaccine strategy, hopeful of fair deal from FG

The Lagos State government is finalising its own COVID-19 vaccine strategy, even as it expects fair distribution of the Pfizer therapy from the Covax Facility being expected this month by the federal government. In an update yesterday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu…

COVID-19: Oxygen demand in Lagos spikes to 400 cylinders daily – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the demand for oxygen by coronavirus patients has increased to 400 cylinders per day. Sanwo-Olu made this known on Sunday in a statement in which he updated residents on the management of…

1 in 5 Lagosians tested positive in January

One out of every five Lagos residents who took the COVID-19 test this year was diagnosed as positive, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Sunday. The number is the highest monthly average recorded in the state in the last six months.…

Maternal, child mortality: I’ll change the narrative in Lagos – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, weekend, expressed commitment to change the narrative of maternal and child mortality indices in Lagos, just as he renewed his promises to provide affordable accommodation to the masses in the state. Sanwo-Olu said this while…

*#EndSARS: How clergyman lost fiancee, tooth to police brutality (Nation)*Resumption date for civil servants now February 1 – Sanwo-Olu (Guardian)

#EndSARS: How clergyman lost fiancee, tooth to police brutality (Nation) There were shocking revelations at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses on Saturday. A deacon with the Apostolic Church, David…

*I almost lost my life to COVID-19 – Ojudu (Punch)*LASU VC selection: Lagos indigenes warn Sanwo-Olu over imposition (Guardian)

I almost lost my life to COVID-19 – Ojudu (Punch) The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr Babafemi Ojudu, said on Saturday that he almost lost his life when he became infected with COVID-19. Ojudu, a former…

COVID-19, #EndSARS: Lagos emerged from 2020 stronger, more confident – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that despite COVID-19, EndSARS, amid economic challenges, the as an epi-centre has emerged out of the year 2020, stronger and more confident. Sanwo-Olu, however, promised residents a better the year 2021 as…

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