No fewer than 11 health workers, including four doctors and three nurses at the Randle General Hospital, Surulere, Lagos State, have been tested for the COVID-19 infection after having contact with a dead patient. The PUNCH had exclusively reported that…
Sanwo-olu to ease lockdown…announces modalities
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state government would be implementing the dusk-to-dawn curfew announced by the President Muhammadu Buhari during a national broadcast last week from Monday, May 4. Sanwo-Olu made this known at a briefing on…
Coronavirus test centres across Lagos State
There are now Coronavirus (COVID-19) test centres spread across the communities in Lagos State courtesy of the state government. This is so that anyone who has symptoms can be tested without having to venture far out of where they may…
Samples: Lagos creates 20 centres, FCT combs residents’ houses
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said 20 centres would be created in Lagos State for collection of samples from people suspected to have contracted COVID-19. The NCDC Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who disclosed this at a press…
Lagos commits to tackling illegal physical developments
The Lagos State government has reiterated commitment towards the implementation of its policy of zero tolerance to all illegal physical developments. The State’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, who regretted encroachment on ecological zones in…
FCT, Lagos, Ogun communities ignore Buhari’s lockdown order
Residents of some communities in the Federal Capital Territory, Ogun and Lagos states on Sunday violated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) lockdown order. On Saturday and Sunday, our correspondents in the FCT observed that although there was compliance…
Coronavirus: Nigeria toll now 42 as Lagos, Ogun record new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The NCDC made this known via its Twitter handle @NCDCgov, on Tuesday. NCDC tweeted, “Two new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria.…
Nigeria records first coronavirus death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the first coronavirus death in Nigeria. The NCDC via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Monday, said, “The first #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67-year-old male who…
Coronavirus: Police free suspects, crackdown on social gatherings
Respite may have come the way of some suspects in police stations across Lagos State as the state police command ordered their immediate release as part of the measure to curtail the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The Commissioner of Police…
#Coronavirus – Lagos state directs schools to shut down
In an effort to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, the Lagos state government has directed that all schools in the state be shut from Monday March 23, 2020. The directive noted that the move has become “necessary to prevent…