Lagos police free anti-government protesters (Guardian) Police in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos have freed 25 protesters arrested at a banned anti-government demonstration, a spokesman said Thursday. “All the 25 suspects were released last night after being cautioned against unruly and…
How Lagosians have been mistaking COVID-19 for malaria – Commissioner
The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state is recording cases of people treating themselves for malaria only for them to realise after testing that it is COVID-19. Medical experts however say the best way to distinguish…
COVID 19; Lagosians resort to herbal concoction for prevention, treatment
The use of ‘Agbo’, herbal concoction, has continued to gain grounds among some people in Lagos State as a preventive medicine against contracting coronavirus especially in Oshodi. The consumers of the ‘Agbo’ believe that taking the herbal concoction will either…
*Lagos records 2 more COVID-19 related deaths (Guardian) *Lagos using private properties as isolation centres – Sanwo-Olu (Punch)
Lagos records 2 more COVID-19 related deaths (Guardian) The Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Monday, announced two more COVID-19 related deaths, as the number of confirmed cases in the state increased to 1,123. The ministry disclosed this on its…
*Lagos and the menace of articulated vehicles (Nation)* Possession order: Lagos residents protest Supreme Court’s judgement (NewTelegraph)
Lagos and the menace of articulated vehicles (Nation) The menace of articulated vehicles parked indiscriminately on Lagos roads and obstructing the free flow of traffic has now become the new identity of Lagos. Hardly can one move around Lagos without…
‘Adulting’ in Lagos is hard – Lucia Edafioka
Life is hard, life in Nigeria is Hard, and in Lagos it is HARD, you gerrit? These past weeks there is no day that goes by that I don’t think of my mummy. Yes, you can call me tata but…
I didn’t kill my husband, he died from self-medication
It’s over one year now since I buried my husband. He was a good man. He was tall, some six-foot plus, a very handsome man, good father and wonderful husband. They said I killed him. What sort of woman will…
FG caution Nigerians against treating malaria without lab test (Nation)
The Federal Government has advised Nigerians against taking malaria treatment before a confirmed laboratory test. Dr Audu Mohammed, the National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), gave the advice at the second quarter media chat in Abuja. Mohammed, who was…
No Nigerian’ll die of malaria by 2020 -FG (SUN)
The Federal Government, on Friday, assured Nigerians that nobody would die of malaria-related disease by the year 2020. The government, through the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, who gave the assurance at the 58th Annual General Meeting of the…
* Ambode’s wife wants increased action on malaria prevention (Guardian) * 2019: Opposition Parties in Lagos form Alliance to Challenge APC (Independent)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 29, 2018 Ambode’s wife wants increased action on malaria prevention (Guardian) The wife of the Lagos State governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has called on Lagos residents to be more concerned with preventing malaria than…