Lagos approves 135 private hospitals for COVID-19 vaccination, okays N6,000 fee (Punch) The Lagos State Government has engaged 135 private health facilities for the administration of COVID-19 vaccine, saying this will strengthen the mass vaccination strategy targeted at four million…
*Dangote loses younger brother in US (DailyTrust)*Floods overwhelm Lagos communities, wreck 25 vehicles (Punch)
Dangote loses younger brother in US (DailyTrust) Sani Dangote, the younger brother of Africa’s richest man, is dead. Details of his death are sketchy but he was said to have died at a US hospital. The deceased was the Group…
*2 killed, 15 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Punch)*Passport Office introduces Saturday, Sunday services in Ikeja (Sun)
2 killed, 15 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Punch) Two persons lost their lives on Saturday, while 15 others sustained injuries when a speeding DAF truck overturned at a diversion point along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Our correspondent gathered that the…
*Ikoyi Building: My 18-year-old son a victim, father cries out (Punch)*Death toll climbs to 22 in Lagos high-rise collapse (Guardian)
Ikoyi Building: My 18-year-old son a victim, father cries out (Punch) Father to one of the alleged victims of the 21-storey building that collapsed at Ikoyi, Abel Godwin, has stated that he travelled from Abuja to Lagos because his 18-year-old…
*National Theatre Lagos looted (Sun)*NDLEA intercepts 2,060kg heroin, others at Lagos airport, Ondo, Edo, Kano (Tribune)
National Theatre Lagos looted (Sun) The Society for Transparency has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over looting of national assets in the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. The petition, which was signed by the Corporate Director, Society for…
Drugs War: NDLEA bursts drug joints in Lagos, Oyo, Kwara, Benue; arrests 110 dealers
Following a massive raid of drugs distribution joints and hideouts in several locations in the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency during the week arrested no fewer than 110 drug dealers in nine states with their assorted…
*Man, 30, charged with peddling 6.3kg hemp (Guardian)*Prohibited routes: Taskforce impounds 410 okadas on Lagos roads (Tribune)
Man, 30, charged with peddling 6.3kg hemp (Guardian) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 30-year-old man, Matthew Kolapo, before a Federal High Court, Lagos, with peddling restricted drugs. The defendant is charged on one count of…
*Brothers father 3 children by their mother in Kwara (Vanguard)*NDLEA intercepts 24,311kg of heroin, codeine at airport, seaport in Lagos (Punch)
Brothers father 3 children by their mother in Kwara (Vanguard) A Beninese immigrant, Adamu Sime, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his biological mother. The…