BRT crushes Lagos motorcyclist, passenger to death (Punch) Two yet-to-be-identified persons lost their lives on Wednesday when a bus belonging to the Primero Transport Services Limited rammed into a commercial motorcycle conveying two passengers to a destination in the Ile-Igbo…
*COVID-19: Lagos State mortality rate rises to 185 (Independent) *American confined in Lagos hotel for 16 months rescued (Nation)
COVID-19: Lagos State mortality rate rises to 185 (Independent) The Lagos State Government says it has recorded three new COVID-19 related deaths, raising the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the state to 185. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof.…
Pope Francis says coronavirus could be ‘nature’s response’ to climate change
Pope Francis likened the coronavirus pandemic to recent fires and floods as one of “nature’s responses” to the world’s ambivalence to climate change. “There is an expression in Spanish: ‘God always forgives, we forgive sometimes, but nature never forgives,’” the…
*Lagos moves to stop church, mosque services (Nation) *COVID-19: Lagos suspends 2020 boat regatta (Vanguard)
Lagos moves to stop church, mosque services (Nation) The Lagos State Government has stated it will request religious leaders to stop Friday (Juma’at) and Sunday church service. Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, stated this on Wednesday at a briefing. He…
*Lagos Assembly crisis: Aggrieved lawmakers link feud with Pension Bill for Speaker (Punch) *Lagos explosion not caused by oil pipeline vandalism – NEMA (Guardian)
Lagos Assembly crisis: Aggrieved lawmakers link feud with Pension Bill for Speaker (Punch) Some aggrieved members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have alleged that the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, removed some principal officers of the body because they…
*LUTH discharges Lassa fever index patient (Guardian) *Tanker driver slumps, dies in lover’s Lagos apartment (Punch)
LUTH discharges Lassa fever index patient (Guardian) Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, says the Lassa fever index patient has been discharged from the isolation ward. Adeyemo said on Tuesday in…
Anambra welcomes new diocese, applauds Bishops Okpaleke and Ezeokafor
The Anambra State Government has expressed gratitude to Pope Francis for the creation of a new Catholic Diocese in the state which brings the number in the state to four. In a statement Monday in Awka, the state capital, the…
*Late Kolade Johnson suffered six gunshot injuries – pathologist (Nation) *Coronavirus: Nigerian who returned from France in isolation – Lagos govt (Tribune)
Late Kolade Johnson suffered six gunshot injuries – pathologist (Nation) A pathologist, Dr Oluwaseun Williams, on Thursday testified before an Ikeja High Court that Kolade Johnson, a 35-year-old football fan allegedly killed by a policeman at the Mangoro area of…