A 25-year-old man has died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State. The state’s Commissioner for Health made this known via his Twitter handle on Thursday. He said, “87 new #COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 29, 2020. The total number of confirmed cases in Lagos is now 947. “The good news is that 49 additional…
Two Lagos-base lawyers, Isaiah Odje and Adebayo Johnson, say the partial easing of lockdown in Lagos, against the spread of novel coronavirus at this time, “is not safe for residents”. The lawyers spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Thursday in Lagos. NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had on…
The Chief Medical Director of Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Bowale Abimbola, has tested positive for Coronavirus. SaharaReporters gathered that Abimbola is presently being treated in one of the wards in the hospital. “Yes, he is positive, that’s why you haven’t seen him in public unlike before. It was even Dr. Nifemi Bella Oloniniyi…
The Isolation center built by the Kogi State government, in preparation for a possible outbreak of COVID-19 in the state has been destroyed by rain. The center located directly behind Federal Medical Centre Mortuary was blown by the wind on Tuesday 28th of April 2020. A social media user, @Georgiitto who shared the video wrote;…
An 11-year-old boy from Mulalio Village in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Kenya allegedly committed suicide after he lost a fight over the TV remote control early Wednesday, April 29. Canton Litiku, a Class Five pupil at Kakamega Hill School, is said to have disagreed with his younger sister on which television program to watch,…
Controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has mocked Davido’s fiancee Chioma who is celebrating her birthday today. Joining the long list of those who wrote a note to celebrate the mother of one, Kemi Olunloyo reminded Chioma of the Porsche car she got from Davido as a gift on her birthday back in 2018. Kemi Olunloyo also…
Musiliyu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo, the chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has announced the death of his mother. Alhaja Abebi Zinat Omotonwo who passed away peacefully at her residence will be buried today according to Islamic rites. MC Oluomoade the disclosure on Instagram where he…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday urged leaders of Shasha Market in Akure to limit the crowds in the market due to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Akeredolu made the call in Akure during an unscheduled visit to the market. He expressed concern for the large crowd in the market in spite…
A Florida man was arrested with enough of the narcotic fentanyl to kill half a million people, cops disclosed. David Gayle, 43, was arrested for dealing drugs including two charges stemming from warrants for selling heroin within 1,000 feet of a church when detectives with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant April…
Recall that Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had imposed an N100m bail bond on Sowore who was arrested on charges of treason, money laundering, and insulting the president in 2019. She subsequently reduced Sowore’s bail from N100m to N50m and further directed that he must produce sureties who reside in Abuja and must also have landed property…