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Lagos announces one year closure of Murtala Muhammed way, Yaba INSIDEMAINLAND - The Lagos State government has announced a partial closure of Murtala Muhammed Way, Yaba for one year. According to reports, the closure begins on Wednesday, June 9th, 2021, and will last for 12 months. The partial closure was announced to commence
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The incessant attacks by hoodlums, cultists, and armed robbers in Lagos State are becoming alarming as one Babatunde with the Twitter handle @zidalama was on Friday, attacked by a group of heavily armed robbers somewhere around YABATECH, Yaba - Lagos State. Babatunde said he was inside his car when some group
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by Winifred Okafor A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos Wednesday sentenced 51 persons to one-month community service for violating the social distancing directives of the Lagos State Government. Chief Magistrate Peter Ojo convicted the defendants following their plea of guilty to twin one-count charges of unlawful gathering. The violators include the 34 out of 37 persons arrested by the
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by Winifred Okafor The Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi, has said that 80 percent of the calls got on the Corona crisis lines are deception calls from fickle individuals from the general public. Speaking during a session yesterday, Monday, April 6, 2020, the Commissioner said a great number of people call for
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In the aftermath of Funke Akindele’s arrest by the Lagos State Police Command for hosting a house party in contravention of the lockdown order in Lagos State, an attendee at the party and a former gubernatorial candidate in Lagos, Babatunde Gbadamosi has reacted to the development. Gbadamosi who is the owner of Amen Estate where
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the discovery of 20 new positive Covid-19 cases in the country bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 210. According to the Agency, the new cases reported are 11 in Lagos, 3 in the FCT, 3 in Edo, 2 in Osun & 1 in Ondo. Meanwhile,
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by Francis Nkem The Lagos State Government has announced the discharge of four more Covid-19 patients following their full recovery from the viral infection. According to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu who announced the development via his Twitter page, the news is a welcome development to the containment of the disease in the state. The patients -
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by Alli Mustapha Alimot Kifuli, an 85-year-old woman who resides in Yaba, has cried out for help to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Commissioner of Police over threats to her life. The octogenarian, who is the landlady of a house at No. 56/62, Church Street, Makoko, Yaba, Lagos State, complained
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In the wake of the CoronaVirus epidemic that is currently ravaging nations across the world and the ensuing silent panic following the discovery of the index case in Lagos, Nigeria, residents continue to crave information that can them take precautionary steps. Since the detection of the index case in Nigeria, the Lagos State Government through its Ministry
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by Badejo Oluwaseun The National Universities Commission (NUC) stopped the University of Lagos convocation because the Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe “sidelined the Governing Council”, it was learnt on Tuesday. The VC failed to obtain the Council’s approval for the Convocation Ceremonies. The NUC expressed shock that the VC allegedly compiled and
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