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The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to stop wasting “limited testing kits” on political office holders and government officials. In a press release on Thursday signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade O’Seun John, the organization said the unchecked usage of the scarce testing kits for COVID-19 ... Read More »

  The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed into law an emergency bill to help the state combat the Coronavirus, the pandemic currently spreading across the world. Personally sponsored by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, the Emergency Coronavirus Pandemic Bill 2020 also afforded Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the legislative concurrence to spend an initial N20 billion to effectively contain the virus ... Read More »

  Sequel to the directive of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday on more restrictive measures to break the cycle of transmission of Corona virus (COVID-19) in the State, the State Government today set up makeshift markets for food and agricultural produce in selected schools across Local Governments in the State. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan ... Read More »

  Good afternoon gentlemen, and welcome to this press conference, called to update you on the measures being taken by the Federal Government to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic. 2. I want to say straight away that our strategy at containing this pandemic is working, but we still have a long way to go. We know our priorities and we know ... Read More »

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented us with yet again another opportunity to reflect on the state of things in our country, Nigeria. I suppose we could commend the government for some of the efforts taken so far, howbeit, there is no overstating the value of the president speaking to the nation. But it is as it is and we are ... Read More »

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life” This quote is what we ... Read More »

Leading financial institution, Access Bank is leading other corporate bodies to build four fully equipped 1000-bed centres. It also plans to fly in technical partners to train Nigerian doctors. The bank’s CEO, Herbert Wigwe, said: “In addition to the safety measures we have put in place and extending continuity,we are also bringing in mobilisation, support and thought leadership and resources.We ... Read More »

  The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday lifted the suspension of four lawmakers, Moshood Oshun, Raheem Kazeem, Rotimi Abiru and Wahab Jimoh. Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, made the announcement at the start of plenary activities on the floor of the House today, Thursday, March 26, 2020. According to Obasa, the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) which was ... Read More »

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria and 19 other African countries, by supplying relief materials, critical care facilities, and ... Read More »

Six patients being treated for the coronavirus have recovered and will soon be discharged by the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lagos. Special assistant to the Lagos state governor on health, Tunde Ajayi, disclosed this on Twitter on March 26. He wrote; Six of our #COVID19 inpatients have recovered and will be discharged soon. There is something Lagos is doing right. Lagos ... Read More »