Tag: Lagos
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World Food Day: Lagos govt. tasks secondary school students on agriculture
The Lagos State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya has urged secondary school students to embrace agriculture during their adulthood. Olusanya spoke at World Food Day School Quiz Competition organized by the ministry on Tuesday as part of activities to mark 2020 World Food Day celebration in the state. The commissioner said that the…
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Lagos puts Nigeria on world record with 60,000 cupcakes mosaic
Lagos State on Thursday put Nigeria on the world record by celebrating the 60th Independence Anniversary with 60,000 cupcakes. The state produced the largest anniversary logo in the world, made with cupcakes mosaic. The initiative by the Lagos State Government in conjunction with Fly Africa, aimed to put Nigeria in the Guinness Book of World…
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Independence Day: Police Command warns against rallies in Lagos
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has instructed officers and men of the command to disallow any group from staging rallies or protests within the state to mark the nation’s 60th Independence anniversary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria will attain 60 years as an independent country on Oct.1,2020…
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Lagos Govt. cancels Independence Day Parade
The Lagos State Government has cancelled the planned Nigeria 60th Independence Day Parade due to COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the directive in a statement signed by the state’s Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso in Lagos on Wednesday. Sanwo-Olu said that the parade and other activities that involved the gathering of…
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10 escape death as boat capsizes in Lagos
No fewer than 10 passengers escaped death on Tuesday’s evening, when their boat capsized on Lagos Waterways, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Alhaji Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA Acting Coordinator in Lagos State, who made this known in a statement, said, “10 passengers were rescued live when their boat capsized. According to him, the…
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Join hands with APC for better Lagos, lawmaker urges Igbo residents
Mr Jude Idimogu, Member, Lagos House of Assembly, has appealled to Igbo people resident in Lagos to join hands with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to make the state a better place for all. Idimogu, representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II, made the appeal while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. “Today, APC is the party…
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Lagos discharges 31 more coronavirus patients
The Lagos State Government on Monday announced the recovery of 31 additional coronavirus patients, having tested negative twice to the disease. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said in a statement that a total of 1,771 patients had been managed and discharged from the isolation centres. ”Good people of Lagos, 31 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 15…
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Lagos records another COVID-19 related death
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the death of another COVID-19 related patient, barely 24 hours after the sixth death was recorded. It also announced that 25 new cases were recorded, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to 217. ALSO READ:COVID-19: Poor planning, politics mar distribution of N500m Kaduna palliative — NAN…
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BREAKING:BREAKING: Lagos Records New COVID-19 Death
A 56-year-old Nigerian man has died of coronavirus in Lagos State, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on Tuesday. He said the patient had visited the United States. “A 56-year-old Nigerian who recently returned from the United States has died of coronavirus-related complications. This brings the total number of #COVID19…
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COVID-19: LG fumigates markets, public places in Lagos
Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area LCDA in Lagos State has commenced total fumigation of all markets and public places to sanitise and prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the area. Dr Augustine Arogundade, the LCDA Chairman in a statement on Tuesday, said that health centres and market places would not be left out in the…