The Nigerian authorities say trials are due to begin to see whether an anti-malarial drug is effective against coronavirus. The commissioner for health in Lagos state said healthcare workers as well as people in close contact with someone with the virus would be either given chloroquine or a placebo. A second trial is to be
After five weeks of grounded activities in Nigeria, residents of the country’s commercial hub, Lagos, seemed impatient to go back to their lives and businesses on the first day of lockdown ease. Photos and videos of crowded banks have been circulating on social media. In some, residents pushed and shoved to get through locked gates
Nigeria on Friday recorded 114 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total recorded in the country to 1095. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet Friday night said the new cases were recorded in nine states. These are Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ogun, Gombe, Zamfara, Edo, Oyo, Kaduna and Sokoto states. As of the
Hundreds of gang members, mostly teenagers, fleeing police in two Nigerian states under a coronavirus lockdown hoaxed residents into believing that coordinated armed robbery attacks were underway. Police say the gangsters achieved their intention of creating panic. Residents set up makeshift checkpoints with burning tyres in border communities between Lagos and Ogun states after forming
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has announced an extension of the lockdown in the capital Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states in order to sustain the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The initial 14-day lockdown was due to end Monday night but has now been extended by 14 days. Essential workers, food shops and pharmacies will, however,
Tragedy befell the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos state, Nigeria at the weekend when two teenagers reportedly drowned in a community beach. The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, DSP Bala Elkana, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said some members of the community reported the matter at the Ibeju-Lekki Divisional Police Station
Nigeria has confirmed 16 more cases of the coronavirus, the country’s centre for disease control has said. This takes the total number of confirmed cases in the West African country to 254. 44 persons have been discharged and six dead. Ten of the latest cases were reported in the commercial hub of Lagos, which has been
The authorities in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos have announced a ban on public gatherings of more than 50 people in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. “We are limiting gatherings and events to no more than 50 people and appropriate social distancing must be observed,” Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Twitter.
In line with its vision to ‘make greatness common’, non- denominational Christian ministry, The Elevation Church (TEC) has expanded its church expressions to include one in the Ikorodu mainland area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The church, since its launch in October 2010, has grown from a community church with services holding at the Muson Centre,
Some retired workers from the Lagos State Ministry of Education have lamented the delay in the payment of their pensions. The former teachers said more than two years after retirement, they had yet to receive any communication from the government over their entitlements. They said while some of their colleagues had died without getting any
