By Balogun Damilola The Lagos State Government on Thursday issued fresh guidelines for public transport operations in the state as part of the controlled measures to ease the lockdown over COVID-19 pandemic. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, released the guidelines at a news conference in Lagos. According to him, public transport operations within the state shall be between the hours of 6.00a.m and 7.00p.m daily from May 4. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new guidelines bring a slight difference to the Federal Government directive that ordered 8.00p.m to 6.00a.m curfew in Lagos,…
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By Balogun Damilola “238 new cases of #COVID19; 92-Kano 36-FCT 30-Lagos 16-Gombe 10-Bauchi 8-Delta 6-Oyo 5-Zamfara 5-Sokoto 4-Ondo 4-Nasarawa 3-Kwara 3-Edo 3-Ekiti 3-Borno 3-Yobe 2-Adamawa 1-Niger 1-Imo 1-Ebonyi 1-Rivers 1-Enugu 2170 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 351 Deaths: 68″
By Balogun Damilola A yet-to-be-identified person died on Friday when fire gutted a petrol-laden tanker in Obalende area of Victoria Island, Lagos State. 16 persons, including an official of the Lagos State Fire Service, were reportedly injured during the fire incident. YemieFash gathered that the yet-to-be-identified driver lost control of the vehicle while navigating a bend in the area. The tanker later fell and its content spilled on the road, causing a fire incident in the process. The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said emergency responders had brought the situation under control, adding that…
By Balogun Damilola Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications Plc, has tested positive for coronavirus. His daughter-in-law and six other members of the family reportedly tested positive for the disease after Dokpesi’s son went to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, for treatment after contracting the disease. In a report, AIT said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) conducted tests on the Dokpesi family and results showed eight of them had contracted the disease. Dokpesi and the affected family members have reportedly been evacuated to the isolation centre at the where his son is already receiving treatment. Dokpesi…
By Balogun Damilola Federal lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has charged the Federal Government to give the necessary support to the private sector operators in order to prevent job loses due to the effects of coronavirus pandemic. In a statement made available by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Oluyemi Fasipe the lawmaker urged workers in his constituency and the country at large to be focused on higher productivity and lean towards achieving multiple income streams. Adefisoye appreciated the resilience and sacrifices of Nigerian workers in his workers day message released on Friday. He described Nigerian workers…
By Balogun Damilola The House of Representatives has insisted that the proposed supply of two-months free electricity for Nigerians be implemented to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizens. The lawmakers on Thursday said poor citizens should not be deprived of free power supply because it will benefit the rich who are in the minority. The statement which was signed by the spokesperson of the House, Benjamin Kalu added that at this critical moment, energy is essential for every Nigerian household, health facilities, and other vital public services to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and ensure economic…
By Balogun Damilola As the coronavirus cases in Lagos State near 1000, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, opens a new 118-bed Isolation Center in the Gbagada area of the state. YemieFash had reported that the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Thursday during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja that there was shortage of bed spaces in Lagos, which has more than 50 percent of the total COVID-19 cases reported in the country. “Across the country, we have about 3,500 bed spaces identified and available for COVID-19. But in…
By Balogun Damilola A new study has suggested that the death rate among COVID-19 patients from black African backgrounds in England and Wales is three times higher than white Britons. Prior to when the deadly virus fully gained entry into Africa, nonempirical claims had almost attributed the continents low numbers to a probable immune trait that protected blacks against the infection. But an analysis by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that various black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups in the United Kindom are experiencing higher per capita deaths. In the study, the researchers examined evidence on the unequal health and…
By Balogun Damilola The Lagos state government has directed government offices and establishments to re-open on Monday. In a statement on Friday, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the state head of service, said Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor, approved the reopening of the public offices as a way of gradually easing the lockdown in the state. He said officials on grade levels 12 and below will continue working from home, while the sick ones are advised to stay away from the office. “Officers on Grade Levels 12 and below must continue working from home, unless otherwise directed by their Accounting Officers, with the…
By Balogun Damilola The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will soon give guidelines for resumption of activities in its offices across the country. It hinted that the decision became imperative after the deliberation on its level of preparedness for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections and by- elections. A statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, noted that in line with the advisory and protocols outlined by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on combating COVID-19 on the gradual easing of lockdown from May 4, “the commission will meet on…