‘Lagosians Will Stop Voting for PDP if We Lose in 2023’ – Lagos PDP Spokesman

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘Lagosians Will Stop Voting for PDP if We Lose in 2023’ – Lagos PDP Spokesman

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 27, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos said if the party loses the State in 2023, Lagosians may stop voting for the party. The spokesman of the party, Taofik Gani, told the Nation that the PDP had begun strategising to take control of the State from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He added that members needed to unite and flush out saboteurs within the party before the election year. “In 2023, we are not...

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NCDC Set-up Laboratories in Ogun and Katsina, Highlights Benefits of PCR Test

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Set-up Laboratories in Ogun and Katsina, Highlights Benefits of PCR Test

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 27, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated COVID-19 laboratories in Ogun and Katsina, bringing total molecular laboratory network in Nigeria to 28. The Director-General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the two laboratories were located at Afriglobal Medicare Laboratory in Ogun and the Sahel Centre for Molecular Diagnostics and Research, Katsina State. Ihekweazu said the NCDC uses the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to detect persons infected with COVID-19. “At the moment, the COVID-19...

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65% of Ogun PDP Structure was Sold – Buruji Kashamu Alleges

NewsNigeriaPolitics65% of Ogun PDP Structure was Sold – Buruji Kashamu Alleges

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 27, 2020

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at the 2019 governorship election in Ogun State, Senator Buruji Kashamu, has accused the former State Chairman of the party, Chief Bayo Dayo, of betraying the party for monetary gains. Chief Dayo had said that he ran out of favour with Mr. Kashamu because of his efforts at reconciling members of the party. Reacting to the former PDP state Chairman, Mr. Kashamu said in a press release according...

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Journalist Charged for Insulting Lai Mohammed After 17 Days in Custody

Law & JusticeNigeriaPress * MediaJournalist Charged for Insulting Lai Mohammed After 17 Days in Custody

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 24, 2020

After being kept in police detention for 17 days, Rotimi Jolayemi, aka Oba Akewi, an Osun-based journalist has been charged for actions deemed to cause annoyance and insulting towards the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Five days ago, Segun Adeyemi, Mr Mohammed’s spokesman had denied that the Minister caused Mr Jolayemi’s arrest, according to Punch newspaper. The journalist was arrested for reading a poem during a radio programme which the Minister considered...

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The Casualties of the War Against COVID-19 in Lagos

CoronavirusNigeriaSpecial ReportThe Casualties of the War Against COVID-19 in Lagos

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 23, 2020

After five weeks of Covid-19 induced lockdown imposed by the Federal government, on May 4, people will gradually return to normal lives in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, although there are restrictions in place aimed at curtailing the spread of the infection. For many, the post-lockdown measures in Lagos and what life was pre-COVID-19 in the state mean that hard times are approaching, Adeola Oladipupo reports. With over 20 million people, Lagos was a bee-hive of...

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Will Nigeria’s Battle with COVID-19 Become Too Expensive to Sustain?

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaWill Nigeria’s Battle with COVID-19 Become Too Expensive to Sustain?

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 23, 2020

For every COVID-19 test carried out on suspected persons, Lagos, Nigeria’s epicenter of the viral infection with a population of over 20 million, spends between N40,000 and N50,000 ($102.56 – $128.21), Professor Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health disclosed. The revelation by Prof. Abayomi highlights the magnitude of the burden of the disease and raises question about the sustainability of the fight against COVID-19. With estimated population of 200 million and a virus that...

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Economy Will Not Be Re-opened Hastily – Gov Sanwo-Olu

CoronavirusEconomyNewsNigeriaEconomy Will Not Be Re-opened Hastily – Gov Sanwo-Olu

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 23, 2020

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said although the State was committed to tackling COVID-19 by breaking the cycle of transmission, it would not hastily reopen the economy. Mr Sanwo-Olu said this at a webinar organized by First Securities Discount House Group, which also had in attendance governors of Kaduna and Edo States, Mallam Nasir el-Rufa’I and Godwin Obaseki respectively as co-panelists. The Governor of Lagos said the state battles the reality of...

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Lagos Cuts 2020 Budget by 21 Per Cent

CoronavirusEconomyNewsNigeriaLagos Cuts 2020 Budget by 21 Per Cent

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 21, 2020

The realities of the impact of COVID-19 on the economy have forced Lagos State to slash its 2020 budget which was initially approved by the State House of Assembly to N920.5 billion from N1,168.6 trillion, this was disclosed by the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Sam Egube. The Commissioner said the budget was revised to help mitigate the economic and social headwind precipitated by the novel Coronavirus pandemic in the state, according to Premium...

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UPDATE: Lagos NMA Reverses Sit-at-Home Order to Health Workers

HealthLabourNewsNigeriaUPDATE: Lagos NMA Reverses Sit-at-Home Order to Health Workers

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 21, 2020

The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has reversed the sit-at-home directive it issued to its members yesterday. The NMA in a statement, said it initially gave the directive following alleged harassment of its members by men of the Nigeria Police Force. The association said it ordered its members to sit at home because it was “unbearable combining the continued threat to life from the officers and men of the police force...

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Lagos Doctors Strike: We Have Other Issues Apart from Movement Restriction – NMA

HealthLabourNewsNigeriaLagos Doctors Strike: We Have Other Issues Apart from Movement Restriction – NMA

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 21, 2020

The Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said that there are other issues apart from the conflicting directive from the Police in Lagos, which led to the alleged harassment of doctors in the state. Yesterday, the Lagos NMA in a statement by its chairman and secretary, Dr. Saliu Oseni and Dr. Ramon Moronkola respectively, asked its members to stay at home indefinitely as from 6pm on Wednesday, March 20, over alleged harassment...

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