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Coronavirus: FCTA To Enforce Compulsory Use Of Facemasks As Second Wave Surges

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello
Lagos can’t afford fresh lockdown, says Sanwo-Olu El-Rufai tests negative, seeks residents’ cooperation to halt spread The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued new COVID-19 guidelines to regulate socialRead More

COVID-19: Again, Lagos Shuts Schools Indefinitely, Restricts Churches, Mosques

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Government yesterday responded to the rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic infection as it announced an indefinite closure of public and private schools, restriction on churches and mosques,Read More

Sanwo-Olu Isolates After Close Aide Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
After one of his closest aides tested positive for COVID-19, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gone into self-isolation immediately, Professor Akin Abayomi, the state’s Commissioner for Health, inRead More

#EndSARS: Only Buhari Can Order Military Deployment, Says Army General

Brigadier General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo of the 81 Division, Intelligence Brigade
Insists Lagos govt didn’t communicate change in curfew time Only President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, could have authorised the deployment of soldiersRead More

Sanwo-Olu Moves To Abolish Pension For Ex-Govs, Deputies

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Proposes N1.155tn budget for 2021 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday unfolded a plan to stop the payment of pension to his predecessors and former deputy governors. He toldRead More

#EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu Called Me To Say Col Bello Was Shooting At Lekki, Gen Tells Lagos Panel

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
We only fired blank ammunition to scare hoodlums – Bello insists nobody was shot dead, says protesters happy seeing soldiers Hoodlums threw stones, broken bottles at us – Army commandersRead More

#EndSARS Could Lead To Something Similar To Boko Haram – Zulum

From left: Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos; President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari going through the report on the #EndSARS protest presented by Gov Sanwo-Olu during his visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja Friday, November 6th, 2020
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged Nigerians to be cautious in their agitation against police brutality to prevent it from degenerating into an insurgency. He urged the youthRead More

Lekki Shootings: Army Files Papers, Lists Top Generals, Senior Officers As Witnesses

EndSARS protesters on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos
To make video presentation, present expended blank ammunition Lagos, #EndSARS lawyers clash over CCTV footage Court remands protesters, freezes promoters’ accounts till 2021 #EndSARS, Lagos lawyers clash over CCTV footageRead More

We Were Preyed On Amidst #EndSARS Protests – Northerners

Burnt down property
We lost more than 40 people 30 trucks 12 vehicles burnt N7bn lost in Aba Northerners living and doing different businesses in the southern states, particularly those in Abia, Imo,Read More

Tinubu Visits Sanwo-Olu, Seeks Clarification On Lekki Shootings

Former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who resurfaced in Lagos yesterday, debunked the reports that he sneaked out of the country to France in the wake of the #ENDSARSRead More