FILE PHOTO: Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (M), flanked by the state commissioner for health (L) and commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso (R) at a recent press briefing in Lagos. The Lagos State government has clarified reports that it has imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state starting from Sunday …

  Following the directives for partial lockdown in several  States across the country, we will be offering skeletal services in some of our branches across the nation.   These branches will be open from 9:00am to 2:00pm, Monday to Friday. We have implemented all necessary health and safety measures across these branches to …

As police laud restriction compliance The Lagos State Government has commenced plans to establish makeshift isolation centres that would be closer to the people, The Nation learnt on Thursday. This idea followed the announcement of more confirmed cases of COVID-19 with fears that the figures might skyrocket in coming days. …

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. It said two of the cases are in FCT and 12 in Lagos. Out Of the 14, 6 were detected on a vessel, 3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 1 is close contact of …

Lagos State Government on Thursday said six coronavirus patients have recovered in the state and will be discharged soon. Lagos State health commissioner Akin Abayomi in an interview on Nigeria Info said, “Tomorrow, we are going to discharge six of the (coronavirus) patients in Lagos. “Our admitted patients will go …

STRAIN is a family drama feature film about a family that suddenly discovers that their young son has the sickle cell disease. Verte View, the producers of ‘Charmed’, has worked closely with the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria to produce this new movie “STRAIN” that was inspired by a true-life story. It is an emotional …

The Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Tunde Ajayi, has disclosed that six of the COVID-19 patients at the infectious Disease Hospital have recovered. Ajayi via his twitter handle, @thetundeajai, said the patients would be discharged soon. “Six of our #COVID19 inpatients have recovered and will be discharged …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said it is still on the trail of 4,370 people of interest over COVID-19 pandemic. It expressed regrets that most of the returnees from abroad submitted wrong addresses. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the disclosure at a briefing on COVID-19 update in …

UBA Chairman, Tony Elumelu United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has donated over N5bn ($14 million) through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. Nigeria and 19 other African countries will benefit from the support targeted at supplying relief materials, …