Day: May 18, 2020

FG Extends Ease of Lockdown By Two Weeks

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Kunle Adelabu Nigerian Government on Monday extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by another two weeks. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Chairman, Boss Mustapha, announced this during the briefing of the members of the task force in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to THE CABLE. Mustapha said the president took the decision based on the recommendations of the PTF, and the guidelines issued for relaxing the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory (FCT) will be maintained for the next two weeks, after which there…

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Lagos Commissioner, Ali Baba, Others Meet On Post-Covid Tourism Industry

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The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Pharmacist (Mrs.) Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, a Nigerian comedian and actor, Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba and other stakeholders in the Tourism and Entertainment industry will, on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, meet to discuss issues bordering on revamping the sector from its current state of low patronage and apathy. In a statement issued over the weekend, Akinbile-Yusuf disclosed that the session will hold virtually in compliance with the directive of the government on physical distancing. She listed other discussants for…

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Ikorodu Students Sensitise Residents On COVID – 19 Prevention

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Wale Jagun The National Association of Ikorodu Division Students (NAIDS), the umbrella body of all students in Ikorodu Division in various higher institutions across the country, has embarked on sentisation exercise for residents on COVID – 19 as part of its own contribution to the fight against the menace of the ravaging virus. At the weekend, the president of the association, Comrade Samuel Adeshina Soyiga, led the national executive officers and members of the body’s legislative arm and officers of the body at council and institutional levels to hoist information…

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Six Dead, Many Injured In Ikorodu Relief Materials Distribution Stampede

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Kunle Adelabu -Council commences investigation into incident Tragedy struck at Ajagunro in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, on Friday, May 15, 2020, as about six persons died in a stampede during a food distribution exercise by Rosula Foundation. The unfortunate incident happened at Ajagunro Primary School, Isawo road, Asolo area of Ikorodu West LCDA. THE IMPACT gathered that the incident is being looked into by the Ikorodu West LCDA authority. The principal officers of the council, according to report, were not aware of…

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