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There is panic over likely petrol scarcity in Nigeria  as members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) on Monday raised the alarm over the inability of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketing Association (DAPPMA) to secure the Federal Government’s approval for selling the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol at N125 per litre. The Federal Government on Wednesday, last week ...

The Lagos State Government has declared two weeks break for civil servants in the state over the Coronavirus pandemic. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this during a live press conference on Sunday. According to him, civil servants from levels one to 12 are mandated to remain in their houses for the next two weeks. He said, “We are shutting ...

The Lagos State Government has banned all religious and social gathering of over 20 people of Coronavirus pandemic,  THE NEWSMAX reports that the state government announced this on its Facebook page after 22 cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country on Saturday. Before the new development, the LASG had imposed restrictions on gatherings of over 50. It urged residents in the ...

The Lagos Assembly has reappointed members of the House who were initially demoted and suspended, The Witness has learned. We understands that the Lagos State House of Assembly issued an internal memo through the Clerk of the House, Azeez Sanni, on Friday directing the aggrieved members to take up new portfolios. It was learned that Hon Olumuyiwa Jimoh, the former Deputy ...

There is no evidence to back claims that Chloroquine can be used to treat Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Lagos State Government has said. The newsmax reports that the Lagos government made this statement after the United States President, Donald Trump, on Thursday, said the U.S. had approved Chloroquine for use as a treatment for the new virus. Reacting to Trump’s statement, the Lagos State Commissioner ...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination indefinitely Coronavirus pandemic. . The examination body announced this in a statement on Friday. In the statement, Patrick Areghan, Nigeria’s head of WAEC national office, said the examination scheduled to begin April 6, 2020, was postponed as a result of coronavirus pandemic. Areghan said the ...

Following global crash in price of crude oil, the Nigerian government has also approved a reduction in the pump price of price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol from N145 to N130. Sources at the presidential villa said the President Muhammadu Buhari approved the reduction in the pump price of petrol followed a presentation by the ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released another batch of results of about 450, 000 312 candidates that sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Tuesday. JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this on Wednesday, in a statement. He urged candidates who sat for the examination on Tuesday this week check their ...

The Lagos State Government has stated it will request religious leaders to stop Friday (Juma’at) and Sunday church service over Coronavirus. Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, stated this on Wednesday at a briefing. He said the religious leaders will be advised to shut down services in the interest of the public. He said this a few hours after Lagos recorded ...

The Indian contractor who developed symptoms of Coronavirus at the Dangote Refinery, Lagos has tested negative for the Coronavirus pandemic. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known in a tweet on Tuesday night. This newspaper had reported that the Indian, who is a staff of one of Dangote’s contractors, was coughing and running a high temperature ...