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  The Lagos State Government has announced that all public and private schools below tertiary level in Lagos State will remain closed indefinitely due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.   A statement issued by the Head of Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mr. Kayode Abayomi noted that the recent directive makes it mandatory that all schools earlier scheduled to resume on 4th of January, 2021, must remain closed until a new resumption date is announced.   Abayomi said a new date will be communicated in due course.   He also urged parents and students to ensure strict adherence to guidelines issued by the government to prevent the spread of COVID-19 such as the wearing of face masks, physical distancing, washing of hands under running water and use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers.

  Many people have contracted the deadly coronavirus in Lagos state with about 4,000 of them being treated at home. File photo The second wave of the deadly coronavirus has intensiifed with over 4,176 persons currently being treated at their respective homes in Lagos.   The revelation was made by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi on Friday.   He noted that the total deaths in the state stood at 240.   Abayomi wrote,  “Total number of #COVID19 recovery in communities – 22,789; cases currently under isolation – 115; active cases under home-based care – 4,176; new #COVID19 related death – 3; total deaths – 240.”   He put the number of COVID-19 cases discharged from Lagos care centres at 2,901 while three new coronavirus-related deaths were recorded, bringing the total COVID-19 induced fatalities in the state to 240.   The commissioner also identified five top high burden local government areas in the state with COVID-19 cases as Et...

  The suspects were arrested by the police for terrorizing the communities. The Suspects Officials of the Lagos state police command have apprehended 15 suspected robbers and cultists at strategic locations in the Ikorodu and Lekki/Ajah areas of the state. Lagos police spokesperson,  Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement released on Tuesday December 29 gave the names of some of the arrested suspected cultists as Segun Ariyo, Kazeem Akinpelu, Ibrahim Oni, Tobi Awoyefa, Yusuf Okunlowo, Oyesanya Damola, Bola Hassan, Toheeb Adesina, Hassan Ashiru, Onafowokan Michael, Folahan Adeola, Damilola Adeola, and Julius Ihara. Exhibits recovered from them include eight Iphones, two Techno phones, one Nokia phone, three bags, one black belt, one White handkerchief containing four lighters, one black Nylon, local Charms, some expended and live ammunition, and two black 25-liter kegs containing sketches. One Taiye Lasisi was also arrested following a distress call from Agunfoye area of Ikorodu, Lag...

  A male receptionist has been exposed after sending a message to a female hotel guest soliciting for sex. The hotel where the incident took place   A Nigerian man is on the verge of losing his job after sending an offensive message to a female guest who lodged at the hotel where he works as a receptionist.   The Nigerian woman, Ekemini revealed that she checked into a hotel in Lagos, and was shocked to get a WhatsApp message from the hotel receptionist asking if he could come to her room to perform oral sex on her. “Yesterday, I lodged at @oakspring_hotel and my friend Monica came to stay over with me. Sometime around midnight, I got this strange WhatsApp message from a number. Turns out it’s from the receptionist who checked me in,”  the woman, Ekemini, said on Twitter, Sunday.   Oakspring Hotel & Suites is a four-star hotel in Gbagada, Lagos.   Ms Ekemini posted a photo on Twitter showing the shocking message from the receptionist identified as Fred ...