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The death toll due to COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic currently stands at 865,544 while the confirmed cases are 39,463,039. From the total cases confirmed across the affected countries; United States (USA), Brazil, India, Russia and Spain top the list of countries with most reported and confirmed cases. See the high: level statistics of the outbreak, including top 5 country cases by total confirmed cases and total deaths by country. Coronavirus Cases: 39,463,039Deaths: 1,106,777Recovered: 29,535,961Active Cases: 8,820,301 currently infected patients in mild or critical conditions.Closed Cases: 30,642,738 cases that have concluded and either led to recovery or deaths. Top 5 by total…

The death toll due to COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic currently stands at 865,544 while the confirmed cases are 39,128,447. From the total cases confirmed across the affected countries; United States (USA), Brazil, India, Russia and Spain top the list of countries with most reported and confirmed cases. See the high: level statistics of the outbreak, including top 5 country cases by total confirmed cases and total deaths by country. Coronavirus Cases: 39,128,447Deaths: 1,102,069Recovered: 29,340,828Active Cases: 8,685,550 currently infected patients in mild or critical conditions.Closed Cases: 30,442,897 cases that have concluded and either led to recovery or deaths. Top 5 by total…

The #ENDSARS protest has become the biggest movement for change of young people in Nigeria’s history. The hashtag #ENDSARS first went viral in Nigeria in 2017 after several alleged victims published social media posts about extortion, harassment, and kidnapping at the hands of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a division of the Nigerian police force created in the early 90s. At the time it was created, Nigeria had a big security problem that citizens argue now no longer exists. Over the years, the squad — and by extension the Nigerian police — have been repeatedly caught on video carrying out…

Lagos State Government discloses today it will continue to support the community-driven FADAMA Development Project Additional Financing (NFDP II AF) as it has close to three decades positively impacted on the lives of farmers in the State. The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya stated this today at the FADAMA Awards and Appreciation Day held at the Protea Hotel, Ikeja to celebrate its stakeholders who are at the forefront of improving the productivity of farmers in the State. According to her, the FADAMA Project had always promoted social inclusion and ensured that grassroots farmers were empowered and subsequently…

BudgIT Commends Nigerian Citizens for Staging a worldwide Protest against  SARS Menace and Police Brutality, Urges them to maintain equal attitude in  their Demand for Good Governance BudgIT Foundation, a civic tech organisation that uses technology to intersect citizen-engagement with public institutions to facilitate improved service delivery and societal change has commended Nigerian citizens for staging a worldwide protest against the culture of recklessness and impunity of officers in the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), a Nigerian Police Force Unit under the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department. BudgIT is excited that citizens elevated the #OfficeOfTheCitizen and affirm their rights…

One hundred and seventy-nine (179) new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were confirmed and reported in Nigeria within the last 24 hours. This was contained in the COVID-19 update provided by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The new cases reported are as follows: Lagos: 116 Anambra: 20 FCT Abuja: 9 Oyo: 9 Rivers: 9 Delta: 3 Nasarawa: 3 Edo: 2 Kaduna: 2 Ogun: 2 Plateau: 2 Ekiti: 1 Osun: 1 Currently, there are 60,834 confirmed cases in Nigeria with 1116 deaths. However, 52,143 people have so far recovered and been discharged. Please, let’s stay home and stay safe. If…

The death toll due to COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic currently stands at 865,544 while the confirmed cases are 38,715,204. From the total cases confirmed across the affected countries; United States (USA), Brazil, India, Russia and Spain top the list of countries with most reported and confirmed cases. See the high: level statistics of the outbreak, including top 5 country cases by total confirmed cases and total deaths by country. Coronavirus Cases: 38,715,204 Deaths: 1,096,069 Recovered: 29,098,823 Active Cases: 8,520,312 currently infected patients in mild or critical conditions. Closed Cases: 30,194,892 cases that have concluded and either led to recovery or deaths.…

Lagos State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya today called on secondary school students in the State to grow into a more productive agricultural labour force as adults. Olusanya made the call today in Lagos at the School Quiz Competition organised by her Ministry as part of activities marking the Y2020 World Food Day Celebration in Lagos State. She explained that the call becomes imperative to solve the problem of unemployment, vacuums being created by the ageing farmers as well as mitigate the possible effects of the global food crisis. The Acting Commissioner noted that the importance of the…

The death toll due to COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic currently stands at 865,544 while the confirmed cases are 38,273,164. From the total cases confirmed across the affected countries; United States (USA), Brazil, India, Russia and Spain top the list of countries with most reported and confirmed cases. See the high: level statistics of the outbreak, including top 5 country cases by total confirmed cases and total deaths by country. Coronavirus Cases: 38,273,164 Deaths: 1,088,549 Recovered: 28,750,849 Active Cases: 8,433,766 currently infected patients in mild or critical conditions. Closed Cases: 29,839,398 cases that have concluded and either led to recovery or deaths.…

…Commends Amaechi, others for helping to restore ‘winning ways’ to party; and also hails INEC, security agencies for exhibiting professionalism. Following the conclusion of collation and announcement of final result for the Governorship election in Ondo State which saw the re-emergence of the incumbent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN., for a second and final term, Chieftain of the APC and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has expressed satisfaction over the exercise. In a statement made available to media houses, Monday, Eze said a holistic…

One hundred and sixty-four (164) new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were confirmed and reported in Nigeria within the last 24 hours. This was contained in the COVID-19 update provided by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The new cases reported are as follows: Lagos: 64 FCT Abuja: 26 Enugu: 20 Kaduna: 11 Oyo: 11 Plateau: 8 Ondo: 7 Anambra: 4 Nasarawa: 3 Osun: 3 Ebonyi: 2 Imo: 2 Benue: 1 Katsina: 1 Ogun: 1 Currently, there are 60,430 confirmed cases in Nigeria with 1115 deaths. However, 51,943 people have so far recovered and been discharged. Please, let’s stay home…

The death toll due to COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic currently stands at 865,544 while the confirmed cases are 37,989,782. From the total cases confirmed across the affected countries; United States (USA), Brazil, India, Russia and Spain top the list of countries with most reported and confirmed cases. See the high: level statistics of the outbreak, including top 5 country cases by total confirmed cases and total deaths by country. Coronavirus Cases: 37,989,782 Deaths: 1,084,348 Recovered: 28,518,584 Active Cases: 8,386,850 currently infected patients in mild or critical conditions. Closed Cases: 29,602,932 cases that have concluded and either led to recovery or deaths.…

One hundred and sixty-three (163) new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were confirmed and reported in Nigeria within the last 24 hours. This was contained in the COVID-19 update provided by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The new cases reported are as follows: Lagos: 113 Kaduna: 21 Osun: 8 Ondo: 5 Oyo: 5 Ogun: 3 Bayelsa: 2 Taraba: 2 Edo: 1 FCT Abuja: 1 Katsina: 1 Plateau: 1 Currently, there are 60,266 confirmed cases in Nigeria with 1115 deaths. However, 51,735 people have so far recovered and been discharged. Please, let’s stay home and stay safe. If you feel…

The death toll due to COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic currently stands at 865,544 while the confirmed cases are 37,716,872. From the total cases confirmed across the affected countries; United States (USA), Brazil, India, Russia and Colombia top the list of countries with most reported and confirmed cases. See the high: level statistics of the outbreak, including top 5 country cases by total confirmed cases and total deaths by country. Coronavirus Cases: 37,716,872 Deaths: 1,080,819 Recovered: 28,318,035 Active Cases: 8,318,018 currently infected patients in mild or critical conditions. Closed Cases: 29,398,854 cases that have concluded and either led to recovery or deaths.…

A Civil Rights group, the Save Lagos Group (SLG) has alleged an official of Lagos State Ministry of Land and Physical Planning, One Town Planner Bisiriyu, of flagrant disobedience to the State Governor’s directive on how to settle a land matter involving a Lagosian, Dr Adekunle Akinsanya. The group had earlier written a Petition Letter to the State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over disrespect by the Executive Secretary, State Land Use Allocation Committee to the judgment of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, calling for the implementation of the Court of competent jurisdiction judgement on the matter. It also…

Lagos State Government discloses it will establish a processing centre for the fisheries and aquaculture sector to off-take the produce from registered farm clusters and fish farm estates to help set profit margins for the farmers. The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya who made this known at the Quarterly Forum for Fish and Crop Farmers organised by the Lagos State Agricultural Inputs Supply Authority (LAISA) at the Odogunyan Fish Farm Estate, Ikorodu explained that this was necessary because the State had realized that a lot of the fish farmers had the problem of market and sales. Olusanya…

One hundred and eleven (111) new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were confirmed and reported in Nigeria within the last 24 hours. This was contained in the COVID-19 update provided by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The new cases reported are as follows: Plateau: 32 Lagos: 23 FCT Abuja: 15 Osun: 11 Ogun: 9 Oyo: 6 Imo: 4 Bauchi: 3 Kaduna: 3 Yobe: 3 Rivers: 2 Currently, there are 60,103 confirmed cases in Nigeria with 1115 deaths. However, 51,711 people have so far recovered and been discharged. Please, let’s stay home and stay safe. If you feel worried about…

The death toll due to COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic currently stands at 865,544 while the confirmed cases are 37,433,586. From the total cases confirmed across the affected countries; United States (USA), Brazil, India, Russia and Colombia top the list of countries with most reported and confirmed cases. See the high: level statistics of the outbreak, including top 5 country cases by total confirmed cases and total deaths by country. Coronavirus Cases: 37,433,586 Deaths: 1,077,085 Recovered: 28,073,319 Active Cases: 8,283,182 currently infected patients in mild or critical conditions. Closed Cases: 29,150,404 cases that have concluded and either led to recovery or deaths.…

One hundred and fifty-one (151) new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were confirmed and reported in Nigeria within the last 24 hours. This was contained in the COVID-19 update provided by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The new cases reported are as follows: Lagos: 71 Ogun: 26 Kaduna: 17 Osun: 10 Oyo: 8 FCT Abuja: 6 Rivers: 6 Plateau: 5 Akwa Ibom: 1 Ekiti: 1 Currently, there are 59,992 confirmed cases in Nigeria with 1113 deaths. However, 51,614 people have so far recovered and been discharged. Please, let’s stay home and stay safe. If you feel worried about related…

A Lagos-based Indie alternative Afro-Pop artist, Rico Maz, has released a new music titled “Friday Night & High Grade”. Rico is gathering a major underground following in Abuja, Lagos and Kaduna from his cinematic groundbreaking extended play Pop Fiction, Post Iver and his recent single ‘VACATION’. Known for exploring and pushing boundaries, drawing influences from a wide range of genres like RnB, Hip-Hop, Afrobeat and Highlife. The multitalented producer, singer, rapper, songwriter offers his latest single ‘FRIDAY NIGHT’ and ‘HIGHGRADE’, released on all streaming platforms, Nocturnal Alternative-Esque tracks promising to accompany late-night car rides, house parties, and the occasional, ‘pull…