Day: March 23, 2022

Lagos doctor battles for life after being stabbed, shot by naval ratings

Tade Salako

  A medical doctor, Owen Edo-Ojo, is battling for his life after security agents suspected to be naval ratings stabbed him in the neck and shot his thigh and pelvis. The incident happened on Gbamgbala Street, Elegushi, in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The doctor, who wanted to attend a spa session, a report by Punch read, parked his vehicle in front of a building when the ratings accosted him. An argument bordering on where Edo-Ojo parked his vehicle ensued and in the process, the naval personnel allegedly brutalised…

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Popular Lagos Apongbo Bridge Shut as Fire Guts Asset, Market + VIDEO

Tade Salako

Commuters gnash teeth as fire takes out one of the three bridges linking Lagos Island to Mainland The popular Apogbon Bridge on Lagos Island has been shut to traffic as fire razed the bridge and scores of shops under it. Platforms Africa reports that the incident, which resulted in terrible traffic gridlock that had crippled commercial activities around Lagos Island axis of the state, has also threatened the physical strength and integrity of the bridge. Apongbon bridge is one of the three bridges that connect Lagos Island, commercial and financial…

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Nigeria Relaxes COVID-19 Protocols At Airport for Travellers

Dawood Rabiu

Fully Vaccinated Nigerian Travellers’ll No Longer Be Tested, government declares Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR COVID-19 test. The chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, Boss Mustapha made the comment during a briefing of the PSC announcing a revision of International Travel Protocols on Monday. He however said that passengers who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated are still expected to take a COVID-19 PCR test 48 hours before departure, or do a Day 2 and day…

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Ramadan: Kano Extends Second-Term Holiday to Five Weeks for Schools

Aliyu Aliyu

“By this adjustment, therefore, all public and private primary and post-primary schools operating in the state are to be closed for five weeks’ vacation with effect from Friday, April 1, 2022, to Sunday, May 8, 2022,” The Kano State Government has approved the adjustment of the 2021/2022 school calendar for both public and private primary and secondary schools operating in the state because of the forthcoming Ramadan. Ramadān is the month of fasting and the ninth month of the Muslim calendar that begins and ends with the appearance of the…

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