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Lagos Health Commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tasked citizens who have received the first dose of the Oxford Astrazeneca COVID vaccine and are due for the second dose, to go get their second jab at the vaccination centres where they received their first dose.   Abayomi who made this call today after receiving his second jab at Folarin Coker Staff Clinic vaccination site located within the Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa-Ikeja, noted that getting the second dose of the vaccine offers full protection against COVID.   He said: “We are encouraging everybody that has had their first dose to come and collect their second dose, so you are fully immunized. One dose is not enough to give you the protection that you need to fight off the virus if you get exposed. So, I have come for my second dose now; I have had it and as of today, I am fully immunized.    “From the first consignment of the Oxford Astrazeneca COVID vaccine we got from the Federal Government, we...

  • Governor Approves Premium Insurance Cover on Passengers Using State-Owned Ferries •‘We Now Have Capacity to Move 710 Commuters per Trip’   - LAGFERRY MD   The growing interest in water transportation by residents of Lagos State has received an encouraging response from the State Government.   Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, expanded the capacity of the Lagos State Ferry Services (LAGFERRY) with the delivery of seven additional high-capacity speed boats to shore up the agency’s fleet for rapid transit on the waterways.   The Governor flagged off the use of the new boats for commercial operations at an event held at the administrative yard of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Five Cowries Terminal in Falomo, Ikoyi.   Also at the event, Sanwo-Olu launched the use of Cowry Card for passengers using water transportation to create a seamless payment scheme in line with the State’s multimodal transportation system. This integrates the LAGFE...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Widows’ Day, the Wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has called on all and sundry to continue to show support and care for widows who are usually marginalised and forgotten in society. Mrs Akeredolu made this call today, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, in commemoration of the day, marked globally every 23rd of June to create awareness of the plight faced by women when they lose their spouse and highlight solutions to these problems.   The wife of the Governor, who noted that this year’s theme  "Invisible women, invisible problems" seeks to bring to attention the miseries, issues, and challenges faced by women immediately after the death of their husbands, urged society to rally round widows to help them ease the burdens of their situation. "Most widows around us suffer in silence, their fundamental human right are sometimes threatened in their search for daily bread and other ...

Ahmadiyya Youth has set to plant 10,000 Trees  in all their center in Nigeria . The National President of the Maiis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Youth of Nigeria,Dr. Taofeeq Sanni disclosed this on Sunday during the Tree planting campaign programme held at Ahmadiyya Ojokoro LCDA,that the group was just commemorating the National efforts to mark and contribute to the growth of Nigeria in their own little way and inline with the Adhit of Prophet Muhammad Salalawaliwasalam who encouraged them more to ensure peace reign. He said further that the Youth group has not only contributed to the 350 centres since last year over the planting of Trees but has donated more than 200 pants of blood to the hospitals in Lagos state to save more lives of Lagosians despite the Covid 19 pandemic and promised to donate more to make the world breathe. The President expressed that the youths believed that they would be blessed by God for their contributions to ensure peace and right things in Nigeria so far that ...

Following the various mayhem allegedly perpetuated by members of Park Management System (PMS) in various parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, concerned residents in Ibadan and its environ have appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to replace the activities of the PMS with that of Road Transport Employer`s Association of Nigeria (RTEAN).   It could be recalled that few weeks ago during the campaign of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for local government election in Ogbomoso, a  teenager was killed by a vehicle allegedly owned by a member of PMS. Just few days ago, there was a clash between shop owners and members of PMS under the leadership of Mukaila Lamidi popularly known as Auxiliary where PMS members allegedly killed one Rahmon Azeez, son of the owner of the shopping complex. As a result of these incidents and other complain from the commuters on the excesses of the PMS, the residents under the aegis of Vantage Peaceful Citizens (VPC) in a statement on Monday signed by i...

  No inherited projects will be abandoned, Oyetola assures The State Government of Osun has announced that it will likely complete Olaiya Flyover Project before the stipulated nine months deadline. Also, Governor Oyetola will be commissioning the 8.1km of Mooro- Yakoyo-Ife Road on Thursday.  Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has also assured citizens of the completion of infrastructural projects embarked upon, including those inherited from the previous administration. According to a statement released by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, on Monday after the week's State Executive Council Meeting, Governor Oyetola also said work is being intensified to ensure the completion of the Olaiya flyover before the set nine months delivery time. The statement read in part: "Governor Oyetola has said that his administration will not abandon any project, including those it inherited. Fortunately, our contractors are committed to both q...

  Orders DPOs to Supervise Men* The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, today charged Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Tactical Commanders in the Command to enforce discipline on their personnel in order to sustain the standards and core values of the Nigeria Police Force. The Commissioner of Police made the admonishion today  Monday, 21st June, 2021, during a conference for officers of the Command at POWA Hall, Oduduwa, Ikeja-Lagos, where operational, administrative and sensitive matters in the Command were religiously discussed. The police boss gave instances where some of the personnel in the Command and in other police formations in  Lagos State were dismissed or reduced in rank while some were caused to serve other punishments for one disciplinary offence or the other as enshrined in the PoliceAct and Regulations. He emphasised on the need to promote discipline via proper dressing, respect for superior in ranks, punctuality, decency...