Day: July 19, 2021

COVID-19: NCDC registers 203 new infections

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Nigeria posted more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with Lagos state leading the table in infections. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), reported 203 additional COVID-19 cases and one COVID-19 related death on Sunday, as the deadly virus continued to rage in Africa in its third wave. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Sunday. The agency stated that the 203 additional cases represent an increase in infections from the 123 cases reported from seven states and the FCT on Saturday with no death. It added that Lagos…

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Lawyer allegedly brutalized by Lagos Assembly CSO over council poll suit

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Yakubu Eleto, a lawyer, has accused some workers at the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by the Chief Security Officer, of brutalising him when he attempted to serve the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, with a suit. Eleto, who spoke on Saturday, alleged that he was beaten to a pulp and taken to the Alausa Police Station, where he collapsed. He claimed that the police later put him in a vehicle, where he was kept for several hours before he was released. It was learnt that the incident happened on Friday.…

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