In furtherance of the commitment of @followlasg to deploy effective response to #COVID19 pandemic, a brand new oxygen plant situated at Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) Yaba, was activated yesterday, January 8, 2021 The oxygen plant was built in collaboration with @gatesfoundation in response to the second wave of #COVID19 in Lagos …

1585 New COVID-19 Cases, 865 Discharged And 8 Deaths On January 9 1585 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-573 FCT-182 Plateau-162 Gombe-81 Oyo-75 Rivers-68 Sokoto-58 Ondo-55 Ogun-42 Nasarawa-40 Akwa Ibom-36 Edo-31 Kaduna-27 Anambra-22 Delta-19 Kano-17 Osun-17 Ebonyi-16 Katsina-14 Niger-14 Bayelsa-9 EKiti-8 Borno-7 Jigawa-5 Abia-4 Bauchi-3 Our discharges today include 419 community …

Lagos Police Parade 237 Clubgoers Arrested For Violating COVID19 Protocols (Photos) Lagos state police command today Saturday, January 9 paraded 237 clubgoers who were arrested for violating COVID19 protocols, Newsextra24 reports. The clubgoers were arrested on Friday Night January 8 and Saturday, January 9 in the Surulere and Victoria Island …

Rosemary Adebutu, the wife of Chairman of Premier Lotto Chief Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu, is dead. The Adebutu family is yet to issue any statement about the death, but Street Journal, who broke the news, reported that Rosemary died on Saturday morning from Covid-19 complications. Rosemary is …

American celebrities have taken to their Twitter accounts to express their reaction over the permanent suspension of President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. The company banned the @realdonaldtrump account for good on Friday, citing ‘risk’ that the president would incite further violence. Twitter first locked Trump out of his account on …

The police in Damaturu, Yobe State, have arrested four persons over the death of an 18-year old female at a government guest lodge in Damaturu. Newsextra24 was told the incident occurred on Thursday. The police have arrested the suspects who are now at the Police B Division in Damaturu. Police …

The federal government will begin work on the construction of the Ibadan-Kano rail project as soon as the Chinese government approves the sum of $5.3bn loan application, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said. Amaechi, stated this as a guest of the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Weekend Deal Programme, monitored …

Chief Charles Idahosa, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki on his victory in the alleged certificate forgery suit filed against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC). A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Saturday dismissed the case as Justice Ahmed Mohammed …

Newsextra24 examines the fresh attempt by a group of Nigerian activists, intellectuals and political actors to birth another platform to challenge the dominance of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. The 2023 general elections are only two years away but intrigues by actors in the political space …

The Flight SJ182, Boeing 737-500 (Reg. NO. PK-CLC MSN 27323) was reported today to have disappeared from radars shortly after takeoff from Jakarta and lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than a minute, about four minutes after departure from Jakarta. Tracking showed the path of the plane ending off the …