Lagosians Can Now Get COVID-19 Test For N50,400.

Lagos residents who are unable to get themselves tested in government own facilities would henceforth pay N50,400 in a private laboratory to conduct COVID-19 test.

The state’s commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi disclosed this while launching the Lagos State Private-Public Consortium on the management of COVID-19 to increase the capacity of the state government in the management of the pandemic.

He said though the tests were being conducted in government owned laboratories free, the approved private laboratories will conduct COVID-19 tests in the state at a cost of between N40,000 and N50,400.

With this development most residents, particularly those with suspected symptoms are apprehensive that they might not get adequate attention from the public hospitals or other facilities, where they usually undergo the screening free of charge on the excuse that the testing kits are inadequate.

The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Abayomi said the inclusion of the private consortium in the testing was part of the moves to expand the state government’s COVID-19 response capacity. Via @gossipboyz1
Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to an announcement he made on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.⁣
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The governor said he suffered from malaria which was treated, before he was then advised to get a COVID-19 test by an unnamed fellow governor after the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) which took place on Thursday, June 25.⁣
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“I’m not feeling sick, neither am I feeling odd in any way, but my doctors have decided that I should take the normal treatment and self-isolate,” he said.⁣
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The 63-year-old said he’ll be on a supervised home management of the disease that has already infected 25,133 people and killed 573 in Nigeria, as of June 29.⁣
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A video was posted online on Monday, June 29 showing Akeredolu sneezing into his palms, a symptom of the coronavirus, while he was surrounded by at least a dozen supporters.⁣
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No one in the video was wearing a face mask, one of the main preventive measures advised by authorities.⁣
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This happened after the governor submitted his governorship election nomination form as he prepares to run for a second term in office.⁣
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Akeredolu is the fifth state governor in Nigeria to be infected following Bauchi’s Governor Bala Mohammed, Kaduna’s Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Oyo’s Governor Seyi Makinde, and Abia’s Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.⁣
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Others have recovered except Ikpeazu who tested positive earlier in June

CashNation Boss “Kashy” Arrested By EFCC For Alleged Internet Fraud.

Babatunde Oyerinde Abidoun a.k.a. Kashy, said to be the owner of a record label ‘CashNation Ent. Ltd’ has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in internet fraud. ..
The suspect who shuttles between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and allegedly uses the proceeds of his fraudulent activities to fund his lavish lifestyle, was arrested at his residence in Lekki Conservative Estate in Lagos following intelligence gathered overtime about his suspicious lifestyle…

According to the anti-graft agency, investigations linked his fraudulent activities to his domestic staff, Thomas Aliu Akwu who confessed to having different accounts domiciled in UBA, Ecobank, GTB, Zenith Bank and FCMB and also receiving money for his boss through the accounts.