The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, has urged Christians to use the occasion of Easter to pray fervently for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Institute of Maternal and Child Health (Ayinke House), Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja has recorded a COVID-19 related death, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has felicitated with Christians in the state and in the country on this year’s Easter celebrations.
Bayo Akinlade, Chairman, Ikorodu, Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, on Saturday suggested major ways legal practitioners could be dutifully engaged even during the lockdown.
Members of Brazil’s 1982 World Cup squad have reunited to ask their compatriots to work together and donate money to help the country’s overcrowded slums avoid the worst ravages of the coronavirus.
The National Human Rights Commission has expressed displeasure over the alleged inhuman treatment meted out to some Nigerians by the Chinese authorities in Beijing.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Saturday advised the Kwara State Government to establish a molecular laboratory in the state.
In addition to this, over 3,000 indigent members received N5,000 each, credited into their accounts by the church. The church through her effective home cell structure collated these needs and disbursed
The President said this on Saturday in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu
This development was part of the outcome of Governor David Umahi’s statewide broadcast on Saturday at the new Government House, Abakaliki
This was announced on Saturday by the Lagos State Governor and COVID-19 Incident Commander, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a statement he personally signed
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State on Saturday announced total lockdown of the state following the positive confirmation of a suspected Coronavirus Disease patient in the state.
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed a new case of coronavirus, bringing the number of COVID-19 patients in the state to six as on Friday.
The University of Lagos has manufactured hand sanitisers and donated to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in support of Lagos State and Federal Government’s efforts in containing COVID-19.
The Olomu of Omupo, Oba Yakub Buari, says he supports the Kwara State Government’s efforts toward containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the palliative measures to cushion its effect on Nigerians.
A poultry farmer, Emmanuel Iregbeyen, has commended the Lagos State Government for ensuring unhindered access of farmers to their farms during the ongoing lockdown to contain COVID-19.
Traders in some parts of Kaduna on Saturday defied the state government’s lockdown order to make brisk sales at black markets located within neighbourhoods, just as residents rushed to buy food items ahead of the Easter festivity, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Global Peace Foundation of Nigeria has advised authorities tasked with distributing foodstuffs and other items to the poor amid the coronavirus lockdown to treat everyone equally as one family under God.
The Niger State Government has on Saturday directed the complete lockdown of the state for 24 hours for the next two weeks, starting from Easter Monday.
Chief Osita Chidoka, a former Minister of Aviation, has said the ongoing lockdown in the country should be extended for more effective containment of the Coronavirus, especially as there was no known cure for it at the moment.