The Kwara State Deputy Governor and Chairman, Technical Committee on Coronavirus, Kayode Alabi, on Friday intercepted loaded passenger buses operating along Otte-Ogbomosho Road in violation of government’s lockdown
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The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, Festac branch, Lagos has distributed food items to no fewer than 100 of its members and others families in the community.
Four days into the lockdown order in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun States as part of measures to contain the dreaded coronavirus, the Federal Government has appreciated Nigerians for their compliance, sacrifices and urged them to keep up the pace.
The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, on Thursday advised the federal and state governments to back the lockdown across the country with provision of essential needs to the masses.
The Delta State Government has called for an investigation into the alleged killing of a 28-year-old man, Joseph Pessu, in Warri on Thursday by a security agent.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Thursday read the riot acts to motorists to remind them that they are not exempted from the government’s lockdown order.
The Nasrul Lahi-L-Fatih Society says it will give N10,000 palliatives to each member and non-member in Nigeria every month to cushion effects of economic lockdown and restriction of movement.
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has cautioned officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force currently deployed for the enforcement of the lockdown and social restriction orders to ensure that the rights of Nigerians are not infringed upon under any pretext.
When I left Abuja at short notice nine days ago, the city was already emptying out. The single biggest factory and business centre there – the National Assembly – was on the verge of closure.
The Presidency has enjoined Nigerians to trust information coming from scientists and medical specialists as regard issues concerning virus diseases, instead of listening to Professors of Literary writings.
Businesses, markets and shops in Osogbo were locked on Wednesday as residents complied with the lockdown directive of the Osun State Government as a measure of preventing the spread of Coronavirus Disease.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of the lockdown of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun to help stop the spread of Coronavirus in the country is valid, legal and enforceable.
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday suspended clearing of cheques until further notice following the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Kano State Government says it will initiate palliative measures for media practitioners to enable them discharge their duties in the event of lockdown occasioned by the Coronavirus Disease.
The Nigerian Ports Authority on Monday said that operations would continue at the ports in spite of the two weeks lockdown of Lagos State to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has assured investors of seamless trading during the 14 days lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar has denied flouting social distancing rules after returning to his native Brazil.
2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in the event the disease hits Nigeria.
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has warned his supporters against any form of intimidation of anyone following his validation as the substantive governor of the state by the Supreme Court in Abuja on Friday.
Coronavirus has opened up a whole Pandora of supernatural truth about life and our place in it. We are the world. We are one. It is only the arrogance and wealth of the Western nations that divide the world into sentimental categorisations of developed, developing and underdeveloped. Coronavirus has shattered that illusion and has shown that only together we are strongest, most humane, most supportive and most human.