Steph Ogundele, the Public Relations Officer of the National Theatre, told the News Agency of Nigeria, on Monday, that the oragnisation was compelled to comply with the order, which aimed to stave off the second wave of COVID-19 in the country and the increase in the number of cases in the state.
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Gov. Simon Lalong announced this at the end of a stakeholders’ meeting on security and COVID-19 held on Wednesday in Jos.
The spokesman of the DSS, Peter Afunanya, stated this in a statement on Tuesday.
The government also directed social clubs, hotels, departmental stores, supermarkets, event centres and allied centres in the state to henceforth operate at half capacities.
In a message of caution, the Director General of NOA, Dr. Garba Abari, urged members of the public to take personal responsibility for their own protection from the pandemic and that of their families, noting that the increasing COVID-19 figures in Nigeria are the result of non-compliance to prevention protocols.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha, gave the warning on Monday at the national briefing on COVID-19, in Abuja.
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has lauded the Buhari administration for ensuring the availability of petroleum products and locally produced rice during the Christmas and New Year festivities in the country.
This was contained in a statement by Ismaila Misilli his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity on Wednesday in Gombe.
“This is a new year and the beginning of a new decade – the Nigerian Decade of prosperity and promise for Nigeria and for Africa,’’ the president said in a letter to Nigerians to mark the beginning of 2020.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed state councils to await directive to engage state governors who fails to meet the December 31 deadline implementation of the minimum wage.
Today marks a new decade. It is a time of hope, optimism and fresh possibilities. We look forward as a nation to the 2020s as the opportunity to build on the foundations we have laid together on security, diversification of our economy and taking on the curse of corruption. These are the pledges on which I have been twice elected President and remain the framework for a stable, sustainable and more prosperous future.
Former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, has urged Nigerians to enter the new year with gratitude, hope, love and faith.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the year 2020 will usher in robust peace and economic growth for the benefit of all Nigerians.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has applauded the resilience and tolerance of Nigerians in the face of many socio-economic obstacles they faced collectively in the country.
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on Thursday in Abuja through a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah.
As the Christmas and New Year festivities approach, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has assured Nigerians that they will experience shorter and more pleasurable travel time during the season, saying contractors have remobilized to sites across the country to repair and restore portions of the roads affected by adverse weather.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday called on Nigerians to shun prejudice and hatred for one another in the name of religion or other differences, calling instead for support for the oppressed people of the world.
No fewer than nine persons died while 84 others sustained various degrees of injuries in various road crashes across Ogun between December 15, 2018 and January 15.
As schools reopen for another session following the Christmas and New Year festivities, Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has reassured parents and guardians of the bank’s readiness
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday resumed plenary without deliberations on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s 2019 Budget proposal.