Pesident Muhammadu Buhari, in a nationwide broadcast this evening, has extended the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory until May 4. He said a dusk to dawn curfew will take effect in all three states, after that day…
The Lagos state police command has arrest 620 persons, including 39 at a strip club, for violating the lockdown in the state. In a statement on Sunday, Bala Elkana, Lagos police public relations officer, said those who violated the lockdown…
The inter-state lockdown decision taken by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) is a “done deal”. On Sunday, a Chief Press Secretary to a state governor confirmed this to DAILY POST. He explained that the chief executives made their position known…
A regional manager with First Bank PLC, Kano, Abdullahi Lawal, has died of a suspected case of COVID -19. Family sources said the late banker took ill on Friday and was initially admitted at a private clinic in Kano from…
The leadership of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has constituted a “Special committee on COVID-19, to liaise with the various PANDEF formations across states of the south south of Nigeria, and relevant stakeholders with a view to enlightening and sensitizing”…
One hundred and Fourteen new coronavirus infections have been recorded in Nigeria. Recent tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, gives the breakdown as follows: 114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 80 in Lagos 21 in…
Five accused persons who violated provisions of the Rivers State Quarantine Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Other Infectious Diseases) Regulations and Executive Orders have been convicted by the Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court. The accused persons were convicted after they pleaded guilty…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has reported 108 new cases of coronavirus infections in Nigeria. A tweet from the official Twitter handle of NCDC reads: 108 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 78 in Lagos 14 in…
Over 2,474 people died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the US. As of early Wednesday morning, 45,435 Americans have now been killed by coronavirus since the pandemic began ravaging the country last month. Featured image: Healthcare workers…
Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus from State to State. The…