Anambra State government says there is no lockdown in the state. Responding to enquiries from people calling government officials on the matter, Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba said in a statement that the rumour of…
10 pastors detained for holding church services
Over 10 pastors have been arrested by police from the Eket divisional headquarters in Akwa Ibom State for holding church services against the stay-at-home directive of the state government. Governor Udom Emmanuel had on Thursday ordered a total lockdown across…
Lockdown: Police arrest Funke Akindele over house party
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Funke Akindele for hosting a party in contravention of the lockdown order in Lagos State, The PUNCH can confirm. The Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, told The PUNCH that the actress…
Kaigama to govt: Be sensitive to the poor
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Ignatius Kaigama, on Sunday urged the government to be sensitive to the suffering of Nigerians during the COVID-19 lockdown. He spoke in Abuja while celebrating mass at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral…
Apprehension as stay-at-home order over COVID-19 may be extended
Not many Nigerians, especially the vulnerable citizens in the country took the warning from the Minister Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, lightly that government might extend the on-going lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and the Ogun…
Abia to mass-produce face masks, others
Tailors in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State have begun the local production of surgical face masks as the price of the imported ones is out of reach of the common man while coronavirus pandemic skyrockets in the country.…
Lagos commits to tackling illegal physical developments
The Lagos State government has reiterated commitment towards the implementation of its policy of zero tolerance to all illegal physical developments. The State’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, who regretted encroachment on ecological zones in…
FCT, Lagos, Ogun communities ignore Buhari’s lockdown order
Residents of some communities in the Federal Capital Territory, Ogun and Lagos states on Sunday violated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) lockdown order. On Saturday and Sunday, our correspondents in the FCT observed that although there was compliance…
LASUTH places three health workers on isolation
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, says it has placed three of its health workers on isolation after their contact with a patient who died of COVID-19. Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of LASUTH,…
*LASUTH places three health workers on isolation (Guardian) *FCT, Lagos, Ogun communities ignore Buhari’s lockdown order (Punch)
LASUTH places three health workers on isolation (Guardian) The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, says it has placed three of its health workers on isolation after their contact with a patient who died of COVID-19. Dr Ibrahim Mustafa,…