Nigeria has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 infections in single day with 553 new cases on May 30, bringing the total to 9,855. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in a tweet Saturday night. There…
216 more infected with COVID-19 in Nigeria
On a day when the Federal Government extended the easing of lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 216 fresh COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the country. Emanating from…
Buhari approves gradual easing of lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a phased and gradual easing of lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states from Monday, May 4. Speaking to the nation in a national broadcast today, the President said that the…
Agbakoba, others seek nationwide lockdown
Senior lawyers praised the efforts made so far by the Federal Government to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. They agreed with President Muhammadu Buhari that steps taken to curtail the pandemic, particularly the extension of the…
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…
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…
Coronavirus: FCT task force shuts wedding reception, church for violating ban
The Federal Capital Territory enforcement team on Saturday disrupted a wedding reception at Police Quarters at Wuse Zone 6 in Abuja. It was learnt that the enforcement, acting on a tip-off, stormed the venue and “dispersed” the hosts and guests…
Nigeria records first coronavirus death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the first coronavirus death in Nigeria. The NCDC via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Monday, said, “The first #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67-year-old male who…
Policeman kills colleague, commits suicide in Abuja (DailyTrust)
A police inspector attached to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command yesterday shot a corporal and injured a deputy superintendent. The inspector, who was yet to be identified, committed suicide after he shot dead his counterpart in Dutsen Alhaji…
Kidnappings: Civil servants cut travel to home towns (DailyTrust)
Following the upsurge in cases of kidnapping and killings by armed men within the last one month across some rural communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), some civil servants working in the city and area councils’ headquarters have cut…