The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) on Wednesday commended the Federal Government for gradually winding down lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and FCT, to enable businesses come back to life after four weeks of total lockdown. Its Director-General, Mr Timothy Olawale, who gave the commendation in a statement Lagos, said the move would balance safety of […]
The Adamawa state Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) says it has distributed 1, 800 bags of assorted rice to the less privileged to cushion the effects of COVID-19 lockdown in the state. Dr Muhammed Sulaiman, executive secretary of the agency, made the disclosure during the distribution of the food items on Tuesday in Yola. Sulaiman said […]
The Niger state government has announced a partial extension of lockdown of the state for another two weeks in order to achieve the desired result of minimising the spread of the coronavirus. Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger state made this disclosure to newsmen after a joint executive council and COVID-19 task force meeting in Minna […]
…Threatens to go to court if lockdown is not eased The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has faulted the continued lockdowns being ordered by both the Federal and States Governments in Nigeria, warning that it would not be the solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic. The PRP in a statement on Monday signed by its National Chairman, […]
Leaders of the Isoko people in Delta state at the weekend donated food items to the vulnerable in the area as palliative to cushion the effects of the lockdown ordered by the state government due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The items worth over N15 million were donated to no fewer than 3,000 households in the […]
…Sets up mobile courts to try violators of Quarantine Orders Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has extended the lockdown in the state by 30 days.Recall that the state government introduced the lockdown on March 26 as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. In a statement, Muyiwa Adekeye, special adviser to the governor, […]
Delectable Nollywood actress, Ini Edo as part of her birthday celebration have donated to her fans and followers N300,000 to celebrate her birthday during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. The renowned actress, who said words were not enough to express how excited and grateful she was, took to her Instagram page on Thursday to appreciate God […]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Thursday monitored compliance with the lockdown and restriction of inter-state transportation within some of the land boundaries of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government land boundaries closure and inter-state transportation restriction directives were among other precautionary measures meant to contain the […]
Abuja – A public health professional, Dr Jennifer Braimah, on Thursday counselled Nigerians to be selective of news they digest as measures to deal with depression during the COVID-19 lockdown. Braimah, also the Chief Executive Officer, Intensive Rescue Foundation International (IRFI), an NGO, gave this counsel during a tweet chat on the correlation of Female […]
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has unfolded virtual courts proceedings and adjournment of judicial process using available technologies to make for recovery of lost grounds occasioned by the COVID-19 lockdown. His plan is contained in a statement issued by him on Monday titled “Plans for post COVID […]
A coalition of Niger Delta groups has lauded the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, over its commitment in cushioning the effects of the lockdown of states on Niger Delta people. In a statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, they commended the efforts of the Minister […]
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) says it has distributed food items worth N2 million needy Nigerians to amelioration hunger and hardship associated with the COVID-19 lockdown. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, director MURIC, said in a statement on Monday in Lagos, that the palliative was provided under the MURIC COVID-19 Relief Scheme launched last month. Akintola said […]
A xoalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has distributed food items to vulnerable groups in Kano state to reduce the hardship being faced by the less privileged due to COVID-19 lockdown. Coordinator of the group, Alhaji Abubakar Widi-Jalo, disclosed in an interview with newsmen in Monday in Kano. “We are thinking of including cooked food […]
…asks govt to add fish to palliatives To curb losses in the fish farming value chain, the Catfish and Allied Fish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFFAN), has appealed to the Federal Government to grant farmers special movement permit to move fish and its products from various fish farms, to areas of need within Nigeria. Mr […]
The Ona-Ara Community Development Area (CDA) in Kajola, Ogun dtate on Sunday, distributed foodstuffs to no fewer than 80 residents of the community to cushion the effects of the lockdown, occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. Ona Ara community under Orilonise Community Development Council (CDC) distributed the food items to the residents. Mr Hammad Yekini, the […]
Washington – Protests erupted in several states across the U.S. this week, demanding that stay-at-home orders to stem the spread of the new coronavirus be eased. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina and Utah are among the states that saw rallies in recent days as concerns mount over the economic fallout of the measures. U.S. President Donald […]
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has condemned the reported extra-judicial killings in several parts of the country by security agencies enforcing the lockdown ordered by the federal government and some states of the federation to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Ekweremadu, who is also a member of the seven-man International Parliamentary Taskforce […]
Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has restated the state government’s commitment to providing palliatives to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the vulnerable in the state. The governor disclosed this while speaking to newsmen shortly after inspecting the state’s food bank at Ibusa on Thursday. He said that credible Deltans, including local government council […]
The Akwa Ibom state Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has extended the lockdown for prevention of coronavirus pandemic to April 30 to curtail the spread of the disease in the state. Chief Judge of the state Justice Godwin Abraham has inaugurated mobile courts across the three senatorial districts in the state to enforce the extension period order […]
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has appealed for calm over the protests in Sapele, Delta state against the state government’s two-week extension of the lockdown. Omo-Agege also condemned in strong terms, the alleged shooting of one of the protesters by security agents and called for the arrest and prosecution of the culprit […]