Ukpono Ukpong No fewer than 100 illegal buildings were demolished in Kuchibedna community, in gwarinpa district, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) for allegedly encroaching on right of way for major road infrastructure. Most of the affected structures were worship centres, brothels, makeshift open market, residential buildings, viewing centres and shanties, purportedly serving as criminal hideouts […]
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state announced on Tuesday night during a state-wide broadcast that worship centres in the state may resume services from July 17, subject to the fulfillment of some protocols. This, Gov. Fayemi, said would be in line with the agreement reached between the state government and leaders of religious organisations in […]
The Ekiti state government has restated its position that all worship centres across the state remain closed to prevent the escalation of the COVID- 19 pandemic. The government also said it would on Thursday commence testing of samples at its molecular laboratory to boost the state’s testing capacity. Speaking at the COVID -19 press briefing […]
The Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC), says it has received over 1,000 applications through the ‘Register to Open’ online application, www.lasgsafetyreg.com, since it became active last Wednesday. The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Lanre Mojola, stated this at the weekend at a press briefing to highlight the guidelines set for Religious Centres to operate, following […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration yesterday adopted the Presidential Task Force COVID-19 guidelines for the reopening of worship centres in the territory. According to a statement signed by the FCT minister’s Chief Press Secretary, Anthony Ogunleye and made available to journalists, the decision was reached at a meeting held between the FCTA and the leadership […]
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has approved the reopening of worship centres in the state for the period of two weeks. He gave the approval in a joint council and security meetings held at Government House, Lafia on Tuesday. According to him, the two -week temporal measure would enable the task force on COVID-19 […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for the re-opening of worship centres in the face of the coronavirus disease. There have been concerns by the Christian body over the shutdown of churches as part of measures to checkmate the spread of the global disease. But, the CAN in the south-east has now come […]