Latest news and updates from WHO Dear colleagues and friends, World TB Day, this year, comes at a sobering time – as the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. We stand in solidarity with those affected, those at the frontlines of the fight to combat COVID-19, as well as those who continue efforts to support…
ATM withdrawal ATM withdrawal A joint statement by Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said e-payment and ATM platforms will remain open during the restriction on movement in Lagos, FCT and Ogun State. The monetary and fiscal policy heads said exemptions have been obtained from President…
Following the national broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, some lawyers have questioned the constitutional validity of the restriction of locomotion of people in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states. No doubt, the President is empowered to adopt any measures deemed fit to combat the dangerous disease but such measures have…
Media Rights Agenda on Monday condemned the increasing cases of attacks by law enforcement and security agencies on journalists covering the Coronavirus pandemic and other issues in the country. The group called on government to ensure respect for the fundamental rights of journalists and the media. In a statement, MRA’s Programme Director, Mr Ayode…
Ogun State Government has shifted the commencement of the total lockdown of the state to April 3, 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari had during his nationwide address on the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country on Sunday ordered the lockdown of the FCT, Lagos and Ogun states. According to the President, the lockdown is to start…
Residents of Obasanjo Hilltop GRA, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have rejected the proposed siting of an isolation centre in the area. The residents, in a letter to Governor Dapo Abiodun, stated that siting an isolation centre in a residential area would put the health of the people under risk. Mr Fola Adeola, businessman, politician and…
Olusegun Adeniyi, Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, a group of Nigerian soldiers deployed to the North-East region to combat Boko Haram terrorists and other insurgent groups, has revealed how they recorded heavy casualty during a recent encounter with the hoodlums. In a video making the rounds on the Internet, Adeniyi could be seen standing together…
Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has tested positive for Coronavirus. Making the announcement on Twitter on Monday, he said, “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is positive. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate.” Earlier Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, Kaduna State governor, Nasir e-l-Rufai, had both tested positive for…
Residents of Abuja on Monday thronged banking halls, shopping malls and supermarkets to make last-minute cash withdrawals and purchases of basic food items and toiletries ahead of a lockdown in the city. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Sunday ordered a total lockdown of activities in Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory for two weeks…
A graphic designer in Nigeria, Jeremiah Olatinwo, has demanded compensation from Ogun State Government for using his graphics design to create awareness about Coronavirus without his permission. Olatinwo had designed an image to raise awareness on the virus and how to stay safe from it. He used the ‘End COVID-19 WITH SWAG’ to launch…