The president said this in a nationwide broadcast to Nigerians. “With this in mind and having carefully considered the briefings and Report from the Presidential Task Force and the various options offered, it has become necessary to extend the current restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun States as well as the FCT for another 14 days effective ‪from 11:59 pm on Monday, 13th of April, 2020‬. I am therefore once again asking you all to work...

Strong indications have emerged that Kano State government is considering the possibility of closing mosques and churches as reports say that the state first recorded Coronavirus index attended the last Juma’at prayer. The first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Kano State on Friday. Sources say that the patient, former Ambassador have attended the Friday congregational prayers, and this development led the state government to consider closing places of worship. The patient attended Friday prayers...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the restriction of movement in several states will remain as long as experts find it necessary. Buhari had ordered a 14-day lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory to contain the spread of coronavirus. The secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha, has on Friday hinted that the government may extend the lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun state to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic in...

The two sons of late Dr. Yakubu Aliyu, a practicing medical doctor in Daura, Katsina State have alleged that the reports of their positive status for Coronavirus were manipulated by National Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC). According to the two children who spoke in separate videos claimed that their father could not have tested positive and died of COVID-19. It could be recalled that the Katsina State Government had earlier attributed the death of...