President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced a ban on non-essential inter-state travels until further notice as Nigeria grapples to combat the spread of coronavirus. The president, who made the announcement in a broadcast in Abuja, also announced the imposition of curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. “This means all movements will be prohibited during this period except for essential services,’’ Buhari said. He stated, however, that partial and controlled inter-state movement of goods and...

Some residents of Kano metropolis have expressed support to the two weeks total lockdown order of the state announced by President Muhammadu Buhari. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari in a broadcast on Monday announced the total lockdown of the state with immediate effect to stem the spread of coronavirus. The President said: “With regards to Kano, I have directed the enforcement of a total lockdown for a period of two...

Mohammed Atiku, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has recovered from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease to which he tested positive last month. Mohammed, who spent 40 days in the hospital, was finally cleared and discharged on Monday. In a statement he personally signed after he left the hospital, Mohammed thanked Nigerians for the support and prayers, urging them to keep praying for those still being treated for the pandemic that had killed 40 Nigerians....

The suspected abductors of the Ekiti Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Folorunsho Olabode, has demanded N30 million ransom from his family to secure his freedom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspected abductors attacked the commissioner and two others in his vehicle along Isan Ekiti-Iludun Ekiti road on Sunday night. The driver of the car, who was the leader of the legislative arm of Ilejemeje local Government in Ekiti, Omotoso Olatunji, was killed...