A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibrahim Taiwo road, Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria admitted a cleric, Muhammad Umar, who allegedly violated the restriction order to curb the  Coronavirus (COVID-19), to bail in the sum of N1 million. Kaduna was first to slam curfew in a bid to stem the spread of the dreaded coronavirus ravaging the country. Umar, alongside Yusuf Hamza, Muhammad Ubale, Auwal Shuaibu who all reside at Unguan Kanawa, Kaduna, is charged with...

Zaria (Kaduna State) March 28, 2020 (NAN) The Zaria Zonal Command of Kaduna state Vigilante Service (KadVS) on Saturday arrested four bridegrooms for violating the ban on large gathering imposed by the state government. Malam Bala Galadima, Zaria Zonal Commandant of KadVS, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that KadVS made the arrest within Zaria metropolis. He added that the arrests was made at Lowcost, Mangwaron Babayo, Magajiya and Bakin Kasuwa settlements. “Four bridegrooms...

The Bayelsa Government has ordered that no tricycle operating in the state should carry more than two passengers at a time to check the coronavirus pandemic. This is contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Transport, Mr. Ere Efeke, in Yenagoa on Tuesday. Efeke said that the decision was part of the state government’s efforts at preventing the spread of the disease to the state. Bayelsa does not...