The Lagos State Government has shifted the resumption of civil servants of grade level 15 and above to tomorrow, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the adjustment during a media briefing yesterday, ahead of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown, which begins today. Governor Sanwo-Olu also said state civil servants of grade level 14…
The Nigeria Police Force says 27 police personnel have suffered series of attacks and assaults from members of the public since the enforcement of the COVID19 lockdown began. These include ASP Adeyemo Ogunyemi, as well as Inspectors Ojola Abiola and Queen Eguaoje, who were assaulted by a woman identified as Kehinde Afolake at Gbolagunte, Okeola area of…
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA, MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020 Fellow Nigerians I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday ordered a nationwide curfew from 8pm to 6am beginning from Monday next week to curb COVID-19 spread. He also ordered two-week total lockdown in Kano State with immediate effect. Buhari had, on March 30, ordered lockdown for an initial period of 14 days in the federal capital Territory,…
Nigeria recorded 30 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, APril 14, 2020, which is the highest so far in the country in 24hours. Lagos alone account for 25 of the new cases of the Coronavirus disease, while 2 were reported in Abuja, and in each of Akwa Ibom, Edo and Kano states. With the latest update as…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, HAKEEM ODUMOSU, has been visiting some of the areas where armed gangs are alleged to have been disturbing residents in a bid to assure the people of the police resolve to provide security for them. CP ODUMOSU and other senior police officers from the Lagos State Police Command visited Agege, Iju…