The wife of Lagos State Governor, IBIJOKE SANWO-OLU, has called for the declaration of rape as an emergency. IBIJOKE SANWO-OLU also called on Nigerian men to help in making the protest against rape as big as the demonstrations against racism in the United States. The wife of the governor made the call when a group of men…
Nigeria has recorded six hundred and eighty-one new Covid-19 infections, which is the highest in a single day since the outbreak of the disease in the country over three months ago. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said three hundred and of the new infections were confirmed in Lagos State, which is more than half of yesterday’s…
The Nigeria Police Force has released new guidelines for security personnel involved in the enforcement of the Covid-19 restrictions. These include strengthening of the Gender-Desk Units and the Juvenile Welfare Centres across the country. The Police High Command is also sending investigative assistants across the country to deal with gender related offences. Also, the Cybercrime Unit of…
Three oil and gas multinationals operating in Rivers State have come together to donate an isolation centre for the handling of Covid-19 cases by the state government. Governor NYESOM WIKE who announced the offer of the thirty-bed space facility to be located in Bonny Island, said he was happy about the proposed donation. Governor WIKE said the…
The Federal Government has released over N22 billion to the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 Response, (PTF). This was made known when members of the PTF appeared the House of Representatives on Monday, June 8, 2020 to. The PTF members were invited by the lawmakers to explain how they spent monies meant for the Covid-19 operations. The…
New Covid-19 cases in Nigeria have jumped by three hundred and fifteen to twelve thousand, eight hundred and one. This was made known by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its latest update as at Monday night, June 8, 2020. Lagos State recorded the highest, with one hundred and twenty-eight, followed by Abuja with thirty-four, and…