Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has according to reports, relaxed the Coronavirus curfew which was imposed on the state and also asked final year students in schools to resume on 29th June. All civil servants in the state were also directed to resume duties. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made this disclosure […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Thursday, extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for another 14 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obaseki, had on April 19, announced a 10-day dusk to dawn curfew to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The governor, announced the […]
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While addressing Nigerians on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari, said a nationwide curfew from 8pm to 6am will be implemented. He said “Furthermore, new nationwide measures are to be introduced as follows; “There will be an overnight curfew from 8pm to 6am. This means all movements will be prohibited during this period except for essential services; […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Lagos starting from Sunday to allow the state to carry out comprehensive disinfection of the metropolis. The Governor also said the state would close the domestic airport. Sanwo-Olu said, “I am hereby directing a statewide curfew from 8pm to 6am, starting from Sunday […]
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In the wake of fresh tension in Kaduna town, the Kaduna state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the city and environs. Samuel Aruwan, spokesman of Nasir el-Rufai, governor of the state, announced this in a statement. “This is a notice of a 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna town and environs, with immediate effect. […]
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The Plateau State Government on Friday, reportedly imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Jos North and South Local Government areas of the state. The curfew comes less than 24 hours after suspected gunmen invaded Rukuba community in the state. The assailants were said to have attacked the community on Thursday night. Some reports say nine persons were […]
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The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Muhammad Bello, has relaxed the 6 p.m. – 6 a.m. curfew imposed in Bwari town as a result of the Christmas Day mayhem in the town to 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. In a statement issued on Friday, the minister said the move was as a result […]
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At least three persons have been confirmed dead in the violence that occurred in Bwari town of Bwari Area Council, Abuja. The situation has made the authorities impose a dusk to dawn curfew on the area. The violence occurred in the area on Monday morning leading to burning down of the major market in the […]
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The Yahaya Bello government of Kogi state has declared a 24-hour curfew in the five local government areas of Kogi central senatorial district. As contained in the announcement, the affected local government areas are Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okene, Okehi and Ogori/Magongo. Petra Akinti Onyegbule, chief press secretary to Yahaya Bello, governor of the state, disclosed this […]
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Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state, has relaxed the dusk-to-dawn curfew in Jos, the state capital. Lalong had imposed the curfew to avoid attacks on Igbo residents, following the clash between suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and some people of northern extraction in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. In a statement on […]
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