Tag: Lockdown
Lockdown: IGP Adamu sends intervention squad to Lagos, releases DIG’s hotline
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has deployed an intervention squad to Lagos, Ogun states as they begin a new…
Lockdown: Lawyers want govt to expand security arrangements
Some lawyers in Lagos on Monday called on the authorities to expand security arrangements to protect the people against attacks…
What will happen to poor if lockdown continues – PRP
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has warned the government against pushing the poor to the wall by the indefinite extension…
Easter: Nigerians urged to keep hope alive in lockdown
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Centre for Change, an NGO, has urged the Christian faithful and Nigerians to persevere and keep…
Buhari silent on extending lockdown, urges Nigerians to comply
President Muhammadu Buhari was silent on Saturday whether he would extend the lockdown imposed on Lagos, Ogun and Abuja last…
Coronavirus lockdown: 5 fun ways to celebrate Easter at home
Just because we are observing the stay-at-home order doesn’t mean that all of life’s little joys should stop as well.
Don’t extend lockdown in Lagos, Abuja – Onitiri
A renowned socio-political activist and critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri, has advised both the Federal and Lagos State governments not to…
COVID-19: Lagos has not relaxed lockdown – Commissioner
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has dismissed rumors that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State…
Lockdown: Abiodun extends stimulus package to Ogun East senatorial district
The Wife of the Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun has given succour to not less than five hundred…
Lockdown: Delta govt. to prosecute violators
Delta Government has set up mobile courts in the three senatorial districts of the state to prosecute violators of its…
14 jailed in Osun for violating restriction order
Fourteen people have been sentenced to two months imprisonment by an Osun State Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Osogbo for violating…
Coronavirus lockdown: Beware of pedophiles – NAWOJ
Lagos State Chapter of National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), has urged parents and guardians to beware of pedophiles as…
Coronavirus: Group distributes food items to residents
A network of volunteers under the auspices of Project LOUD (Lagos Of Our Dreams) has commenced distribution of food aid…
Coronavirus: Lagos assures residents of adequate food supply
The Lagos State Government has assured residents of the state of adequate food supply at all the 27 designated Coronavirus…
Kaduna govt threatens 24 hours lockdown
Kaduna State Government has threatened to review the ongoing lockdown, by closing the two-day window provided for residents to re-stock…
Lockdown: Nasarawa to distribute foodstuffs
The Nasarawa State Government has purchased a large quantity of grains to be distributed to the needy to cushion the…
Lockdown: Ogun FRSC commends motorists over compliance
The Ogun State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday commended motorists over the high level of compliance…
Coronavirus Lockdown: Foundation distributes food items in Abeokuta South
A Non-Governmental Organization, named Lanre Ariyibi Foundation on Thursday distributed food items to over four hundred less privileged in Abeokuta…
No electricity disconnection during lockdown – IBEDC
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc (IBEDC) says there will be no disconnection of electricity to non-paying customers during this…
Coronavirus: Osoba calls for lockdown extension to other states
A sitting Lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Hon Olumide Osoba, has advised the Federal government to extend the recent…
Coronavirus Lockdown: 10 Ways to beat boredom
Getting bored during a lockdown could be real torture especially with people who are used to having hectic schedules. In…
COVID-19 Lockdown: Poor masses and their empty stomachs
The next few weeks will be challenging for the poor masses in Nigeria. Not because of the immediate lockdown and…
Lockdown: Cooking gas sales excluded
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) says selling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas,…
Lockdown: Kaduna residents complain of hunger
Some residents of Kaduna have expressed reservation over the stay-at-home order imposed on the state government and alleged that starvation…
Lagos Lockdown: Day 1 in pictures
Lagos, Africa’s biggest city and business hub of Nigeria has initiated a total lockdown, with the restriction of all movement…
[PHOTO NEWS] Coronavirus: Last minutes before lockdown in Lagos
Buhari in a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, ordered a lockdown of Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States, in a move to…
Lockdown: Watch these 10 Nollywood Movies on Netflix
The Nigerian Film Industry, popularly known as Nollywood is getting a lot of attention from the popular media-streaming provider, Netflix…
White House on lockdown due to “suspicious activity”
The White House went under lock-down Friday morning due to “suspicious activity,” the U.S. Secret Service said.
Armed suspect shot at White House gate, Obama unharmed
The US Secret Service shot an armed man at a security checkpoint outside the White House Friday, causing the complex…
White House lockdown after man jumps fence
A man who jumped the White House fence on Thursday, triggering a lockdown of the presidential mansion, was quickly caught…