archiveMarch 30, 2020

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday assured that the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be over. According to him, people have no cause to fear, as ‘only those whose time has come will die’ as the world and Nigeria battle the...

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has expressed support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to lock down Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States for an initial period of 14 days in the move to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The CUPP, an umbrella body of opposition parties,  expressed its support...

  Calls on govts, churches to provide palliatives The President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Sunday, urged Nigerians not to be afraid in order to overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Ayokunle, who doubles as the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), also narrated how he...

  Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast will help to bring all the separate interventions into an integrated response strategy. Buhari had, during a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, ordered a lockdown of Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States, respectively, in a move to...

One of the front line civil society group on accountability, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the federal government to publish weekly details of exact funds and other resources allocated by the authorities and received from the private sector as well as details of used and planned...

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed Babandede, has tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NIS, Sunday James, stated yesterday that the NIS boss had been on self-isolation after his return from the United Kingdom. Babandede had submitted his sample for...

    ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 Fellow Nigerians, From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive,...

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has pledged its commitment to ensuring seamless movement of essential commodities throughout the country during the period of lockdown declared in some states. The forum made the pledge in a communiqué issued after its first teleconference meeting held on Sunday and signed by Gov. Kayode...