Lagosians experienced today the beginning of the 14-day restriction of movement ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari in a bid to stop the Coronavirus pandemic. This is even as the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, assured that more Coronavirus patients would be out of the hospital soon. In a statement he personally signed, Sanwo-Olu noted the high level of the ...

The Federal Government has said it will be reaching more than 11 million Nigerians with palliatives to cushion the harsh effects of the measures set to fight back outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Also, the government has said it will continue to increase capacity to test for cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on weekly basis. The Minister ...

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said it has met with security chiefs in the country regarding the review of the protocols for implementing the 14-day lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Chairman of the task force and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who spoke during a live Presidential Task Force ...

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the last Presidential  elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed reports making the rounds in social media circles that he donated a billion Naira to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) relief fund. “I have not donated to the fund,” Obi said in a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon by his Media Office and signed ...

In the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown, Prudential Zenith Life Insurance is rolling out a range of services to help customers cope with the lockdown. The new services include a range of additional COVID-19 insurance cover enhancements, without additional premium charges, and a waiver for ‘pandemic’ exclusions as contained in its policy language. In line with ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Anambra state government says the executive ban on illegal construction of bumps on constructed roads in Anambra state still stands. To this end, it has directed that any community that wishes to erect speed breakers must apply and obtain approval from the state Ministry of Works. The Commissioner for Works,  Mr Marcel Ifejiofor, stated this today ...

Olusegun Fafore With the public outrage following the flouting of government’s directives by some religious institutions last weekend over the number of worshippers that could attend mosques and churches for prayers in the face of the deadly pandemic ravaging the world, God may have nullified some supplications for putting His creations in danger. The contribution of a South Korean Church ...

Patrick O. Okigbo III There are many misconceptions about Ndigbo (that group of people found predominantly in the Eastern part of Nigeria) which, left unchallenged, have assumed the status of unvarnished truths. A phone call I just got from the President General of my town union got me thinking about these misrepresentations. The call was to solicit a donation towards ...

Four new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria, The PUNCH reports. Three were recorded in Osun State and one in Ogun State. “As at 11:15 am 31st March there are 135 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria with two deaths,” said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The pandemic has been recorded in 11 states and the Federal Capital ...

In view of the coronavirus pandemic altering socio-economic activities around the world and as part of the on-going efforts to mitigate the effect on businesses and taxpayers, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the deadline for filing of Annual Returns for Individual taxpayers including self-employed persons for two (2) months from April 1 to May 31, 2020. ...