…says the President invoked an Act of the National Assembly  Questioning the legality of the presidential order restricting movements in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun States is quite unnecessary as the action taken is not only important but very well backed by extant Nigerian laws, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo made this observation in Abuja while ...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka,  and a human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN,  on Monday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s  lockdown order in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states. But the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar  Malami, SAN, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari did not commit any illegality. Buhari, had in a broadcast on Sunday ordered ...

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered mass production of Chloroquine for emergency stock for possible clinical trial treatment. Chloroquine was reported to have demonstrated marked efficacy and acceptable safety in treating COVID-19 associated pneumonia in a multi-center clinical trials conducted in China. The study, which involved 10 hospitals in Wuhan, Jingzhou, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, ...

Nigerians will from Wednesday, April 1, 2020, pay more for electricity, The PUNCH reports. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had disclosed this in its December 2019 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and Minimum Remittance Order for the Year 2020. Checks by The PUNCH on Monday showed that the decision to increase tariff had not yet been suspended despite the lockdown occasioned by ...

With effect from today, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended the clearing of all cheque instruments in the Nigerian clearing system. A circular signed and sent out to all Deposit Money Banks and the Nigeria Interbank Settlement  System (NIBSS) by the CBN on Monday stated that “no fresh cheque instrument will be allowed to pass through clearing system ...

The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the commencement of evacuation of its citizens from Nigeria. This is happening after Germany, Israel, and France evacuated their nationals following the rising cases of coronavirus disease in the country. The Embassy confirmed the development Monday night on its official Twitter handle, @US Mission Nigeria. It said multiple emergency flights departing from ...

Coronavirus cases have risen to 131 in Nigeria as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 20 new cases on Monday. Of the 20 new cases, 13 were recorded in Lagos State, four in Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), two in Kaduna and one in Oyo. The PUNCH reports that the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, earlier announced that he tested positive ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged security agents to be friendly in enforcing the lockdown order announced on Sunday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Governor urged those who will be carrying out the enforcement to show high professionalism in dealing with erring persons, cautioning that high-handedness may lead to violation of human rights of residents. Sanwo-Olu gave the ...

The Nigerian Guild of Editors has strongly condemned the harassment on Sunday, of drivers of newspaper distribution vans by overzealous security agents in some states. The Guild noted that the media is a strategic partner in national affairs, with the Constitutional mandate of providing information to the populace. In a statement signed by the President, Mustapha Isah, and General Secretary, Mary ...

Lagos State Government on Monday discharged five coronavirus patients who were admitted to and treated at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital. The survivors are four males and one female, bringing the total number of survivors from the centre to eight. The survivors were quarantined and treated at the isolation centre for two weeks after testing positive for the ...