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Nigeria:
Lawyers Divided Over Buhari's Restriction of Movement Order in Abuja, Lagos, Ogun
Vanguard, 30 March 2020
Lawyers were yesterday divided on the propriety of President Muhammadu Buhari declaring lrestrictions on movements in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states to check the spread of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Challenged to Up His Game
This Day, 30 March 2020
Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Vanessa Obioha write that a significant part of the legacy of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State may be tied to how he passes the COVID-19 test. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abba Kyari Speaks On Positive Status, Moves to Lagos for Further Tests, Observation
This Day, 29 March 2020
Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has confirmed that he tested positive for coronavirus and would be moving to Lagos later on Sunday for further tests and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Adds Two Laboratories to Test for COVID-19
Premium Times, 29 March 2020
Nigeria has added two new centres to the list of laboratories that can test for Covid-19 in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
COVID-19 - It's Matter of Life and Death, Says Buhari
This Day, 30 March 2020
Fellow Nigerians. Read more »
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Nigeria:
NCDC Prioritises COVID-19 Test for High Profiled Nigerians
This Day, 30 March 2020
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been conducting COVID-19 tests on high profiled Nigerians, who demanded for it, but asked 'ordinary' citizens who also requested for… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Coronavirus - Abba Kyari Speaks From Sickbed
Premium Times, 29 March 2020
Six days after testing positive for coronavirus, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, has spoken from his sickbed over his status. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Buhari Urges Nigerians to Support Measures to Check COVID-19
Premium Times, 29 March 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to support the surveillance and control measures adopted by the government to combat the spread of Covid-19 in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Buhari Lacks Power to Restrict Movement in Lagos, Abuja, Says SAN
This Day, 30 March 2020
A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the power to restrict movement without… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Shock, Confusion Rock Cabinet As El-Rufai Tests Positive to COVID-19
Daily Trust, 30 March 2020
There was shock and confusion among cabinet members of the Kaduna State following the announcement by the Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Saturday, that the result of the test he… Read more »
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Nigeria:
COVID-19 - Top Things President Buhari Said in His Special Broadcast
Daily Trust, 29 March 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the total lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic… Read more »
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Nigeria:
11 Strategic Interventions to Contain COVID-19 - Buhari
Daily Trust, 29 March 2020
Following the presidential order to totally shutdown Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states starting from 11:00pm on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari has highlighted eleven special… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Buhari Suspends Passenger Planes Operations Over Coronavirus
Vanguard, 29 March 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday suspended the movements of all passenger aircraft, including commercial and private jets in Nigeria over the coronavirus scourge in the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Social Media Picks Hole in Buhari's COVID-19 Speech
Vanguard, 29 March 2020
All the president in the world has said something but Muhammadu Buhari, can't he just say something? Nigerians query on social media. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Buhari's Address Empty, Failed to Address Real Concerns - PDP
Vanguard, 29 March 2020
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) laments that President Muhammadu Buhari's long awaited address on the COVID-19 pandemic came empty and failed to address the salient demands of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
We're Taking Two-Step Approach Against COVID-19 - Buhari
This Day, 29 March 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night said Nigeria was taking a two-step approach to combat Covid-19. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Confirms 14 New Coronavirus Cases, Total Now 111
Premium Times, 29 March 2020
Few minutes after President Muhammadu Buhari addressed Nigerians, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the confirmation of 14 new cases of COVID-19 in the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Coronavirus - Why Buhari Ordered Lockdown of Lagos, Abuja, Ogun - Minister
Premium Times, 29 March 2020
Nigeria is planning to use the latest movement restrictions imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari on two states and Abuja to identify those who may have been exposed to COVID-19,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Coronavirus - Buhari Tells States to Nominate Doctors, Nurses for Training
Premium Times, 29 March 2020
State governments have been asked to nominate doctors and nurses in their states to be trained on how to treat and care for victims of COVID-19. Read more »
