Tag: COVID-19 Lockdown

COVID-19: No fresh lockdown over second wave – FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government yesterday clarified that it has not declared a fresh lockdown of the country following confirmation of a second wave of COVID-19. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who gave this clarification when he featured on a radio programme in Abuja, said the directives and position of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 at its briefing on Monday, did not translate to partial or total lockdown as reported in some sections of the media. He allayed the fears of Nigerians and some listeners that called-in…

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FG orders reopening of all schools

Ishaku Yohanna
Minister of Education Adamu-Adamu

The Federal government has directed that all schools should be reopened and must adhere to the guidelines for the reopening of schools. Schools across the country were closed in March as part of steps to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made the announcement that schools should reopen during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. He advised all institutions to obey and adhere to the guidelines for the reopening of schools, earlier announced by the presidential task force, which include the use of face…

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First international flight lands in Lagos after COVID-19 lockdown

Ishaku Yohanna

There was palpable joy on Saturday as the first international flight landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was coming after five months of closure of the Nigerian airspace due to the lockdown occasioned by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Middle East Airline (MEA), which took off from Beirut, Lebanon, made history as the first international flight to land anywhere in the country as it touched down at the MMIA at exactly 2.30p.m. The aircraft was ceremonially welcomed with…

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Nigerian students protest COVID-19 lockdown; call on FG to re-open tertiary institutions

Ishaku Yohanna

The National Association of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), and National Association of Nigerian Colleges of Education (NANCES), yesterday held a nationwide protest to demand the immediate reopening of campus across Nigeria. Students also vowed to shut down the economy and every other sector in the country if the government refuses to harken to their demands and immediately reopen all the tertiary institutions across the country. According to the aggrieved students, the continued closure of schools further reiterates the insensitivity of the leadership to education and…

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COVID-19: We spent over N500m to feed school children during lockdown

Ishaku Yohanna

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, (MHADMSD) Sadiya Farouk, has revealed that the federal government spent about N523.3 million on school feeding programme during the lockdown against the Coronavirus pandemic. The minister disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. She said that the program was modified and implemented in three states following a March 29 Presidential directive. According to her, each take-home ration was valued at N4,200 and the EFCC, CCB, ICPC, DSS and some NGOs were reportedly invited to…

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How COVID-19 lockdown led to deaths of pregnant women in Nigeria – Report

Ishaku Yohanna

A United Kingdom-based news organisation, OpenDemocracy, said in a report that pregnant women in Nigeria and several other African countries died or had difficult childbirths due to transport restrictions set in place by federal and state governments to contain COVID-19. The organisation said in some cases hospitals refused to attend to mothers and would-be mothers. “In Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, women died after failing to access medical care due to transport restrictions or because health workers refused to treat them. “Transport restrictions also prevented women from reaching medical care in Ethiopia,…

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