Abuja Media Circle

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has directed a partial lockdown in Kaduna state, saying that, all civil servants from Level 12 and below, should remain at home for the next 30 days, effective from Tuesday. El Rufai in a state broadcast today, directed that from Tuesday, markets should be partially open, saying that, ‘’only traders selling food and medicines are permitted to open their shops. El-Rufai who said that the directive became necessary to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, pointed out that, his government will not hesitate to enforce a total lockdown of the state of the need arises. The Governor however said that workers providing essential services workers in the health, security and emergency service sectors are exempted from this directive.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a State of Emergency in the country. Mr. Falana’s reaction comes amid the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country. “Last week, the Federal Government and a few state governments belatedly responded to the coronavirus pandemic,” Falana said in a statement released today said. “Since then the authorities have advised Nigerians to comply with certain measures to contain the dreaded disease. “But as the said measures are not backed by any law they have been ignored by some highly placed Nigerians including political and religious leaders. Millions of other people have also disregarded them out of sheer ignorance. “In order to stem the dangerous trend, the Federal Government should put necessary legal measures and mechanisms in place without any further delay. “In particular, the attention of the Nigerian people ought to be drawn to section 45 of the Constitution which provides tha...

Ghana has began to disinfect their markets and environs to curb coronavirus. The video was shared by City Of Accra and Nigerians have been retweeting it, while tagging President Buhari and Lagos state Governor, Sanwo Olu. Ofcus you know what that means, they do too. God lead us right! CITY OF ACCRA @AccraMetropolis Disinfection of Accra Markets # COVID19GH # AccraLiveInLoveIt 268 2:42 PM - Mar 23, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 183 people are talking about th

Well to do people in Turkey have left some food packs and drinks for the poor and needy in their country. Ofcourse with the people not in sight, they left what will keep them for few days on the road, so they could come get it. In Turkey, just like every where in the world, people are practicing social distancing... Watch the very touching video below... Still heartbreaking the outbreak is real and not what we see in the movies... Rana Rehan 009     @RanaReh18086299 In # Turkey , people have started to leave food packets on the road for the poor and the needy who cannot earn due to # COVIDー19 lockdown. Love you # Turks for representing us. 44.1K 3:01 PM - Mar 22, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 22.6K people are tal

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said that three pastors were arrested but later released on Sunday for allegedly conducting church services in deviance to the Lagos State Government {LASG}’s  order. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mohammed Ali in charge of Operations, Lagos Command, confirmed the arrest of the pastors to the News Agency of Nigeria {NAN}. Ali said that one of the pastors arrested is from one of the Pentecostal Churches. He said that the pastors were not detained but warned  to comply with the government’s directive to prevent further spread of coronavirus. He said, “We did not hold our weekly prayers in the mosque at the police headquarters because we had to comply with the directive of the Lagos State Government. “I also implore churches and other religious organisations to follow suit,” he said. Ali said that the operations to ensure the public complies with the state government’s directive would be a continuous one. He warned that any relig...