COVID-19: 18 sex workers arrested, brothel shut in Ondo

The dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Ondo State, by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on April 14, 2020 as part of measures to contain the spread the deadly COVID-19 has been violated by some dissidents, especially commercial sex workers in the state. Arrested for flouting the governor’s directives are 18 suspected commercial sex workers and their customers arrested by the Ondo State Task Force on COVID-19 while monitoring the compliance rate within the state capital. The suspects who were arrested at a brothel in Shasha area, in Akure North Local Government Area of…

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Covid-19: President Buhari to ease lockdown by May 4

President Mohammadu Buhari in a nationwide address, has announced a phased relaxation of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja. This, he said will take effect from May 2, 2020 when the current total lockdown which was extended by one week in his broadcast will lapse. Read the full speech below: ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, �PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY,…

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