Happening in Nigeria
- Jigawa State joins in the nationwide lockdown as it records its first COVID-19 case in Kazaure Local Government:
- The People’s Democratic Party has called for the suspension of charges for use of ATM cards and low amount mobile fund transfers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
- The Kano state Government has approved the deportation of Almajiris in the state.
- The lagos State Government has said tere is no law or policy in place that forbids the release of the bodies of patients who died of COVID-19 to their families
- Falana calls on Buhari to probe Kyari’s death: The legal luminary on Sunday gave an alarming insight into the fight against corona virus in Nigeria. He started that the virus has been on the increase particularly due to inconsistency, double standards of the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) and lack of coordination on the part of the government.
- An international humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Border, has mourned one of its staff members who died of coronavirus (COVID-19).
