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On 2 April, Bauchi State government reversed the total lockdown in the state. [120] Akwa Ibom State government announced an indefinite lockdown of their state, directing residents to stay at home, closing all business premises, markets, shops, motor parks and offices, allowing only grocery shops, pharmacies and those on essential services to ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case in Nigeria was announced on 27 February 2020, when an Italian national in Lagos tested positive for the virus.
This resulted in President Cyril Ramaphosa declaring a national state of disaster on 15 March 2020 and the implementation of the national lockdown beginning on 26 March [148] [149] From 1 May 2020, a gradual and phased easing of the lockdown restrictions began, lowering the national alert level to level 4. On 1 June 2020, it was eased to level 3.
Modi later clarified that the lockdown phase in the country was over and that 'unlock' had already begun. [187] The second phase of unlock, Unlock 2.0, was announced for the period of 1 to 31 July, with more ease in restrictions. [188] Unlock 3.0 was announced for August. [189]
Twitter was blocked in Nigeria from 5 June 2021 to 13 January 2022. [1] [2] The government imposed a ban on the social network after it deleted tweets made by, and temporarily suspended, the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, warning the southeastern people of Nigeria, [3] [4] predominantly Igbo people, of a potential repeat of the 1967 Nigerian Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in ...
On 1 December, Lajamanu's lockdown was downgraded to a lockout, and Robinson River moved out of lockout. [27] On 2 December, a positive case was recorded at Lajamanu. Binjari's hard lockdown was moved to a standard lockdown. [28] On 3 December, the NT recorded its first COVID-19 death, a 78-year-old woman from Binjari.
Auburn High School was placed on lockdown Friday as several fights broke out among students. A witness reported seeing police tackle students who were involved and place them under arrest shortly ...
The Jordanian Armed Forces arrested the owner of Ro'ya TV and its news director for airing a news story showing a crowd of labourers complaining about their inability to work as a result of the country's coronavirus lockdown. [107] Pakistan begins distributing Rs144 billion (US$863 million) in cash grants to low income families across the country.