President Muhammadu Buhari has directed state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to enforce the use of face masks in public places across the country. The Chairman, Presidential Task force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, made this known at the daily briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Mustapha, while reviewing the activities of the committee, ...

The Federal Government has lifted restrictions on recreational parks for non-contact physical activities, while it has maintained the ban on entertainment centers. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 disclosed this during the Task Force daily media briefing on Thursday. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the second phase of the eased lockdown for another four weeks. This extension is the third for the second phase of lockdown currently observed across the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) ...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says the Federal Government has yet to approve the resumption of schools. According to the PTF Chairman and Secretary to government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the clarification on Thursday at the PTF on COVID-19 daily media briefing days after the government said graduating students could ...

The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has said that the report of the Federal Government attributing about half of the deaths in the State to COVID-19 lacked variables and correlations. Ganduje noted this while receiving the report from the Kano State Investigative Panel on Mysterious Deaths on Tuesday which stated that only 15.9 per ...

The Nigeria centre for Disease control, NCDC, says 9 new deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in States (Kano (2), Ogun (2), Bauchi (1), Enugu (1), Gombe (1), Katsina (1) and Rivers (1). The NCDC stated this in its COVID-19 Situation Report 99 for 6th June 2020 on Sunday. One hundred and thirty ...

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has lifted the ban on religious gatherings in the country. Chairman of the Committee and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made the announcement on Monday during its daily press briefing. He explained that the decision was based on recommendations of the committee which were approved ...

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Sunday submitted parts of its recommendations on partial reopening of schools, places of worship and some additional businesses for possible consideration by President Muhammadu Buhari. The chairman of the PTF, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha made this known to State ...

Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has apologized to medical officers, journalists and other persons on essential duty who were harassed by security agencies in their enforcement of the lockdown and curfew. He tendered the apology on behalf of the Federal Government, stressing that all police formations have been clearly ...

The chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha said Monday President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of existing eased lockdown to June 1. President Buhari supposed to address the nation Monday but Mustapha delivered the message of the president at the ...