The Lagos State Government has reversed its decision to open mosques and churches from June 19. Making the announcement on Tuesday at State House, Lagos, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, said the prevailing circumstances surrounding the COVID19 situation in Lagos informed government’s decision to suspend the reopening of religious centres in the state.
In picture above: From Left, Director Public Safety and Wellbeing, Dr Oluremi Olatunde; Technical Adviser Safety Commission, Mr Seun Awojobi and Director General Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, during a News Conference on the Regulation and Gradual Reopening of the Economy of Lagos State on Friday The Lagos State Government has charged religious centres not Read More…
The Lagos State Government has announced the reopening of religious centres at 40 per cent capacity, effective June 19. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu said that congregational worship with 40 per cent capacity would resume for Muslims on Friday, June 19, while Christians would resume on Sunday, June 21. Sanwo-Olu announced this at State House, Marina, during Read More…
Mr Boss Mustapha, the chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, has said that the ban on religious gathering has been lifted based on guidelines and protocols agreed with state governments. Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said this at the PTF on COVID-19 daily briefing on Monday in Read More…
Dr Idiat Adebule, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, has urged Muslims to use the holy month of Ramadan in praying for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. Adebule said this in a message to felicitate with the Muslim world on the holy month of Ramadan. According to her, Ramadan is a period during which Read More…
The Lagos State Government has directed Muslims across the state to observe their Taraweeh prayers from home during the Ramadan Fasting period. Speaking with newsmen on Friday, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said that this was in line with the advice from the Holy Land. Elegushi called on the Muslim faithful to Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja sent his best wishes to Muslims in the country and all over the world as they begin this year’s 30-day fast, following the sighting of the moon. The president, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, congratulated the Muslim Ummah Read More…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu has enjoined constituents of the Lagos Central Senatorial District to emulate Jesus Christ in this period of COVID-19 lockdown, calling on them to show love towards the vulnerable among them including the elderly, widows and orphans. In a message to her constituency to mark the Easter entitled – Love, the answer in Read More…