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Mr Wike in March 2020 shut down all markets in the state to reduce the spread of COVID-19. He later reopened all the markets except the Oil Mill and the Oginigba Slaughter markets. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the re-opening of the Oil Mill market, more than a year after the market was shut down amidst the COVID-19 in March 2020. The governor’s directive...

Nigerian tertiary institutions are making a mockery of COVID-19 protocols despite claims that efforts were made to comply with them. “Why are you not wearing your mask properly?” this reporter asked a female student at Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic (AAPOLY), Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, who had a facemask bunch down to her chin. “They only want to be sure we have it, how you wear...

When Sanusi Adekunle, a Mass Communication student at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta in Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria, was asked why he was without a facemask on the campus, his excuses pointed to poor or absence of compliance to COVID-19 protocols within the campus.  Adekunle’s response was an indictment of the authorities that ought to enforce the protocols. “The security that wants to harass you for...

Some of the most hit Nigerians during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic were teachers and school owners. While many of them who lost their jobs entirely have been unable to recover since the lockdown was lifted, many others are living from hand to mouth. This special report by Legit.ng's Damilare Okunola, reveals exactly how the teachers and school owners fared, and compares it with events...

Misinformation continues to intensify prejudice against survivors of the coronavirus in Nigeria; they continue to suffer from a wide-range of discriminations – being ostracized by their families, profiled in their communities as well as facing cyberbullying Under the cover of the enveloping darkness over Lagos, the slim, tall and brown-skinned lady in her mid-30s wandered along the iconic 12km-long Third Mainland Bridge, apparently looking for...