Tag: Lawyers
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Lockdown extension: Lawyers commend Buhari’s stay-at-home directive
Some Lagos-based lawyers have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for extending the stay-at-home order, in a bid to effectively contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawyers, however, noted that the directive should have been extended to states with up to five COVID-19 cases. They said that the extension was for the benefit of health and safety…
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Lockdown: Lawyers say extension justified, seek adequate security measures
Lagos-based lawyers have described the 14-day extension of lockdown in Lagos and Ogun as well as Abuja, following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Justified. Our correspondent reports that President Buhari in a broadcast on Monday announced the need for an extension of the lockdown, to further curtail the spread of the pandemic. Buhari…