Latest news on coronavirus in Nigeria: Lagos don postpone calendar date to open places of worship
In a sharp u turn, Nigeria commercial city Lagos don reverse dia decision to allow religious places to open on 19 June.
Govnor Sanwo-Olu set di new conditions on Thursday. Govnor Babjide Sanwo-Olu announce dis one on Tuesday, three days before di opening suppose happun. Di reason wey di Lagos State govnor give for di cancel na say di number of Covid-19 cases for di state don dey rise pass how dem reason say e go be. Dis one mean say church and mosques no fit open again dis weekend until further notice. Dem go communicate new dates later, di goment tok. Earlier on 6 June, Lagos State Govnor Babajide Sanwo-Olu bin tok say churches and mosques fit open starting from June 19. Di Govnor say mosques go reopen from June 19 while churches go begin services from June 21. Di Lagos govnor add say pipo wey don pass 65 years old no go fit attend church or mosque for now. But for now all dat one don march break inside Nigeria commercial capital wey get at least 20 million pipo wey dey live inside. However, churches, mosques and oda place of worship don begin open for oda parts of Nigeria, like Abuja di kontri capital. Di govnor announcement dey come after di Presidential Task Force bin say religious centres fit re-open but give dem some rule to follow. Govnor Sanwo-Olu tok dis one on Thursday as im dey address tori pipo on Covid-19 for di State House Marina. See di condition here data in detail *Deaths per 100,000 population Abeg update your browser to see full experience Dis informate dey updated regularly but e fit no show di total for each kontri. **Data wey dey hia na average of wetin happun for three days. As di numba of cases dey change, we no fit sabi di average for dis date Source: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies Wen last we update di figures: 4 Disẹ́mba 2020 10:27 GMT+1