Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa : 21,083 Recovered: 4,951; Confirmed coronavirus deaths: 1,056
OSINBAJO lectures on the Legality of LOCKDOWN Order.... "Regarding the legality of the shutdowns announced by the president on Sunday, I think it is entirely legal; these steps are proactive, very relevant; important and backed by law. “I am not so sure some of the people who have commented on the issue have come across the Quarantine Act. “There is a Quarantine Act of 1926; it is been published in all of the Laws of Nigeria, every edition of the Laws of Nigeria, it is there.” “What the Act does is that it allows the president to designate any local area, any part of the country, as a place that may be infected or under the threat of a communicable disease, and he can then make regulations of any kind. “For instance, he can say, people should not go out; no public gatherings among others; so, it is a regulation that gives the president powers and these powers come from the National Assembly because, of course, it is an act of the National