The Federal Government has reduced the nationwide curfew imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country to between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m.
The announcement was made on Thursday during a briefing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu.
The restriction of movement, he said, as had been the case, would not affect those on essential duties.
His words: “We are modifying the curfew to commence from 12 midnight to 4am nationwide, effective from 12:00 tonight.
“This does not apply to people on essential services and international travellers that might be returning from abroad.”
It would be recalled that the Federal Government restricted movement from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. following the outbreak of COVID-19.
It was later relaxed to between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.