The Nigerian government on Thursday placed the nationwide curfew for four hours daily from 12am to 4am.
The curfew was part of measures taken to curb the spread of the dreaded coronavirus.
Further review of the curfew hours in the country was announced by the National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, during a briefing at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, Thursday.
“I will first of all start with general movement. 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,” he said.
To curb the spread of COVID-19, the Federal Government had in May imposed a nationwide curfew from 6pm to 8am. The curfew was reviewed in June to start from 10pm to 4am.