A meeting of Governors of the 36 states of the federation to assess the impact of the various anti-COVID-19 measures so far implemented across the country...
President of the Nigerian of Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday enforced the observance of physical distancing and wearing of nose masks during the plenary session...
The names of 42 ambassadorial nominees have been sent to the Senate for screening and confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President of the Senate, Ahmad...
The Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday said the state’s COVID-19 index case and two other patients linked with her have been discharged after fully recovering from...
Kebbi State government has said that its index COVID-19 case had recovered and had been discharged. This was announced in a statement the Special Adviser on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Nigerian Senate to confirm Professor Jumai Audi for appointment as the Chairman of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission. President Buhari...
The Kaduna State Government on Monday said the state Ministry of Justice convicted 605 violators of the lockdown order in the state between Thursday and Friday...
The Ebonyi State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the state government to include the picture of President Muhammadu Buhari alongside that of Governor...
The Nigerian Government has been asked by the House of Reps to intervene and urgently stop the repatriation of Almajirai to their states of origin by...
A total of 396 vehicles conveying over 2,422 passengers in indiscriminate violation of Presidential directives on physical distancing in vehicles have been arrested by men of...
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has invited the Department of State Service (DSS), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission...
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has extended the lockdown in the state over COVID-19 by another one week. President Muhammadu Buhari had recently imposed two weeks...
The Bomadi Local Government Area chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked herdsmen to leave the council for the sake of peace. The...
The Naira strengthened against the U.S. dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Monday, appreciating by 31 kobo over the rate at which it traded...
Justice A.R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the interim forfeiture of N510 million belonging to former Vice Air Marshal, Uko Etim Obong....
A request made by the federal government of Nigeria seeking for details of 10 bank accounts allegedly owned by former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife and...
The government of Akwa Ibom state has decried smuggling of corpses from other states, chiefly from Lagos, into the state amid Nigerian government’s inter-state lockdown order....
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari is set to stage the first virtual Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, May 13, baring any last minute changes...
About 200 Nigerians stranded in Canada are to be evacuated from the North American country on Thursday, the Nigeria High Commission in Canada said in a...
At least five Covid-19 patients have been killed by a fire outbreak at St. George’s City Hospital in the in Vyborg district of St. Petersburg, Russia...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has hit back at those criticising the state government for relaxing the total lockdown imposed on the state by President...
There are approximately seven or eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to combat the coronavirus, and work on them is being accelerated, the World Health Organization...
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump abruptly ended his coronavirus press briefing on Monday after getting into a testy exchange with an...
A former member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Mrs Rebecca Apedzan has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in Makurdi. A stalwart of...
The Board of Governors and the Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have given Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the Bank’s President, a clean bill of...
Dearth of gas supply to Nigeria’s largest power plant, Egbin and 10 others were responsible for low electricity generation at the facilities on Monday. Other plants,...
The latest controversial bill in the chronicle of the 9th National Assembly on the pretext of proffering measures to curtail the spread of infectious diseases such...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has confirmed no fewer than 13 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the state as the deadly disease continues to...
The Akwa Ibom State government has ordered an immediate closure of all livestock markets in the state with immediate effect to stem the spread of COVID-19....
Justice J.E. Iyang of Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has convicted and sentenced one Muhammad Halim Ogbobio, self-styled coordinator of Bayelsa State Muslim...
The Kano State government on Monday recorded six more cases of COVID-19 deaths and also announced that the total number of infections in the state had...
A truck conveying 30 Almajiris has been intercepted by operatives of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE). The truck was intercepted on Monday at the Joju...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning. 1. Buhari orders PTF to get Madagascar’s COVID-19 herbal drug President Muhammadu Buhari Monday...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has returned $4,040 it recovered from an internet fraudster to a Brazilian victim. A statement by the EFCC’s Head,...
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of dumping Almajiris and Nigeria’s poor and vulnerable after using...
Nova Merchant Bank has declared a 43% expansion in profit for Full Year 2019 on the back of a smooth implementation of its 2019 strategic plan...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Monday, the evacuation of Nigerians from different countries across the world is reaching its saturation point. Onyeama,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 242 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the country. Nigeria, according to the report published by the...
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Monday cautioned the judiciary against the granting of frivolous injunctions while adjudicating cases. The governor, who made the call in...
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday the Federal Government had enrolled the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Kaduna, and Sokoto States...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Monday the Catholic Church in Nigeria had offered its 425 hospitals and clinics nationwide...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to go for Madagascar’s herbal drug, “COVID-Organics,” for the possible treatment of COVID-19 patients in...
Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court, Lagos, Monday dismissed a suit filed by the Registered Committee of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday dismissed reports on purported plans by the telecommunication industry to switch to Fifth-Generation (5G) network on May 12. The...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the final forfeiture of $300,000 belonging to a Chinese national, Li Yan Pin, to the Federal Government. The...
The Nigeria Correctional Service Monday explained why the former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, has not been released from the Kuje custodial facility almost four days...
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said Monday the Federal Government has paid Nigerian students on scholarship abroad. Nwajiuba, who disclosed this at the...
The Chairman of the Gombe State Taskforce on COVID-19, Prof. Idris Mohammed, said on Monday the state had recorded its first COVID-19 death. Mohammed, who disclosed...
Madagascan President, Andry Rajoelina, has hit back at critics, ECOWAS and the World Health Organization in particular, for refusing to validate its herbal drink, Covid-Organics (CVO)...
Tunde Bakare, the General Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, also known as Latter Rain Assembly, has urged fellow pastors to support the government to...