The Kano State Government has announced the death of three COVID-19 patients in the state. The deaths, announced on the verified Twitter handle of the State...
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom has revealed that the state government has deployed the use of 3G cameras to monitor human infiltration through...
No fewer than 160 Nigerians stranded in the United States of America due to the COVID-19 pandemic are on their way home, according to the News...
Some residents of Bauchi State have raised the alarm over strange deaths in Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state. According to...
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The Anambra State Police Command has arrested an ex-convict, Emeka Okeke for allegedly threatening a 36-year-old woman with a toy gun and thereafter raping her. The...
Former United States President Barack Obama has described President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic which has brought America to its knees as “an absolute...
The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta has confirmed recording three fresh positive cases of COVID-19, including two of its staff. This was announced...
Government soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed no fewer than 23 members of the dreaded Codesco rebel group and taken back control of...
Mrs Agnes Akpan, the mother of a Nigerian journalist, Kufre Carter, has appealed to the Department of State Security (DSS) to allow her see her son...
The Kwara State government has confirmed its first death arising from COVID-19 and has also recorded four new cases of infection in the state. This was...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Sunday morning, May 10, 2020 1. COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu vows to re-impose total lockdown over guidelines violation...
The Gombe State government on Saturday said it had discharged 20 COVID-19 patients out of the 109 cases in isolation centres across the state, saying they...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has demanded the withdrawal of the controversial Control of Infectious Disease Bill at the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Saturday warned that unauthorized vehicles entering the state in violation of restriction on inter-state movement would be impounded. It...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday hinted on plans by his government to increase the state’s testing capacity for COVID-19 from its current 850 capacity...
A pro-Buhari group, Buhari Osinbajo Solidarity Front (BOSF) has described those raising concerns over the whereabouts of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as...
The Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Baba Tella, said on Saturday a journalist working in the state has tested positive for COVID-19. Tela, who is also the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 239 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Saturday he would not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continued to violate guidelines on the...
South Korean authorities on Saturday shut down more than 2,100 nightclubs including hostess bars after dozens of COVID-19 infections were linked to clubbers. The hang outs...
The Ondo State government said Saturday all the unclaimed corpses in the state morgues would be given mass burial in the next one month. The state...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, said on Friday the Federal Government would not bow to pressure to free the Chinese and other...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, Saturday confirmed the discharge of six COVID-19 patients from isolation centres in the nation’s capital. Bello,...
Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered the temporary forfeiture of 12 landed properties linked to a former Director of Finance...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, Saturday ordered the total lock down of Ingawa local government area of the state over rising cases of COVID-19 in the...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Baba has alerted President Muhammadu Buhari on the reported mass outbreak of COVID-19 in Azare area of...
The ActionAid Resilience Programmes Coordinator, Mr. Anicetus Atakpu, said on Saturday the agency hoped to take its COVID-19 awareness campaign to 36,000 rural dwellers in Kogi...
The Plateau State government Saturday urged residents of the state not to panic following the discovery of 10 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state. The...
Several Nollywood stars including Kunle Afolayan and Fatiha Williams greeted veteran actor, Adebayo Salami aka “Oga Bello” on his 67th birthday. They took to their Instagram...
Policemen in Abia State have rescued two abducted persons in the Aba area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede, who confirmed the...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said Saturday he had no regrets revealing the identity of the state’s COVID-19 index case, Mrs. Susan Okpe. The governor, who...
The Edo State Police Command said suspected hoodlums Friday attacked policemen attached to Auchi Division in Edo and killed an officer enforcing the nationwide curfew imposed...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, Saturday signed two bills —the Imo Waste Management Agency Bill and the Consolidation of Land Use Charges Bill —into law. In...
No fewer than two victims were killed and seven others reportedly injured in an accident involving a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Plc, on Friday along...
At least 791 vehicles have been turned back at the state boundaries between Lagos and Ogun states, by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) while enforcing...
A kidnap suspect identified as Ifeanyi Asiegbuelam, has recounted how he helped his former boss, the late billionaire kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, popularly known as E-money to...
Osun State Government on Saturday said that a male Kano State returnee, who sneaked into the state has tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease. According...
Senator Ishaku Abbo has slammed the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri for claiming credit for projects he had no part in attracting to the state....
Firms producing infant foods has been cautioned by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to desist from promoting their brands using COVID-19....
The Nigerian Government has hinted on using herbs and other homegrown drugs for COVID-19 treatment in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora...
Amidst President Trump’s agitations for the country to loosen restrictions and restart economic activities soon, three US presidential aides have tested positive for coronavirus. On Wednesday,...
Another staff of the University College Hospital, Ibadan has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a statement released Saturday by UCH COVID-19 media team, the patient...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of six internet fraudsters in Lagos State. The fraudsters were arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo...
Nigeria’s Sports Ministry has begun moves to recover all the missing memorabilia that reportedly disappeared from the Hall of Fame that was set up for Nigerian...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the forfeiture of the sum of N426.7 million belonging to an Army General, Brigadier General John Ozigi....
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday inaugurated its new executive members for the next four years. All the new executive...
Health authorities in Italy have recorded no fewer than 30,201 deaths due to the novel COVID-19 disease, after an increase of 240, the Civil Protection Agency...
Bereket Simon, a former communications minister in Ethiopia and a close ally of late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been sentenced to six years in prison...
A rights group in Delta State, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative (IPDI), on Friday said it does not have confidence in the ability of the Nigerian...