Two children have been confirmed positive for the COVID-19 virus in Enugu, the state Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday night. The two children are part...
The Sokoto State government has recorded 13 new cases of the COVID-19 disease in the state and one death arising from the virus which has fast...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Sunday morning. 1. COVID-19: Patient absconds from Kebbi hospital, dies at home The Kebbi State government...
The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Maihaja has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. Consequently, the President appointed Air Vice Marshal Muhammadu...
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that Nigeria, just like the rest of the world, would...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it suspected a sinister move in the alleged plan to pass a bill on infectious disease control at the...
No fewer than 16 health workers have tested positive to the novel COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across the country, according to the Borno State...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 220 COVID-19 cases in the country. The latest figure has further increased the number of COVD-19...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Saturday night he had secured the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to relax the 14-day lockdown imposed on the...
Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje, Saturday called for compliance with the lockdown in the state. The governor had earlier on Saturday eased the lockdown in the...
The Osun State government Saturday confirmed the discharge of the state’s index COVID-19 case. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed this in...
The University of Port Harcourt said on Saturday two of the three persons murdered by suspected cultists in Eleme local government area of Rivers State were...
The Kebbi State government Saturday announced the death of a COVID-19 patient who reportedly absconded from the hospital after his samples were taken for COVID-19 test....
The Taraba State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Innocent Vakai, said on Saturday one Mrs. Hanatu Idris had escaped from the state quarantine centre in Jalingo. Vakai,...
The US Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels paid homage to essential health care workers at the frontlines of the pandemic Saturday with fly-over salutes....
Lagos State government on Saturday dismissed a report on the resumption of schools for third term activities. The Head, Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Mr. Kayode...
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Saturday announced the relaxation of the lockdown in the state. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday ordered two-week total lockdown of...
The Lagos State government Saturday confirmed four more COVID-19-related deaths in the state. The state Ministry of Health, which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, however,...
Men of the Delta State Police Command have apprehended one Imam of Ekakpamre, Mohammad Young Okotie for violating the social distancing and lockdown directives of the...
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Baloni, on Saturday, confirmed the first COVID-19 death in the state. Bolani, who disclosed this to journalists in...
Ekiti State government Saturday officially confirmed the three new COVID-19 cases announced Friday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The state Commissioner for...
The Lagos Railway District Manager, Mr. Jerry Oche, said on Saturday the Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) in the state would not resume yet despite the...
The Emir of Rano, Kano State, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila II, is dead. The monarch died at a hospital in Kano in Saturday. He was 74....
The Lagos State government Saturday confirmed the discharge of an additional 22 COVID-19 patients from the isolation centres in the state. The state Ministry of Health...
The Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserve, Haruna Suleiman, said on Saturday the Federal Government had directed the release of about 17,500 metric tonnes...
The Zamfara State Government has reacted to criticisms that trailed its use of tricycle ambulances to fight the deadly COVID-19 disease. The Special Adviser to the...
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said Saturday the agency had not granted approval for...
Residents of Ogun State working in Lagos would not be permitted to move out or into to the state when the ease of lockdown takes effect...
The kidnap of Abdullahi Magaji, the Aron Akye of Ugah, a second-class traditional ruler in Nasarawa State, has been confirmed by the police. The state Commissioner...
Some aggrieved Indian workers at the Dangote Oil Refinery Company in Lagos have cried out in a video on YouTube, claiming that they were being forced...
Osun State has lost another patient to COVID-19, making the total persons to die of the virus in the state three. The state Commissioner for Health,...
The traditional ruler of Ugwuaku autonomous community, Eze Igbojionu Emmanuel has been rescued from kidnappers. He was rescued by the Imo State Police Command alongside the...
A group, the Association of Progressive Nigerians, on Saturday appealed to the Central Bank to withdraw old and tattered naira notes from circulation as the country...
The Nasarawa State Government has concluded plans to repatriate 4,443 non-indigent Almajiris to their states of origin beginning from Sunday, May 3rd. According to reports from...
Presidential candidate, Joe Biden has finally responded to the accusations of sexual assault levelled against him by his former aide, allegedly committed about 27 years ago....
The Akwa Ibom State government has relaxed the COVID-19 lockdown in the state and has also imposed the wearing of face masks in public places. Governor...
Oyo State, governor, Seyi Makinde, has said schools in the state may resume on July 15, despite a warning from the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus...
The Kano State government has recorded three deaths arising from the infection of the dreaded COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across the country. This was...
The Emir of Rano, Dr Tafida Abubakar Ila ll, is said to be in critical condition and has been rushed to a hospital over yet to...
The Federal Government on Friday said the situation in Kano which has left many people dead is also an opportunity to take action for better results....
The Nigerian Government has been criticized by a popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, over its decision to ease the lockdown imposed on parts of the...
Report by an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), The Press Emblem Campaign, has revealed that COVID-19 has killed 55 journalists in 23 countries across Africa, Europe, the...
The Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Saturday announced new measures to be taken, in line with government’s directives in the transport sector. It said beginning...
Sometimes most people of Goodwill, regardless of color, wonder how rugged and durable Africans survived all the impediments and odds they face daily. Even in their...
In recent times, Professor Wole Soyinka (WS) has been at the receiving end of arrows from those who hate his guts and his intellect. Those who...
Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo has decried the decision by the Federal Government of Nigeria to ease the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja despite a growing...
The government of Ekiti State has announced that before people would be allowed to transport dead bodies into the state, that the corpses must undergo examinations...
Rescue operatives in Kenya late on Friday found the lifeless bodies of five of 12 police officers attached to the Anti-Stock Theft Unit who were swept...
An operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mbam James, has been arrested for flouting the border lockdown ordered by the Ebonyi State...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has countered claims made by the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump that the novel coronavirus which has...