The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Thursday passed the amended 2020 budget which saw a reduction from the initial N597.7 billion to N366 billion in...
The time supposedly wasted by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government before closing the country’s borders, seaport, and airports, has been blamed for the spread of COVID-19...
The Zamfara State Government Thursday warned the Osun State Government against its planned deportation of youths who sneaked into the state from the Northern part of...
Governor Nyesom Wike has blamed bribe-taking security agents for new cases of COVID-19 in Rivers State. He stated this on Thursday when he inaugurated COVID-19 Border...
An Ilorin Magistrate Court, Kwara State, Thursday sentenced four persons to 14 days self-isolation for attempting to take away one Kazeem Oladayo, a COVID-19 patient, from...
Yobe State government Thursday confirmed the index COVID-19 case in the state. The state Deputy Governor, Idi Barde Gubana, who confirmed this at a press briefing...
The Zamfara State government led by Governor Bello Matawalle has declared a patient who tested positive for COVID-19, identified as Jamilu Shinkafi, wanted, for absconding after...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Flutterwave launches SME e-commerce portal African digital payment company Flutterwave...
The Anglican Communion Archbishop of Enugu Province, Most Rev, Emmanuel Chukwuma has lamented the state of leadership in Igbo land. He said Igbo leadership was in...
A herbal solution to fight the COVID-19 pandemic which has spread across countries of the world is at an advanced stage, with traditional medicine practitioners, so...
A restructuring and rationalization of federal government parastatals, commissions and agencies has been ordered by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The directive issued by the presidency...
Nigerian journalist and convener, #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, has filed an appeal against the bail conditions that confined him to Abuja. A Federal High Court sitting...
There was tension in Bomadi, the headquarters of Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta, as soldiers attached to the 222 battalions in Agbarha-Otor stationed in the...
Apart from the great reform brought by COVID-19 to the health sector in Nigeria, one of the other areas that seems to have witnessed the wind...
The total number of COVID-19 related death in Lagos State has risen to 20. The state’s Health Commissioner, Professor Akin Abayomi said the latest patient to...
Nigeria’s foreign reserves shrank by $5.09 billion from $38.53 billion to $33.44 billion in the nearly four-month period between 2nd January and 28th April 2020, the...
Kaduna State government has confirmed 16 new cases of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Nasir el-Rufai, who stated this in a post Thursday morning on his...
The Edo State Government said on Wednesday that it has intensified efforts at tracing 502 suspected cases in 228 communities in the state for the COVID-19...
The Benue State Government on Wednesday said plans have been concluded to return 40 Almajiris who defied the inter-state travel ban in place in the country...
Vitafoam Nigeria Plc has reported a 128.9% leap in profit for the half year ended 31st March 2020, compared to the corresponding period of 2019. The comprehensive details...
The government of Cross River State has alleged that people are being promised millions of naira should they claim to be COVID-19 positive. The state Commissioner...
Nigeria’s oil and gas exports are envisaged to plunge by a minimum of $26.5 billion as oil prices take a bashing from the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Osun state government has arrested some travellers coming from the northern part of the country who flouted the restriction of interstate movement directive. The Deputy Chief...
Governments across the world have been urged by the World Food Programme and the United Nations children’s agency to shore up the futures of the 370...
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has launched another tirade at China, this time, he is accusing the Asian country of plotting...
The Jigawa State Government has confirmed the death of one person who tested positive for the feared COVID-19 disease in the state. Dr. Abba Zakari, Chairman...
Nigeria has reviewed its oil export programmes for May and June downward in conformity with a global production cut agreement led by the Organisation of the...
The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum on Wednesday warned that easing the COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is risky if certain...
In this special report, INNOCENT ETENG details the work and life of two peculiar clerics of different faiths- Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, and how they...
Governor Abdulahi Ganduje of Kano State has commended the Federal Government for reopening the only COVID-19 test centre in the state after it was initially shut...
Six patients who initially tested positive to the dreaded COVID-19 virus in Katsina have now been discharged by the state government after testing negative to the...
Nigeria’s real sector investment shrank by $7.89 billion or 62% in the First Quarter of 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, the latest report...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. MYSTERIOUS DEATHS: I’ll not let you down, Buhari tells Kano people President Muhammadu...
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has recorded 24 fresh cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across states in...
The Borno State government led by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has confirmed six fresh cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of infections in the state...
The Oyo State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Jacob Ojemuyiwa and other officials of the state government were on Wednesday denied entry at the main...
Nigeria’s state-owned refineries recorded a combined operational loss of N9.6 billion in January 2020, the latest figures on the financial performance of the plants from the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to immediately account for the N5 billion released by President Muhammadu Buhari,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has told the people of Kano State that his government would not let them down. He stated this in a statement on Wednesday...
For the second consecutive day, Nigeria recorded about 200 cases of COVID-19 after the nation’s centre for disease control confirmed 196 cases in Lagos and 11...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), Wednesday promised to quit President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration if the proposed recruitment of 774, 000...
The United States has expressed optimism regarding the trial of the antiviral drug, Remdesivir on coronavirus patients on Wednesday. According to Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of...
Workers in Kaduna State Wednesday rejected the state government’s deduction of 25 percent from salaries of senior civil servants in the state. The state governor, Nasiru...
United States President, Donald Trump, said on Wednesday Nigeria desperately needed ventilators to boost its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. He also confirmed the US would...
Ekiti State Government Wednesday ordered the indefinite suspension of a member of the state Task Force on COVID-19, Sola Durodola, for alleged incompetence and highhandedness. Durodola,...
“We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.” – Kenneth Levine “When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that...
Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mohammed Ali Iname, said on Wednesday at least 12 health workers had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. Iname,...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Wednesday ordered the reopening of markets and restaurants on selected days in the state. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega...
The Federal Government Wednesday directed banks to reopen for commercial operations in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states beginning May 4. The National Coordinator of the Presidential...
Three sisters have drowned in a river in Amauzu-Amaeze, Ishiagu, in Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State. The sisters whose names are Chisom Goodness Okoro,...