Nigeria is an impoverished country. In fact, the country has never been rich – in the economic sense of the word. The assumptions of wealth have...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has directed the use of face masks would become mandatory from Friday, the 24th of April in the state. According to...
Deji Adeyanju, the convener of a pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians, has said there was currently a “leadership vacuum” in Nigeria. He said President Muhammadu Buhari was...
In reaction to the widespread idea by conspiracy theorists of a connection between the novel coronavirus and 5G networks, Twitter has warned that it would delete...
A Lebanese, Wael Jerro, who offered to sell a Nigerian, Peace Busari, an Oyo State indigene for $1000 on Facebook has been arrested, NIDCOM chairman disclosed...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that troops had raided a suspected militia camp at Anku Mbagen in Atera-Jange Torov Council Ward of Ukum local government...
Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has confirmed that the state has lost two more patients to Covid-19. Abayomi made the confirmation in a...
No less than 73 inmates have been set free by the Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshal Umukoro. The inmates were released from Ogwashi-Uku and...
The father of a former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has died in a fire incident, Thursday, officials confirmed. The deceased Modu Sheriff the...
More than 2.6 million people have been infected with covid-19 worldwide with a larger chunk of casualties still stemming from the United States according to the...
Police authorities in Zambia have summoned a man in a viral video for giving his son multiple slaps after the boy, failed to sit for his...
A coronavirus infected patient at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State has died. Governor Seyi Makinde made this announcement in a series of tweets on...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against relaxing containment measures because the novel coronavirus which has claimed many lives across the globe will be with...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has clarified that there was no scientific proof at the moment to prove the virus could be transmitted sexually....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of an impending yellow fever outbreak in Ethiopia after the number of suspected cases in the country increased from...
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has made wearing of face masks compulsory in the state over Covid-19. The governor, who just recovered from the dreaded disease...
Health authorities in China have reported that they recorded 10 new coronavirus cases in mainland China, as the number of so-called imported cases involving travellers from...
The Nigerian government has been called upon to come to the rescue of Kano State in the fight against Covid-19 spread in the state. The Chairman,...
The immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Dr. Abdul Aziz Yari, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari not to...
The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire on Wednesday explained that testing for COVID-19 disease was stopped in Kano because some persons working in the laboratory got...
Despite an increase in pipeline vandalisation cases by 50%, Nigeria posted crude oil and gas export sales revenue of $434.85 million in January, the latest Monthly...
The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire on Wednesday disclosed that the 15-man Chinese medical team would be undergoing the COVID-19 test on Thursday (today), to ascertain...
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has warned the Nigerian government not to extend the current lockdown beyond 27th April, saying the decision is...
Seventy-two Nigerians who were waiting to be evacuated in Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province of China have tested positive for COVID-19. 56 Nigerians, whose test results were...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned the Federal Government of Nigeria against any further extension of the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the country might have to halt the production of oil if the prices of oil continued to fall...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. COVID-19: Governors agree to enforce 14-day inter-state lockdown The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)...
The Federal Government said on Wednesday it had secured the release of 60 out of the 73 Nigerians serving various jail terms in Tanzanian prisons. The...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night confirmed 91 new cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
The kidnapped Edo State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Emmanuel Agbale, has been released by his abductors Agbale was kidnapped last Friday on his way...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met on Wednesday in Abuja and agreed to implement inter-state lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. Nigeria...
Kano State government said on Wednesday two health workers had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The Coordinator of the state Task Force Committee on...
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) Wednesday charged Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, and other power-brokers in the state to stop the harassment and intimidation of...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, dismissed as outright falsehood claims that a strange disease has killed an unspecified number of people in the state....
The Federal Government Wednesday dismissed reports that it had postponed the resumption of schools in the country till November. The Federal Ministry of Education in a...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Wednesday condemned “the blatant intimidation, harassment, and attacks on journalists and media houses by the Ebonyi State governor, David...
The Borno State government has Wednesday announced a second death from COVID-19 in the state. The Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, disclosed this while giving an...
The Federal Government Wednesday banned inter-state movement of COVID-19 patients in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce...
The Lagos State Government Wednesday arraigned the General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries for Africa, Bishop Samson Benjamin, at the Igbosere Magistrate Court for allegedly violating...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday presented cheques to families of victims of the March 15 explosion in the Abule-Ado area of the state. At least...
Inter Milan forward, Romelu Lukaku has apologized to his club for claiming in public that 23 of 25 players in the squad were sick last January....
The Nigerian bourse rebounded on Wednesday after recording depreciation in the previous session. Gains posted by blue-chip equities led by WAPCO, Zenith Bank, BUA Cement, PZ...
Edo State recorded its second COVID-19 death on Tuesday. The state Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia, who confirmed the development to journalists Wednesday, said the dead...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) Wednesday shared N780.926 billion as revenue allocation for March to the federal, states, local governments and relevant agencies in the...
The Ekiti State government said on Wednesday the state had recorded its first COVID-19 death. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade,...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Wednesday it had rejected the submission of Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a condition for payment of...
United States President, Donald Trump, said Wednesday he had instructed the Navy to “shoot down and destroy” any Iranian gunboats that “harass” American ships following last...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) COVID-19 test centre in Kano has suspended operations. This suspension was done due to shortage of test kits. The...
Stand-up comedian, Francis Agoda, popularly known as I Go Dye, has offered to donate his mansion to the Federal Government of Nigeria for use as a...
Entertainment personality, Don Jazzy, on Wednesday applauded actress, Funke Akindele-Bello for admitting her mistake after the incident with the Lagos State government. The actress and her...