The Oyo State government on Sunday adjusted the curfew in the state to 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. The previous arrangement in the state was 7:00...
The Anambra State government has closed the state’s section of the River Niger Bridge by mounting a giant gate at a spot on the bridge. The...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Sunday the Federal Government had penalised a British airline, Flairjet, for operating commercial flights into Nigeria without approval....
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, said on Sunday only eight patients out of the 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state were still in the isolation...
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has said that science, and not religion was saving humanity from COVID-19 currently ravaging the world. Omokri...
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has announced 30 new cases of COVID-19 in the state with 27 of the confirmed infections recorded from a...
The Enugu State government led by Governor Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has confirmed two fresh cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of infections recorded in the...
Health authorities in China on Sunday reported three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as the rate of infections began to slow down in the country where...
The Sokoto State government led by Governor Aminu Tambuwal has informed that no fewer than 90 COVID-19 patients who tested negative have been discharged after recovering...
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammed Bello has ordered the extension of market days for Abuja as he gradually seeks to reopen the economy of the federal...
Jigawa State government has treated and discharged 30 more coronavirus patients. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Abba Zakari, who confirmed this to newsmen on Saturday,...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, was on Friday released from the isolation centre where he has been since his return...
The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundua, said on Saturday the state government had tested 1,367 people for COVID-19 in the state. Okundua, who...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Saturday advised governments at all levels to make the welfare of the people a priority in planning for the post- coronavirus...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday ordered an immediate reversal of the order reopening churches, mosques and markets in the state till further notice. The...
The Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has placed a suspension on the traditional homage that would have been expected from well-wishers during the Eid-el-fitr Sallah celebration...
Inspired by the dozens of Covid-19 deads awaiting burial in the streets of Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, a Colombian businessman, Rodolfo Gomez, has designed convertible bed-coffins...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday said the state government would interface with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 with a view of having...
The Federal Government on Friday said that 50 percent of those who have died in the country of COVID-19 died in their homes. The government also...
The Kwara state government led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of infections in the state to...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kano State chapter has said members must wear face mask to worship in churches. It also said that all churches...
Kaduna State government said two COVID-19 patients were treated and discharged on Friday. It also said that 10 more persons were confirmed positive with the dreaded...
The Cross River State government said on Friday the nurse that died in the state had tested negative for COVID-19. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr....
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night confirmed 245 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The NCDC, which announced the new figure on...
The former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Developments in Kano State, Alhaji Muazu Magaji, was on Friday discharged from the state’s isolation centre after he recovered...
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has signed an executive bill empowering the state’s transport ministry to impound vehicles and impose a N50,000 fine on travellers who...
The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation Friday cautioned Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) against tampering with the 2020 Appropriation Act. The Chairman of the committee,...
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu, said on Friday the sample of a suspected COVID-19 case in the state had been sent...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of COVID-19 issues as an “unpardonable manifestation of leadership failure.” The opposition party was responding...
Nigeria’s capacity for rapid and increased testing for COVID-19 may receive a boost soon as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has successfully validated the...
The Katsina State Government on Thursday said 51 COVID-19 patients have so far been discharged in the state while 13 others have died in connection with...
The government of Edo said the number of persons to have died as a result of COVID-19 in the state had risen to six. The state...
Brazil is fast approaching Russia to become the world’s second COVID-19 hot spot, behind the United States, with 20,000 deaths and more than 310,000 infections recorded...
The Federal Government on Thursday said speculations in some quarters that schools nationwide would reopen in two weeks time were not true. The Minister of State...
Kaduna State recorded 18 more cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, of which 10 were members of the same family. This was announced by Governor Nasir El-Rufai...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Thursday night confirmed 339 new COVID-19 cases in the country. In the daily update on the pandemic situation in...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Thursday, charged state governments to intensify sample collection and testing for COVID-19....
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Thursday the Federal Government would dispatch a ministerial team of experts to engage the Kogi State government on...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Thursday that 13 more COVID-19 patients had been discharged from various isolation facilities in the state. The governor, who...
The Federal Government Thursday appealed to traders and transport operators not to hike prices of food items and transportation fares following the outbreak of COVID-19 in...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Thursday urged all essential workers to go about their legitimate businesses unhindered. The Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha,...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday the World Bank had proposed the disbursement of $1.5 billion to states as...
The Nigerian Correctional Service said Thursday said at least 3,751 inmates of correctional facilities had been released in compliance with the presidential directive on the decongestion...
The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano State said on Thursday that at least 40 COVID-19-infected health workers had been discharged after they recovered fully from...
The Lagos State government on Thursday approved the reduction of the state’s 2020 Budget by 21 percent. The state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr....
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has relaxed the lockdown in the state and ordered churches and mosques to open for religious gatherings. The state...
Gospel vocalist, Chika Chidi is of the opinion that the recent appeals made by some clerics in Nigeria to reopen worship centres amid the outbreak of...
A former staff at the White House, Wilson Roosevelt Jerman has died of Covid-19 Wednesday at the age of 91. Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, who was one...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed it is considering the now controversial Madagascar’s COVID-19 Organics cure for a clinical observation process as soon as possible....
No less than eight medical doctors have contracted COVID-19 in Zamfara State. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the state confirmed this to Channles Television on...
