No less than 10 private schools in Lagos State have been sealed for flouting the ban placed on academic activities due to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic....
The use of the drug known as remdesivir has been approved by the European Union to treat the deadly COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday received the report of the Post-Covid-19 Initiatives Committee on the Creative Industry. The minister said...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has issued new guidelines for prospective travellers as airports begin to reopen for domestic flights beginning from July the...
The Akwa Ibom State Government has lifted the ban placed on burials and marriages in the state in the wake of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The...
The government of Kano has said that 192 Almajiri children in the state have tested positive for COVID-19. This was revealed by the state Commissioner for...
The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to down tools over the poor state of roads in the country. The union...
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu has tested positive for COVID-19. A source at the state government house said the First Lady...
The government of Akwa Ibom State said it had not received ‘one Naira’ from the Nigerian government to fight COVID-19. The state Governor Udom Emmanuel made...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that people aged between 20 and 40 are the ones driving the spread of COVID-19 virus, but...
Motorists and passengers in Yobe State have been warned against violating approved COVID-19 prevention protocols after an order to open boundaries and borders was issued by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the announced increase in fuel price from N123 to N143.80 per liter by the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress...
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday halted the planned unveiling of an anti-COVID-19 herbal syrup in Abeokuta, the Ogun...
The Federal Government on Thursday warned medical directors of hospitals in the country against rejection of patients for fear of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister...
Nigeria on Thursday night recorded 626 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday evening confirmed the discharge of 40 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centres. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in a...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, restated on Thursday that schools had not reopened in the country. Mustapha, who disclosed this...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday alleged that politicians were playing games with the lives of Nigerians through the COVID-19 pandemic. Bello, who stated this...
The Bayelsa State government has confirmed the death of another patient who died after contracting the dreaded COVID-19 disease in the state, according to an update...
New Zealand’s health minister David Clark has been forced to resign after criticism of the government’s response to the COVID-19 virus and his own breaches of...
The Enugu State government has confirmed 66 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 virus bringing the total number of infections recorded in the state to 327,...
The United States of America has set a new 24-hour record of covid-19 infections after no fewer than 49,286 cases were recorded on Wednesday. The new...
The Kwara State government has confirmed that it has recorded no fewer than 13 new cases of the dreaded COVID-19 virus in the state. This was...
The Anambra State Government has revealed that the late Provost of College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi campus, Prof Onochie Udemezue, resorted to self-medication...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed what it will do to interstate transporters who flout safety protocols. The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola...
Nigeria on Wednesday night recorded 790 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has gone into 14-day self-isolation after the state’s Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Abe Aku, tested positive for COVID-19. In a...
The Yobe State government has declared a zero case on admission after discharging all patients who initially tested positive for the COVID-19 virus which has fast...
The Bayelsa State government has confirmed no fewer than seven new cases of the deadly COVID-19 virus and two deaths related to the fast spreading disease....
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari has tasked the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to join the state government in...
The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife Edith Okowa have tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet on Wednesday via his verified Twitter...
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has written a letter to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, requesting the release of 74 persons who remain...
Enugu State discharges 13 new COVID-19 patients bringing the total number of discharged casesin that state to 63. The state Commissioner for Health, Ikechukwu Obi, announced...
The Kano Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) said it had to sacked 308 temporary workers and quash the operation of 60 consulting companies whose contracts had expired....
Super Eagles defender, Chinedu Awaziem has revealed he looked for other options aside football during the COVID-19 lockdown across the globe. Football and other sporting activities...
The economic shocks of the coronavirus pandemic through lockdowns and eternal vulnerabilities might trigger income loss of around $34 billion in Nigeria and other oil-exporting countries...
The Anambra State government claimed it had identified six herbal products for the management of the deadly COVID-19 disease. This was revealed on Tuesday by Dr...
The Osun State Government on Tuesday went a step further in its attempts at enforcing the use of face mask by residents, when scores of violators...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase on Tuesday warned members of the House against shunning COVID-19 safety protocols, adding, that the...
The Secretary to the Osun State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji, has tested positive for COVID-19. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed in...
Nigeria on Tuesday night recorded 561 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, on Tuesday prayed for the quick recovery of the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who had tested positive for...
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) said on Tuesday it would meet with the Federal Government over discriminatory payment of the COVID-19 Hazard Allowances within the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday affirmed his government’s commitment to ensure the timely delivery of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas (AKK) pipeline project within budgetary allocation and specifications....
The Gombe State government said on Monday at least 350 COVID-19 patients had been treated and discharged in the state. The Chairman of the state’s Task...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has again casted doubts on the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic, describing it as an artificial creation to cause fear...
The Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has ordered the reopening of the state civil service from Monday 6th of July 2020 as the state...
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has called on the federal government to subsidise operation costs for motorists, else it would be forced to...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has urged Nigerians to take precautions to protect the elderly ones among them. According to NCDC, Nigerians can protect their...
June 8, Lagos was just waking up to its usual hustle and bustle when I set out for the Iyana-Ipaja Interstate Garage about 5.30am. The curfew...
