A former member of the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has questioned why Nigeria seemed to be succeeding in the treatment of...
Benue State COVID-19 index case, Mrs Susan Idoko, has threatened the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with a lawsuit if she is not released within...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has confirmed 7 fresh cases of COVID-19 infections in Abuja. This was confirmed in a Twitter post on Saturday by...
The Yobe State government has announced that it has received no fewer than 58 Almajiris evacuated by the Adamawa State government to stem the spread of...
Nigeria’s weekly capacity for COVID-19 is set to increase by 9,100 following Federal Government’s readiness to repurpose the tuberculosis GeneXpert machines that have been deployed in...
Chinese authorities on Friday admitted to destroying COVID-19 samples in unauthorised laboratories early in the outbreak for safety reasons. The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo...
A senior lawyer Mr. Femi Falana on Friday accused the various levels of government in Nigeria of lack of transparency and accountability in the handling of...
The Kwara State government has foiled a move by some COVID-19 patients who attempted to escape from the Ilorin isolation centre on Friday after testing positive...
The ban placed on religious gatherings in Ebonyi, due to COVID-19, has been lifted by the state Governor, David Umahi. As part of measures to curb...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader in Rivers State, Princewill Osareojiji, who was recently declared wanted by Governor Nyesom Wike has spoken up from hiding....
The Sokoto State government has announced the discharge of 13 COVID-19 patients who had been treated and recovered from the virus. A statement by the state’s...
The Nigerian government on Friday explained the possible cause of rising cases of reported deaths since COVID-19 started spreading in the country. Minister of Health, Dr...
The spike in the number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria shows no signs of abating after medical personnel discovered 288 new cases across the country Friday....
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, said on Friday the state had recorded four fresh cases of COVID-19. The commissioner,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a property forfeited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke to the Lagos State government....
The government of Slovenia (a mountainous nation of two million people) has declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, thus becoming the first European country to...
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has announced the reopening of the country’s Nakonde border with Tanzania on Friday after a five-day closure to combat the spread of...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has cautioned Nigerians to refrain from visiting locations where Nigerians repatriated from foreign countries were quarantined. This was part...
The Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, has recovered from COVID-19 disease after weeks at the Gwagwalada isolation centre at the Federal Capital Territory...
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Friday mocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying he would have insulted those calling...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has faulted the decision by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to adopt the ‘smart testing’ option in the ongoing...
The Nigerian government has asked stranded citizens in Thailand to remain in that country if they fail to pay N297,000 for feeding and accommodation charges. This...
Many have been thrown into mourning in Niger State after the State Government announced the death of a Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the Usmanu Danfodiyo...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama on Thursday said the delay in evacuating about 200 Nigerians stranded in Canada was because Canadian authorities denied Air...
The Chinese City’s Municipal Health Commission has reported 11 fresh asymptomatic Covid-19 cases in Wuhan during the citywide testing campaign targeting Wuhan’s 11 million residents. The...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared that the wearing of face mask signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari must be enforced as the nation...
The government of Lagos State has said that the results of its online polls would not be sole determining factor to decide if the state would...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire on Thursday said hospital attendance by pregnant women, nursing mothers and outpatients have reduced by 50 percent, as the...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that there was no conclusions yet with regard to the ‘strange’ deaths recorded in Kano State in recent times....
The Kwara State government led by Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq has confirmed three fresh cases of COVID-19 infections in the state and has also discharged 12 patients...
In its efforts to curb COVID-19 spread in Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje-led government has quarantined over 2000 Almajiris. Kano, after Lagos, has the highest number...
The Zamfara State Government on Thursday warned residents against discriminating against victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the state government, whoever is caught discriminating against...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Thursday night confirmed 193 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned Thursday that at least 80 million people in Africa could be pushed into extreme poverty if adequate measures were not put...
As more Canadian provinces are gradually lifting restrictions and moving to restart the economy, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has urged people to brace up...
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) Thursday suspended its planned nationwide strike, after the Rivers State government released 20 dockworkers arrested for alleged violation of...
In preparation for a presidential election scheduled to hold May 20 despite COVID-19-induced public health concerns, Burundi is expelling the National Head of the World Health...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Thursday the Nigerian government’s testing strategy on the pandemic was yielding results. Mustapha, who...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, Thursday relaxed the restriction order on religious and social gatherings in the state. The Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Humwashi...
The French government has fired back at Sanofi -a France based global Pharmaceutical company for suggesting it would prioritize the American market once a Covid-19 vaccine...
Raymond Dokpesi Snr and two of his grandchildren have recovered from COVID-19 infection. Dokpesi Snr, who is the chairman and founder of Daar Communications, owners of...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday said plans by the Federal Government to continue feeding school children during the COVID-19 lockdown is fraudulent....
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday revealed that the state government has discharged its oldest COVID-19 patient, a 98-year-old woman. According to the governor, who stated this...
To whom much is given… President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking all the help he can get to contain COVID-19 which is sweeping across the country. Funds...
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Wednesday said a three-year-old child has tested positive for COVID-19 in the state Governor Umahi made the announcement on...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, on Wednesday raised the alarm over the safety of the National...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), has said it would interface with the Federal Government towards ensuring that state governments are included in the distribution of recovered...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has told all those who care to listen that the novel COVID-19 virus may become endemic in the same way as...
The United States of America on Wednesday accused China-linked hackers of breaking into organisations in its domain carrying out research into the novel COVID-19 disease which...
The Sokoto State government has confirmed five fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state bringing the total number of infections recorded thus far since the outbreak...
