The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday night confirmed 19 new cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
The United Nations on Tuesday evening delivered ventilators and other medical supplies to Nigeria. The medical supplies were received by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika,...
Kano State Ministry of Health Tuesday confirmed an additional case of coronavirus in the state. The ministry, who stated this on its Twitter handle @KNSMOH, dismissed...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was attended by the Senate President,...
The British Mission in Nigeria said on Tuesday evacuation flights for its citizens who wished to return to the United Kingdom as a result of the...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Tuesday funds donated by the private sector towards fighting coronavirus were meant for the development of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tuesday confirmed the discharge of eight more COVID-19 patients who had been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. Sanwo-Olu,...
A pastor in Virginia identified as Bishop Gerald O. Glenn who had vowed to keep his church open despite lockdown orders has died of Covid-19 complications...
The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has confirmed the death of a 56-year-old Nigerian man who passed on due to COVID19-related complications at...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday announced more measures to ensure compliance to the state regulations to control the spread of #COVID-19. The governor imposed...
Afraid that people who returned from COVID-19 infected states might be with the virus, Katsina State government has begun house-to-house search for returnees. The returnees are...
Two payment service providers have been sacked by the Federal Government for delaying the processing of the N20,000 the government approved as palliatives for the COVID-19...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been granted the sum of €50 million to help the country in its ongoing fight...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has asked people of the state to remain at their homes for another two weeks as government continued to make efforts...
The novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is ravaging the earth as economic and social restriction continues with no end in sight. As of April 14, Covid-19 has infected...
The conundrum: Do we sustain the lockdown to contain coronavirus and risk the upsurge of insecurity and citizens’ unrest or do we lift the restrictions and...
1. Households with verifiable evidence of livelihood adversely impacted by COVID-19 are eligible. 2. The credit is also available to enterprises with verifiable evidence of business...
With the growing cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria after the first case was reported on February 27, the government started taking measures to combat the...
Some stubborn masquerades have been arrested in Anambra State for refusing to observe the government’s stay-at-home order. The state government led by Governor Willie Obiano recently...
In a bid to ameliorate the effect of the hardship of the lockdown, to curtail the spread of Covid-19, the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) Ogun...
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, on Monday appealed to governments at all levels to remember to protect livelihoods of the people and not just lives,...
Data recently compiled by Johns Hopkins University, USA, has revealed that no fewer than 1.92 million people around the world have now been confirmed to have...
In reaction to the current crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has expressed worries about economic sustainability and...
The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Monday gave reasons why they cannot afford to lockdown the entire Northern part of the country, insisting that the cost...
A medical researcher, Prof. Ayodele Adeleye, on Monday said he has discovered a cure for the ravaging COVID-19 disease pandemic. According to Adeleye, his discovery has...
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded about 130 suspected hoodlums arrested in connection with the spate of attacks on innocent residents of some communities...
The Kaduna State government led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai has announced that markets will partially open on Tuesday, April 14, and Wednesday, April 15, 2020 from...
Reports emanating from the United Kingdom indicate that 10 Nigerians who registered to be evacuated back home have tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease. It...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has called on the Federal Government to provide Nigerians with food if it insisted on locking them down. He argued...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s second COVID-19 pandemic speech on Monday as very disappointing. The party said the speech, “just like...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday coronavirus was 10 times deadlier than swine flu which caused a global pandemic in 2009. WHO Director-General, Dr....
Oganisers of the Okpekpe international 10km Road Race has cancelled the 2020 edition of the race due to the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The race,...
A few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari extended the lockdown on three Nigerian cities in a bid to check the spread of coronavirus, the country on...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Monday it did not charge any fee on COVID-19 loan application as claimed by reports. The CBN’s Director,...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in his broadcast to the nation Monday evening, announced a number of palliative measures for Nigerians as a buffer against the austerity induced...
Kano State government on Monday evening confirmed two new cases of coronavirus in the state. The state Ministry of Health which disclosed this on its Twitter...
As part of the reforms to stem the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the populace, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday evening declared a new economic...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, Monday called for cooperation from all sectors in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in...
The Ekiti State government on Monday ordered an extension of covid-19 lockdown measures until the 27th of April 2020. In a statement, the government said Governor...
The Ekiti State Government said on Monday it would release the “low risk” inmates of the Ado Ekiti Correctional Centre to further check the spread of...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has tested negative for the COVID-19 disease, his Commissioner for Information, Mr Declan Emelumba, announced on Monday. The Commissioner, who made...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the federal and state governments to order the re-opening of worship centres to allow people to gather...
The African Union (AU), led by its chairman, Cyril Ramaphosa, has appointed ex-Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, Mr. Tidjane Thiam and Mr....
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has commended efforts of its members in the coverage and reportage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The body, however, frowned at...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), announced on Monday that it had converted National Centre for Women Development to an isolation centre for the management of...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has condemned the extension of the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari. The president had called for an extension to fight...
Nollywood actress, singer, and former model, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has taken to social media to reveal how she lost her cousin in the United Kingdom to complications...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Monday said that Christians and Muslims may have chosen the wrong targets as enemies. It, therefore, urged Christians in Nigeria...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Apple and Google develop tool to alert phone users when...
The Kwara State government, led by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has confirmed two fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state as the virus continues to spread across...
