No fewer than four top officials in the office of the Kwara State deputy governor, Kayode Alabi, have reportedly tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease...
Nigeria on Sunday night recorded 571 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, said on Sunday an additional 56 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s care centres. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in...
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump was captured wearing a face mask in public for the first time during a visit to...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “direct and compel the 36 state governors to use...
Tragedy struck in the outskirts of Johannesburg when no fewer than five people were killed after attackers stormed a church in the capital, reportedly amid an...
The Edo State government has confirmed that it has started contact tracing of no fewer than 4,327 patients and has cleared and exited 3,769 suspected cases...
The Osun State government has confirmed that its Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prince Wole Oyebamiji, and 21 others have tested negative for the deadly...
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has lifted the ban on the conduct of local government elections in the state which was earlier canceled by...
Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika has explained why people boarding planes do not observe social distancing. There have been concerns that social distancing was not being...
Nigeria on Saturday night recorded 664 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said not all who test positive for COVID-19 should be take to isolation centre. The NCDC, however, ruled...
Kwara State has officially been designated a test centre for the COVID-19 pandemic by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), according to the chairman of...
The decision of the Nigerian government to suspend the reopening of schools across the country has been supported by the commissioners of education in the 19...
The Lagos state government has sealed off a private medical laboratory for allegedly conducting COVID-19 tests without approval. The state government had warned hospitals and laboratories...
Nigerians who were stranded in Malaysia and Thailand due to COVID-19 pandemic are on their way back home. A tweet by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission...
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the Benue State University, Makurdi, Prof. Zacharys Gundu has revealed, that he and some of his backroom staff have...
The Edo State government has called for caution among residents as the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the state thus far have exceeded 1,500. The...
Nigeria on Friday night recorded 575 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has advised residents in the state to take responsibility by wearing face masks to stem the spread...
The Ogun State government has confirmed that the state has now recorded 348 active cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak of the deadly disease. This was...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo has said that a total of 20 patients had died in the state due to the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. He stated...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines are currently on clinical trials. WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moet on...
The rising disparity in education between those in the urban and rural areas in Nigeria has shown clearly that the lockdown order by the Federal government...
A single grain of millet makes no sound upon falling, but a thousand grains make a sound. This is the paradox of the grain of millet....
Nigeria on Thursday night recorded 499 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, admitted on Thursday that the commission spent N1.5 billion for staff as “COVID-19...
The Benue State House of Assembly has been shut indefinitely over COVID-19. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information and Orientation, Mr. Tertsea Gbishe, who...
The Nasarawa State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Abdulkarim Kana, has tested positive for COVID-19. The state Commissioner for Health, Yahaya Ahmed, who disclosed this...
The Commissioner for Health in Plateau State, Dr. Nimkong Lar, confirmed on Thursday that the late former chairman of the Barkin Ladi local government area of...
Music producer, ID Cabasa has declared that it is misleading for some influential people especially religious leaders to say COVID-19 is not real. The ‘beat cooker’...
The Oyo government said on Thursday that two more COVID-19 patients had recovered from the dreaded infection in the state. The state, however, announced that it...
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has confirmed that it has recorded 26 fresh cases of COVID-19 virus in Abuja. This was revealed on Thursday by the...
The Australian city of Melbourne has been placed on total lockdown just weeks after restrictions were lifted as the city battles a resurgence of the COVID-19...
The Enugu State government has confirmed that it has recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 in the State. This was confirmed on Wednesday by Dr. Ikechukwu...
The Ondo State Government has denied forcefully discharging COVID-19 patients who are on admission at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Akure. There had been apprehension in...
More Nigerians, 408 of them, who were stranded in India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been evacuated by the Federal Government. The evacuees, according...
Nigeria on Wednesday night recorded 460 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
Super Eagles forward, Paul Onuachu has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 after his club Genk carried out a test on all their players. The 26-year-old, who...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday its experts would travel to China to work together with their Chinese counterparts to prepare scientific plans for...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has approved the sack of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Establishment, Sunny Okere, for allegedly flouting guidelines put in...
Following the death of Alhaji Aminu Logun, Kwara State Chief of Staff (CoS) to the governor, who died of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the government has directed...
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has confirmed that it has recorded 41 new cases of the dreaded COVID-19 virus in the federal capital, Abuja. This was...
Food and agriculture pundits in Nigeria are championing a course that could birth reforms targeted at forestalling a potential food crisis following the outbreak of the...
Waking up to reality On July 1, President Muhammadu Buhari woke up to the sad reality of some government officials abusing public trust. This came on...
Nigeria on Tuesday night recorded 503 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, said on Tuesday the state had recorded 21 new COVID-19 cases. Isamotu, who disclosed this in a...
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, and 21 other persons have tested negative for coronavirus and have been discharged from isolation centres in the state...
The Ogun State government has confirmed that the State has recorded no fewer than 42 new cases of COVID-19 in the state. This was confirmed on...
Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, has been served notice of impeachment by the state House of Assembly. The lawmakers served the notice to the deputy...
