As a measure to shore up its weakening fiscal base and mitigate shocks from the coronavirus pandemic, the Nigerian Government said Monday afternoon it had approached...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the much-hyped social intervention programmes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, inaugurated a 24-member committee to work out modalities for the rollout of palliatives for people of the state. The...
The Lagos State government on Monday raised the alarm that the state has started witnessing increased local transmission of the dreaded COVID-19 disease since the shutting...
The Kaduna State government has confirmed that it has recorded a new case of COVID-19 in the state bringing the total number of cases documented in...
The governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade has extended the stay-at-home order in the state by one week. The governor had earlier ordered for a two-week...
Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government of Edo has hinted on plans to create no less than 54 COVID-19 screening centres in the state. The state Commissioner for...
In a move to further tackle the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the withdrawal of $150 million for distribution to...
The United Nations has warned of a global upsurge of domestic violence since the imposition of COVID-19 lockdowns calling on governments to step up prosecution of...
The Wildlife conservation Society has reported the first known Covid-19 animal case discovered at the Bronx Zoo in New York on Sunday, April 5. The 4...
Africa’s largest oil producers, Nigeria and Angola, may lose $65 billion of their income to the harsh, monumental impact of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, an...
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the probe of the state government led by Babajide Sanwo-Olu over monies received and...
Funke Akindele’s husband, JJC Skillz has reportedly turned himself in to the police after going AWOL when men of the Lagos State Police Command stormed their...
A Former Prime Minister of Libya, Mahmoud Jibril, who also doubled as the former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi...
Nigerian governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the state level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy formulations to...
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been admitted to a London hospital, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. Downing Street said in a statement the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night confirmed eight new cases of coronavirus in the country. The new additions have further swelled the...
The popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele has been arrested for throwing a party in violation of the restriction order put in place by the government to...
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Sunday pardoned at least 5,654 prisoners and ordered their release in stages to avoid COVID-19 spread in the country’s overcrowded jails....
The Management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) said Sunday one of the three coronavirus cases in the hospital had died. The Chief Medical Director...
The recorded cases arising from the spread of the deadly COVID-19 has reached 1, 140, 129 cases worldwide with 236, 229 victims fully recovering from the...
The five states in North East of Nigeria that are yet to record any COVID-19 case have begun to intensify efforts to prevent the pandemic in...
The Bishop of Abuja Catholic Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama has said that the novel coronavirus, ravaging the world, has shown that technology cannot do much. According to...
The world system is unravelling as nations vigorously pursued national interest in defiance of multilateral institutions and structures.A war is on devoid of tanks,war planes,and nuclear...
Firstly, my thoughts and prayers go to our health workers. These men and women of valour risking it all battling at the frontline of COVID-19 are...
Political and business men of timber and Calibre are back into African Teaching Hospitals they have ignored until this Coronavirus strikes. This is what it takes...
Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has confirmed that the state now has a record of 115 confirmed cases of COVID-19. He also announced...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to provide COVID-19 relief funds, school feeding spending details. In a statement...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday morning announced additional 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. The 10 new cases, according to NCDC,...
The Imo State government said on Saturday that staff of Fancy Hotel, Umuguma, Owerri and their guests have been discharged after they were quarantined for 14...
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has warned that hospitals on the frontline of fighting the coronavirus pandemic are now facing an increase in attempted cyber-attacks....
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has set up a 47-member panel of eminent citizens of the state, including three former governors, to help mobilise...
The Ndudi Elumelu (PDP, Delta) led Minority Caucus leadership in the House of Representatives has decried the slow pace of COVID-19 tests across the country as...
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat has described as an unpleasant experience, the process of undergoing the COVID-19 test. Hamzat stated this while announcing...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has described the plans to bring in Chinese medical experts to help fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria as the...
The Yobe State Government said on Saturday the suspected coronavirus case in Potiskum local government area of the state had tested negative for the disease. The...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed five new cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre disclosed on is Twitter handle that three...
Oyo State Saturday evening confirmed another case of coronavirus. The new case brought the number of persons that have been infected by the disease in Oyo...
The Ogun Government said Friday night it would only open markets every two days during the lockdown. Governor Dapo Abiodun stated this while addressing journalists at...
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Programme, 6th edition has been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak until 2021. TEF entrepreneurship program is an annual scheme that...
The Ohanaeze Youths Council (OYC), a faction loyal to the breakaway faction of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, led by suspended Secretary General, Uche Okwukwu, has accused the...
The family of the first person that died of COVID-19 in Lagos University Teaching Hospital said they did not reveal his travel history, over fear that...
The Health Commissioner in Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi has confirmed that the state has recorded its first death from the COVID-19 disease. He made the...
Health authorities in China on Saturday recorded at least 19 new cases of confirmed coronavirus, including one new infection in central Hubei province, the epicentre of...
Oil prices rose for the second consecutive day on Friday with Brent (the international benchmark for Nigeria’s crude) climbing up further to $34.91 per barrel. It...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the extra-judicial execution of an innocent Nigerian by security operatives in Warri, Delta state, on Thursday. The PDP, in...
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and his Deputy, Engineer Benson Abounu have tested negative to the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The state Commissioner for Finance...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Friday said the 31 American oil workers who were stopped from entering Cross River State on Monday have been...
The Kwara State government said Friday the state had not recorded a single case of COVID-19. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, who...
The Federal Government on Friday directed all the country’s missions abroad to compile a list of willing Nigerian nationals who had expressed the desire to return...
