The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday dismissed claims that some corps members tested positive for COVID-19 at the ongoing orientation exercise in the state....
Violent clashes between the police and anti-lockdown protesters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has left dozens injured and hospitalized. The Lebanese Red Cross in...
The Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) has been shut down with the students ordered to vacate their hostels by Thursday, January 28, following the death of...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has tested positive for COVID-19 after recent test results of most of his close aides returned positive in the...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has revealed that efforts are underway to follow up on the insurance cover for frontline health workers that died of the...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 1,303 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Tuesday the state government was exploring opportunities for mutual collaborations with Canada on COVID-19 response...
Nollywood actress, Annie Idibia has questioned the decision by the Federal Government of Nigeria to approve the resumption of schools across the country amid the outbreak...
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The Federal Government on Monday threatened to shut down any National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp where the state government does not comply with all...
The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden will on Monday re-impose a travel ban on South Africa that Donald Trump lifted just days...
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 964 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 1,633 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Kano State government has set up mobile courts to ensure full compliance with COVID-19 protocols in the state. Governor Umar Ganduje, who disclosed this during...
The government of Zimbabwe has confirmed the death of two serving ministers who both died after contracting the deadly COVID-19 disease. This was contained in a...
The impeachment trial of former President of the United States, Donald Trump, will begin on February 8, making it the first time a former president will...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has denied ordering the shutting down of primary and secondary schools in the state due to the outbreak of...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday ruled out the closure of schools in the state over the COVID-19 pandemic. He said closure of schools...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said on Friday confirmed COVID-19 cases on the continent had reached 3.3 million. The United Nations health...
Former Governor Ayodele Fayose’s alleged N2.2 billion fraud trial got stalled on Friday as the main witness meant to testify on the matter contracted COVID-19. The...
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has vowed that he would move “heaven and earth” to see that 100 million Americans are vaccinated within...
The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden has said that the death toll arising from the infection of the COVID-19 virus in the...
The family of Ibraheem El-Zakzakky, the detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiites, has revealed that his wife, Zeenat, has...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the release of N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide to enhance the treatment...
Kano State government on Thursday warned residents of the state against flouting the COVID-19 protocols. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who made the...
Members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives literarily found themselves swimming against the tide last week. This was evident in the grumbles of some NASS members in...
The new President of United States, Joe Biden, has signed a string of executive actions reversing key policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump. A few hours...
The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Wednesday directed the students of the institution to stay at home until further notice over the COVID-19...
The Osun State Government on Wednesday set new guidelines for its citizens as a result of a spike in the rate of COVID-19 cases in order...
Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, a former governor of Sokoto State, Tuesday said that Northerners and indeed all Nigerians were not happy with the security situation in the...
Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Sibusiso Moyo, died of COVID-19 complications on Wednesday. The minister tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed...
The Lagos State government on Tuesday directed doctors in the state to treat malaria symptoms like COVID-19 unless the case is proven beyond doubt. The state...
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom, Udo Ekpenyong, is dead. Ekpeyong died from COVID-19 complications in a hospital in Uyo, the...
The Kaduna State University (KASU) on Monday directed students of the institution to return to campus on January 25 for the commencement of academic activities. Three...
Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,617 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Human Rights Writers Association Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Monday urged Nigerians to massively boycott the National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment exercise. HURIWA made the call in...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said on Monday the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) would carry out 450 tests in each local government area...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Monday urged Nigerians to do everything within their capacity to avoid the second lockdown...
The Federal Government said on Monday students returning to schools across the country are not required to undergo COVID-19 test before they would be allowed into...
Governors of the 36 states in the country meet on Wednesday over the rising COVID-19 cases in the country. The governors, according to a statement issued...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged sick and old people not to attend church services. CAN stated this as part of its guidelines to...
The value of transactions on point of sales (PoS) terminals across the country totalled N4.7trn in 2020, an amount which is 48 per cent higher than...
Lagos Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo on Monday paid an unannounced visit to some schools in the state to check the level of compliance with the...
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 1,444 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Kwara State government on Sunday confirmed 27 fresh COVID-19 cases in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaiye, who announced the development...
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, boasted on Saturday that the town was bestowed with supernatural powers to heal COVID-19 patients. The monarch, who stated...
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 1,598 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, on Saturday ordered the closure of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) headquarters in Abuja over...
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services on Saturday urged the Federal Government to postpone the resumption of schools across the country by...
The Lagos State government on Saturday extended the “work at home” directive to the state’s civil servants by two weeks. The state government had in December...
