The Federal and Ondo State governments have agreed to return one of the suspected killers of Pa Fasoranti’s daughter, Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, to the custodial centre...
The Gombe State government said Monday the First Class ruler of Tangale chiefdom in the state, Dr. Abdu Buba-Maisheru II, has recovered from COVID-19. The monarch...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday enjoined the 36 state governors to work closely with the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to engender coordination in the daunting...
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State Monday inaugurated a Special Committee for Research into local care for COVID-19. The governor mandated the committee to come up...
The Lagos State government has stated that it was set to send its officials to evaluate the preparedness of churches, mosques and companies in the state...
Abia State government on Monday announced that the state had recorded five new COVID-19 cases. The state Governor Okezie Ikpeazu revealed this during a press conference...
A patient who was recently treated of COVID-19 and discharged in Delta State has said that the matter of the virus is a scam in Nigeria....
The Managing Director of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria Limited, Mr. Michael Yigao, said on Monday that the 15 Chinese medical experts that...
The gradual easing of lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari two weeks ago has been extended by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 for additional...
The Oyo State Government on Monday said anorher eight staff of a company it shut down in Ibadan South West Local Government have tested positive for...
The founder and Senior Pastor of Port Harcourt based Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomi has joined the growing list of top Nigerians casting doubts on the...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has stated why it should take over the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives to poor and vulnerable Nigerians. NIMC labour union...
Contrary to expectations, the Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari would not make any COVID-19 update broadcast. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to...
The Bauchi State Government on Monday announced the discharge of 20 COVID-19 patients from the state isolation centres after fully recovering from the disease. The state...
The United Nations Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that about 1.2 million people may die in developing countries due to the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown...
The Bauchi State Government on Sunday revealed that a medical doctor in the state, who initially refused to receive treatment, infected 10 of his family members...
The Sokoto State Government has announced the discharge of 5 COVID-19 patients from IDH Amanawa Isolation Centre after they all fully recovered from the virus. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday (today) address Nigerians as the first phase of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown comes to an end. Buhari...
The Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Ikechukwu, said on Sunday a three-year-old COVID-19 patient had recovered after testing negative for the disease in the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 338 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that the...
Ahead of this week’s review of the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Presidential Task Force on...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, expressed satisfaction with the compliance to safety guidelines put in place by the state government to check the spread...
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, Sunday confirmed the first COVID-19 death in the state. Lalong, who disclosed this at a media briefing on the pandemic situation...
The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, said on Sunday the hospital had developed six COVID-19-related research proposals...
The Ondo State government Sunday confirmed another COVID-19 case in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro, who confirmed the development to journalists...
Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party has kicked against the move by the Federal Government of Nigeria to continue...
The government of Madagascar has confirmed its first death arising from the novel COVID-19 disease two months after the deadly virus was first detected in the...
Ekiti State government has deployed drones and motorized fumigators to fumigate the streets in the state’s 16 local government areas. The development is part of efforts...
The Imo State government has threatened to impose another lockdown in the state after four new cases of COVID-19 infections were recorded by concerned authorities. Governor...
Thirty-nine Nigerians, who returned from Ghana and other West African countries have been quarantined by the Lagos State Government in Badagry. The returnees, according to reports,...
The Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has frowned at those criticising the Madagascan herbal medicine for COVID-19 cure. Madagascar has been...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has ordered that the lockdown imposed on the state to curb the spread the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, be lifted...
The Oyo State Government on Saturday said the state had shut down a company in the Ibadan West Local Government area of the state, after 30...
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said that three of the 256 Nigerians evacuated from the United Arab Emirates have tested positive for COVID-19. The state...
A Nigerian medical doctor, Laoluwa Adejayan, has reportedly been appointed as the head of Sierra Leone COVID-19 Task Force. According to reports emanating from the West...
The National Health Commission (NHC) has reported no fewer than five new COVID-19 cases for May 16, in mainland China, down from eight cases of infections...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed plans to set up palliatives to assist Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) survive...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has raised questions about the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team brought to the country to help the Nigerian authorities to...
An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie has explained why the President often appears without a face mask. One of the directives of the Nigeria...
Niger State government on Saturday announced that the state had recorded its first death from the covid-19 pandemic. It said the deceased was a 40-year-old diabetic...
The Chairman of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Alhaji Mohammed Omadefu, said on Saturday all the members of the House had tested...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday gave the Federal Government a 48-hour ultimatum to declare the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team brought to the country...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday it was still unknown if COVID-19 could be contracted or spread by touching of objects’ surfaces. In its...
The Lagos State government Saturday discharged 67 COVID-19 patients including two Indians and a Chinese national from the state’s isolation centres. The state Ministry of Health,...
The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, said on Saturday at least 41 persons had died of Lassa fever...
Eritrea on Friday officially declared it was free from the COVID-19 pandemic after the 39 cases in the country were successfully treated and discharged. According to...
John Campbell, a former United States Ambassador to Nigeria has explained why Nigeria is experiencing a shortage of Foreign Exchange as countries around the world grapple...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said its operatives have intercepted 10 Nigerians traveling to Cameroon, not minding the coronavirus pandemic. The agency said that after intercepting...
The Governor Kayode Fayemi-led government of Ekiti has approved a draft supplementary for downward review of the state 2020 budget. The review had the budget slashed...
The Kwara state government has revealed the reason behind the recent increase of persons who have been infected with the dreaded COVID-19 virus. Speaking with newsmen...
