Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Saturday approved the appointment of Prof. Adesegun Fatusi as the new Chairman of the state Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19. In a...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has embarked on self-isolation after members of his family, officials in his government and aides tested positive for COVID-19. The governor,...
Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has declared that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, was capable of leading...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) wants some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) probed over their alleged affinity with Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi....
The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has tested positive for covid-19. The governor revealed this in a statement on Saturday. He said although he is...
The Kaduna State government led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai has confirmed that it has recorded no fewer than 17 new cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease...
Despite his COVID-19 positive status, Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Friday said he cannot handover the administration of the state to his deputy. Akeredolu,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Saturday morning. 1. Nigeria records 454 fresh COVID-19 cases as total rises to 27,564; death...
A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has disassociated himself from the newly formed political movement, the National Consultative Forum (NCF). The...
Justice Z.B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, on Friday rejected an application filed by the former governor of the state, Ramalan Yero, seeking the...
The Edo State Commissioner for Education, Jimoh Ijegbai, said on Friday the state government had not authorised the reopening of schools in the state. Ijegbai, who...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of embarking on diversionary, baseless and theatrical allegations ahead of the September 19...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) screening panel for the Ondo State governorship election on Friday disqualified two of the nine aspirants vying for the party’s ticket...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday directed the reopening of schools for students in transitional classes from August 3. The governor, who gave the directive...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has issued a new discharge certificate to Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State. The need for the re-issue stemmed from...
The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) on Friday confirmed five COVID-19 cases in the state. The cases are the first from Cross River State since...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reacted to the claims that it had dropped charges of money laundering against the former Attorney General of the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plots to use the trio of state governors Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Hope...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has issued new guidelines for prospective travellers as airports begin to reopen for domestic flights beginning from July the...
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has been urged to as a matter of urgency place the state on a 14-day lockdown following the disturbing...
The Akwa Ibom State Government has lifted the ban placed on burials and marriages in the state in the wake of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The...
The Chief of Staff to the Plateau State Governor, Noel Donjur, has tested positive for coronavirus. The Commissioner for Information, Dan Manjang, disclosed this in a...
The government of Kano has said that 192 Almajiri children in the state have tested positive for COVID-19. This was revealed by the state Commissioner for...
The government of Akwa Ibom State said it had not received ‘one Naira’ from the Nigerian government to fight COVID-19. The state Governor Udom Emmanuel made...
The federal government of Nigeria has stated that only travellers would be allowed inside airport terminals and those who have no business in travelling will certainly...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning. 1. Nigeria records 626 new COVID-19 cases as total climbs to 27,110; death...
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday evening confirmed the discharge of 40 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centres. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in a...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee on Thursday evening met with the party’s National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at his home in Ikoyi, Lagos. The...
The Nigerian Army said on Thursday it was not its responsibility to expose sponsors of the Boko Haram sect. The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, restated on Thursday that schools had not reopened in the country. Mustapha, who disclosed this...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the re-appointment of 12 non-career ambassadors. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday rejected the fuel price of N143.8 announced by the Petroleum Products Price Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). In a statement issued...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, lifted the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. President Muhammadu Buhari had on April 30 ordered a total lockdown of...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday freed Victoria Idakpini, the detained wife of one Lance Corporal Martins Idakpani, who allegedly slammed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt....
Guilty as charged! Poor Nigerians got a rare mention at the National Assembly recently. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, on June 21, shared...
The Benue State government on Wednesday approved partial re-opening of schools in compliance with recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The state’s Commissioner for...
Retired civil servants in Anambra State on Wednesday asked the state government to adjust their pensions to reflect the new minimum wage approved by the Federal...
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed the bail applications filed by suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala aka Wadume, and six...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday accused the Federal Government of experimenting with the lives of poor Nigerians after it approved the reopening...
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has gone into 14-day self-isolation after the state’s Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Abe Aku, tested positive for COVID-19. In a...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the Economic Sustainability Plan put together by the Federal Government to stimulate the economy in the face of the COVID-19...
Justice Tijani Rigime of the Federal High Court, Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday, ordered the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, to reinstate the sacked chairmen and councilors...
The National Assembly on Wednesday suspended the Special Public Works programme conceived by the Federal Government for the engagement of 774, 000 Nigerians. The progamme which...
The National Assembly has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the plan to recruit 774,000 Nigerians for Special Public Works across the country. This followed the...
The Kogi State Government has reacted to the attack on the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja by armed protesters on Wednesday. The protesters, who attacked the administrative...
The Bayelsa State government has confirmed no fewer than seven new cases of the deadly COVID-19 virus and two deaths related to the fast spreading disease....
Armed protesters on Wednesday attacked the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. According to reports, the protesters who were said to have been armed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Nigerian Senate to approve the confirmation of 42 ambassadorial nominees. Among the nominees, only one of them, from the Federal...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again warned political appointees and other government officials against using their positions to bestow undue advantage on anyone seeking government jobs and...
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has written a letter to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, requesting the release of 74 persons who remain...
