The Edo State Police Command said suspected hoodlums Friday attacked policemen attached to Auchi Division in Edo and killed an officer enforcing the nationwide curfew imposed...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, Saturday signed two bills —the Imo Waste Management Agency Bill and the Consolidation of Land Use Charges Bill —into law. In...
Senator Ishaku Abbo has slammed the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri for claiming credit for projects he had no part in attracting to the state....
The Nigerian Government has hinted on using herbs and other homegrown drugs for COVID-19 treatment in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora...
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday inaugurated its new executive members for the next four years. All the new executive...
A rights group in Delta State, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative (IPDI), on Friday said it does not have confidence in the ability of the Nigerian...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Saturday morning, May 9, 2020 1. COVID-19 FIGHT: Buhari asks for more donations from Nigerians President...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended public-spirited Nigerians and organisations for their financial and material support towards the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The President, however, called for...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the immediate shutdown of trading activities in Lagos Street, the commercial hub of the Benin metropolis, as part...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, Friday extended the total lockdown of the state by one week. The governor had ordered the lockdown of the state as...
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, said on Friday the state government would set up a COVID-19 laboratory facility in a bid to...
The Lagos State government said on Friday 42 more COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities after they were given a clean bill...
The lawyer representing the detained sports reporter, Kufre Carter, has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) in Akwa Ibom State of preventing the man’s family...
The Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, Friday faulted the Senate probe into the alleged mismanagement of N40 billion by the Interim Management Committee of the...
In a bid to check the spread of COVID-19 in Enugu State, the state government Friday commenced the distribution of one million units of fabric face...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olalekan Adegbite, said on Friday the ministry was working with the country’s judiciary to prosecute foreign illegal miners caught...
The Kano State government has revealed that the State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, and 15 others who had earlier contracted COVID-19 have all tested...
The Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stop using the the COVID-19 pandemic to trample on...
The Lagos State government on Friday projected that COVID-19 cases might rise to 120,000 by July. The government said the projection was based on its model...
The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described the judgment of the Supreme Court on the case of former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu as...
The number of patients suffering from the dreaded COVID-19 disease in Enugu State has increased with a nine-year-old who was confirmed positive with the virus. A...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has accused the Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) of hiding something over COVID-19 and asked them to open...
The Anambra State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Thursday called on the Kano State Government to stop distributing Almajiris to other parts...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Friday morning. 1. Highest single day rise in Nigeria as 381 new cases of COVID-19 push...
Rivers State government Thursday threatened that the state government would auction all the vehicles impounded during the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. The government had ordered...
The Cross River State government said Thursday five trucks conveying almajiris from the northern part of the country had been intercepted by a border patrol team...
The Edo State government said Thursday it was making steady progress in the management of COVID-19 in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday rejected the new ex-depot price of N108 per litre for the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). The party in a...
The Plateau State government Thursday discharged the state’s index COVID-19 case from one of its isolation centres at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). The patient...
The Nigerian Consulate in New York said Thursday the first batch of 270 Nigerians stranded in the United States would be evacuated home Saturday. At least...
Nigeria’s foreign reserves rose for the first time in eleven months after shedding about $11.25 billion, the latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. COVID-19: Nigerian govt grants 2-month licence waiver to broadcast stations The Minister of...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, Wednesday extended the state lockdown by one week. Zulum, who announced the extension of the lockdown in a statewide broadcast, described...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, claimed the composition of the Federal Character Commission was designed to favour a particular geopolitical zone in the country....
Flogging Governor Ganduje President Muhammadu Buhari is certainly a man under pressure but the demands of the office are not such that he can abandon except...
Four of the travellers from Sokoto State, who were intercepted by the Oyo State Police have tested positive to COVID-19. No less than 11 travellers from...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning, May 6, 2020 1. 148 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria as total climbs to...
For several months, beginning August, 2019, Ripples Nigeria took on the task of ranking Nigerian governors based, among others, on policy initiatives and execution. In March,...
The Zamfara State government has impounded 101 vehicles and prosecuted their drivers for flouting the border closure order declared in the state. The prosecuted transporters were...
The Nigerian Police on Monday night confirmed the death of a Mobile Police Commander (MOPOL 9) and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Atiku Nagodi. Nagodi was the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your day morning. 1. 245 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria as total hits 2802 The Nigeria...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 245 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre said in its daily update on...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday that the health workers in the state had collected at least 3,000 samples for COVID-19 testing. The governor,...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, said Monday all oil workers coming into the state must present their COVID-19 test results before they would be allowed in....
Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, said Monday eight COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state isolation facilities. Isamotu, who disclosed this in...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said Monday three junior employees of the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) were among the four newly discovered COVID-19 cases in the...
The abducted Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, has been released by his captors. Olabode was abducted last week alongside one Mrs. Taiwo Bosede on...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday called for a collective international approach to mitigate the devastating effects of COVID-19. The president, who stated this during a virtual Summit...
The Nigerian Government on Monday announced that it had received $311,797,866 of the Abacha loot from the United States (US). This was announced by the Attorney-General...
The Federal Government has been ordered to pay a Lagos based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje the sum of N1 million for using the police to disrupt the...
