The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Thursday passed the amended 2020 budget which saw a reduction from the initial N597.7 billion to N366 billion in...
The time supposedly wasted by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government before closing the country’s borders, seaport, and airports, has been blamed for the spread of COVID-19...
Governor Nyesom Wike has blamed bribe-taking security agents for new cases of COVID-19 in Rivers State. He stated this on Thursday when he inaugurated COVID-19 Border...
A herbal solution to fight the COVID-19 pandemic which has spread across countries of the world is at an advanced stage, with traditional medicine practitioners, so...
In this special report, INNOCENT ETENG details the work and life of two peculiar clerics of different faiths- Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, and how they...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. MYSTERIOUS DEATHS: I’ll not let you down, Buhari tells Kano people President Muhammadu...
President Muhammadu Buhari has told the people of Kano State that his government would not let them down. He stated this in a statement on Wednesday...
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) appointed President Muhammadu Buhari to lead the region’s fight against the spread of coronavirus last week....
The move by the chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina to soften the bail conditions granted him has hit the rock....
The senator who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, on Wednesday, described Nigeria as a “debtor and a beggar nation.” The former senator...
The Jigawa State Government led by Governor Badaru Abubakar has ordered a total lockdown in three local government areas in the state after the samples of...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning, April 29, 2020 1. 195 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria as total...
The German government said on Tuesday it had granted Nigeria debt relief totalling N8.9 billion (€22.4 million) over the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The country...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Tuesday warned Nigerians against regular washing of face masks. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Christianah...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, Tuesday apologized for banning two journalists from entering Ebonyi State Government House and other government facilities for life. The governor had...
The German government has approved an additional €5.5 support to its Nigerian counterpart in the ongoing efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The...
A staff of APM Terminals in Apapa, Lagos, has tested positive for COVID-19. The company’s General Manager, External Relations, Daniel Odibe, disclosed this in a statement...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Tuesday implored the federal and state governments not to stop or deduct workers’ salaries amid the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in...
The Ekiti State government Tuesday urged the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state to caution pastors against further contravening the COVID-19...
The Nasarawa State government said on Tuesday it had quarantined over 200 people coming from states with a high number of confirmed coronavirus cases. The state...
The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, said Tuesday the state had recorded 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three deaths since the outbreak...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Tuesday members of the Chinese medical team currently in Nigeria to assist in the ongoing efforts to...
The Nigerian Senate after sitting on Tuesday (today) for the first time since over one month, has again adjourned its plenary indefinitely. The adjournment came after...
Governor Ahmadu Finitri of Adamawa State has ordered compulsory wearing of face masks in public as the state records its second case of the dreaded COVID-19...
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has made another set of controversial comments regarding the fight against COVID-19. The governor, who had earlier dismissed social...
There is palpable anxiety in some local governments of Osun State as the government has said that it was awaiting test results of 30 persons who...
No fewer than 125 Almajiris evacuated by the Gombe State government have been received in Yobe State and have been placed under isolation to ascertain their...
The Nasarawa State has recorded its first confirmed case of the deadly COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across the country. This was confirmed on Tuesday...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday said two laboratories with capacity for COVID-19 testing have been activated in Lagos and Ogun states. The...
The Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that the country now has capacity for about 50,000 COVID-19 tests. Ihekweazu...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has recorded fifteen new cases of patients who have tested positive to the COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning. 1. COVID-19: Nigerian govt begins payment of upgraded hazard allowances to health workers The...
The Federal Government said on Monday it had commenced the payment of upgraded hazard allowances to frontline health workers fighting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday signed the Proclamation Order on the General Management of COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, the Federal Capital Territory and other states in...
Nigerians who have made a pastime of trying to rubbish the memory of late Mallam Abba Kyari, ex-Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, have been...
The Niger State government has announced the extension of the partial lockdown of the state for another two weeks in a bid to halt the spread...
Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, has challenged Governor Umar Ganduje’s claims that the mystery deaths in the State,...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday approved the gradual relaxation of the lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states with effect from May 4....
Suspected abductors of the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, have reportedly demanded a ransom of N30 million for his release. This was revealed by...
The Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, has tested positive for coronavirus. In a short message to members of DAAR Communications staff in Abuja...
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Monday, confirmed six index cases of COVID-19 in the state. The governor, in a state-wide broadcast from the Government House,...
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and and his wife Senator Remi Tinubu have both tested negative for covid-19. A...
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has ordered senior civil servants and political appointees in the state to forfeit 50 percent of their salaries to fund...
The Kaduna State government has confirmed that it has recorded five new cases of the deadly COVID-19 disease in the state on Sunday. In a statement...
One of the Covid-19 patients, who escaped and went into hiding after testing positive in Borno State, had been found. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr...
Management of the hospital where the first coronavirus infected patient died says it will shut down for two weeks, a statement revealed. The management of Lafia...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports that it would shift the conduct of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. It would...
The Benue State government led by Governor Samuel Ortom has discovered what it said are questionable deals at the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, in...
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has demanded for detailed information on the strange deaths and mass burials reportedly happening in Kano. The Senior Advocate...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Monday morning. 1. Nigeria records 91 new cases of COVID-19 as total hits 1273 The Nigeria...
