A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, on Thursday, charged the Federal Government to relax the lockdown it imposed...
The Akwa Ibom State government on Thursday extended the lockdown imposed on the state till April 27 as part of measures to halt the spread of...
West African leaders Thursday tapped President Muhammadu Buhari to lead the battle against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the sub-region. The Special Adviser to...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has set up a probe committee to investigate the fire outbreak at Ngala Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Borno State....
The Federal Government said on Thursday that it was planning to evacuate Nigerian students who were stranded in Khartoum, Sudan due to the global COVID-19 pandemic....
Deji Adeyanju, the convener of a pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians, has said there was currently a “leadership vacuum” in Nigeria. He said President Muhammadu Buhari was...
A coronavirus infected patient at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State has died. Governor Seyi Makinde made this announcement in a series of tweets on...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has clarified that there was no scientific proof at the moment to prove the virus could be transmitted sexually....
The immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Dr. Abdul Aziz Yari, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari not to...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. COVID-19: Governors agree to enforce 14-day inter-state lockdown The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)...
In the morning of last week Saturday, Nigerians woke up to the news of the demise of Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari....
The Taraba State government led by Governor Darius Ishaku has issued a directive for the immediate closure of mosques and churches in the state after imposing...
The Osun State government led by Governor Gboyega Oyetola has moved to ensure total compliance with its lockdown directive by mounting barricades at all boundaries and...
Governor Hope Uzodinma has reacted to reports that he had planned to rename Imo State University after Abba Kyari. The governor denied ever saying such or...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that a terrorist such as Abubakar Shekau required to be killed and not allowed to surrender. Shekau...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. Buhari orders payment of varsity lecturers’ withheld salaries President Muhammadu Buhari has approved...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of the withheld February and March salaries of university lecturers who had not been captured in the Integrated...
The Nasarawa State government said on Tuesday at least 43 persons who returned to the state from Lagos have been placed in isolation. The state government...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said Tuesday another staff of the World Health Organization (WHO) had tested positive for coronavirus in the state. The development brought...
The Federal Government Tuesday warned Nigerians against patronising uncertified COVID-19 vaccines being hawked in Kano State. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave...
The Lagos State government Tuesday confirmed the discharge of nine more coronavirus patients after they recovered from the disease. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed...
The Gombe State House of Assembly Tuesday recommended total lockdown of the state following the outbreak of coronavirus in the state. The Speaker of the House,...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday the team had approved plans for the distribution of medical equipment and...
The management of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Borno State, has intensified its tracing of possible contacts of the state’s index COVID-19 case. The...
The twitter storm In what turned out to be an outrage on social media, Bello El-Rufai, the son of Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning. 1. 38 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed as Nigeria’s overall figure hits 665 For...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Monday ordered a total lockdown of the state following the death of the state’s COVID-19 index case. The patient,...
For the first time in about two weeks, no single case of COVID-19 was recorded in Lagos after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on April 22 to review the COVID-19 situation and various measures taken by state governments at various stages since...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Monday apologised to Nigerians for the breach of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines during the burial of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday all the COVID-19 patients who lied about their travel history would be prosecuted. The governor, who disclosed this...
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, said Monday 70 out of the 73 contacts of the state’s third COVID-19 case had been traced....
The President of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Dr. Adedayo Williams, has tested positive for COVID-19. Williams, who disclosed this...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo has rejected the claim by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, that his administration had so far expended over N1...
The Nasarawa State Government said on Monday the 24 vehicles purchased for members of the state House of Assembly were ordered before the outbreak of coronavirus...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said on Monday the state‘s coronavirus index case had recovered from the disease after testing negative twice. Akeredolu disclosed this during...
Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation of French origin has confirmed the death of one of its aid workers to COVID-19 in...
Members of Oyo State House of Assembly have announced that they would take a 30 per cent cut in their monthly allocation to support the ongoing...
A coalition of 67 women groups have called for the trial of Bello El-Rufai for allegedly threatening to gang rape a women in a recent tweet...
Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma on Monday announced the donation of a second batch of medical equipment supplies to the continent of Africa to help curb the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has given reasons why many Nigerians referred to Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff (CoS) to the President as a...
The Lagos State government has discharged four more Covid-19 patients, bringing the total of persons treated and discharged in the state to 98. This was announced...
A Lagos based lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has called for a probe into the death of Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s former...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Monday morning. 1. 86 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; total now 627 The Nigeria Centre...
An official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has tested positive for coronavirus in Bauchi State. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, confirmed this...
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday condemned the latest attacks by bandits in three local government areas of Katsina State. At least 47 persons were killed by the...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, said on Sunday normalcy would soon return to nations after the COVID-19...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, imposed a 10-day dusk-to-dawn curfew on the state effective Monday. Obaseki made the announcement on his official twitter handle,...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Sunday no country or state could fight the dreaded coronavirus alone....
The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, said on Sunday the state government was still waiting for results of the first suspected coronavirus case...
