The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday said the country is not testing enough people for COVID-19 disease. President of the association, Dr Francis Faduyile stated...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. NCDC confirms 4 new cases of COVID-19 in Lagos, Abuja; Nigeria’s total figure...
The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the messy state of the health system in Nigeria....
The only patient to test positive to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ekiti State has recovered and has been discharge from hospital. The patient, who was the...
The Minister of Power, Engr. Saleh Mamman, said Tuesday the suspension for three months of implementation of the proposed electricity tariff in the country was in...
Adamawa State Police Commissioner, Audu Madaki, has directed all police formations in the state to enforce the government’s lock down of the state as part of...
The Ooni of Ife, Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), has prescribed some native herbs which he said have been tested, in the cure of the deadly...
The Imo State House of Assembly Tuesday asked the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, to appoint transition committee chairmen into the 27 local government areas of the...
The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Baba Tela, said Tuesday another person had tested positive for COVID -19 in the state. Tela disclosed this while...
The Bauchi State government has ordered a 14-day lockdown and closure of all the state borders with effect from April 2 as part of measures to...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, Tuesday dismissed reports that he contracted coronavirus at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) unification rally held March 18 in Ibadan. The...
The Nigerian Government has suspended the ongoing repair works at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. This was announced on Tuesday by the Minister of Aviation,...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has berated Muslim clerics for misleading their followers over the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. Alhaji Sa’ad...
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said on Tuesday, that Nigerians should not see the COVID-19 as a...
The COVID-19 tests results of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, and eleven aides close to him have been released, after they all submitted...
The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states was legal. He suggested that...
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did no wrong by ordering the lockdown of Lagos and Ogun, as well as...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday morning announced four new cases of coronavirus across the country. The centre revealed on its Twitter handle...
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered the arrest and prosecution of those who defied the COVID-19 lockdown directive by attempting to enter the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Tuesday morning. 1. Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increase by 20, now 131 The Nigeria Centre...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the Covid-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared Covid-19 a dangerous infectious disease. The signing of the Regulation, according to a statement...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 20 fresh cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday shifted the commencement of the movement restriction in the state till Friday. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Sunday ordered...
The Director- General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Monday the agency was now tracing 6,000 people who reportedly...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Monday arraigned four supermarkets and pharmaceutical outlets at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for hiking the prices...
Anambra State government said Monday that Governor Willie Obiano had gone on self-isolation following the growing cases of coronavirus in the country. The Secretary to the...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the military is ready to implement presidential directives to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Coordinator, Defence...
Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., through the Mike Adenuga Foundation (MAF), has donated the sum of N1.5 billion to the federal government to support Nigeria’s fight against...
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammad Illiyasu-Bashar, has declared that the outbreak of the new COVID-19 virus which has claimed many lives around the globe may...
The Nigerian Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday, stated that another Nigerian has died from the coronavirus disease. He stated this at a press...
Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday arrived Lagos for further treatment for COVID-19 treatment. Kyari, it was learnt, got transferred...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday dismissed a report that he had tested positive for coronavirus as malicious. In a statement issued by...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for locking down Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states over Covid-19. Buhari in a national...
The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has debunked reports making the rounds on social media that there was an index case of COVID-19 recorded in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Monday morning, March 30, 2020 1. Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections rise to 111 as Lagos, Abuja...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday night described President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on the COVID-19 pandemic as empty, saying it failed to address the yearnings of...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Sunday donated his salaries from May 29, 2019, to this month to the ongoing campaign against the spread of the coronavirus...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus. The latest discoveries bring the number of people with the COVID-19...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state to check spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Ortom announced...
President Muhammadu Buhari during his first national broadcast on Covid-19 on Sunday announced a total lock down of Lagos, Ogun and Abuja. The President, however, exempted...
Address by H.E Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the COVID- 19 pandemic sunday, 29th March, 2020. 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From...
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday ordered a total restriction of movement in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for an initial period of 14 days following...
The former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, and his wives have tested negative for coronavirus which has infected 97 persons in the country. The deposed monarch’s...
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, said Sunday the Federal Government would require about N2 trillion to provide financial...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State Sunday saluted Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s courage in disclosing his coronavirus status promptly. The PDP in a statement issued...
The provost of the University of Ibadan (UI) College of Medicine, Professors Ezekiel Olapade-Olaopa and his deputy, Obafunke Denloye have tested positive for Covid-19 pandemic. Olapade-Olaopa...
No fewer than 70 Israeli nationals were evacuated from Nigeria by Air Peace airline on Saturday over fears of the spread of the deadly COVID-19 disease...
The Ogun State government led by Dapo Abiodun has shut its borders with neighbouring states in the South West including Lagos and Oyo in a bid...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to publish weekly details of exact funds and other resources allocated by the authorities to...
The government of Gombe has announced the suspension of payment of the new minimum wage of N30,000 to workers in the state. The state said the...
