Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu has said his Covid-19 test came out negative. Shehu announced his coronavirus status in a post on...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Sunday morning. 1. NCDC confirms eight fresh cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, pushing overall figure...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed eight new cases of coronavirus in the country. The fresh discoveries bring the total number of...
The wife of the Kaduna State Governor, Hajiya Hadiza Isma El-Rufai, Saturday urged Nigerians to pray for her husband, Nasir, who had tested positive for COVID-19....
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, Saturday lamented that Nigeria’s health care system could not withstand a COVID-19 pandemic on the...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, ordered a dusk- to- dawn curfew after the state’s coronavirus cases increased to three. In a series of tweets,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday expressed shock over the explosion that rocked a community in Akure, Ondo State. An unspecified number of people were...
The Abia State government Saturday ordered the closure of all land borders as part of efforts to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus in the state. The...
The Presidency on Saturday dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N30,000 relief package for Nigerians with Bank Verification Number (BVN) to cushion the effect...
Taraba State government Saturday ordered the closure of its borders and restricted movement in and out of the state effective Sunday. The Chief Press Secretary to...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said on Saturday 3,778 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in 46 countries on the continent. The...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Saturday dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari may have tested positive for COVID-19 and flown abroad for treatment. The party in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, held a meeting with the Minister of Health, Prof Osagie Ehanire, and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,...
The Kebbi State Government has ordered the closure of all its borders with neighbouring states, effective from midnight of Saturday as part of measures to curb...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has reacted to the explosion that rocked Akure early Saturday (today) morning and left many buildings destroyed, with yet to be...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba II, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the COVID-19 disease outbreak which has quickly spread...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Saturday morning. 1. Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit 81 as COVID-19: US announces N2.6b aid to...
The Enugu State Government Friday ordered the closure of all land borders, inter-state transportation and markets in the state with effect from March 31. The Secretary...
The United States Government Friday announced a $7 million (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, unveiled an economic stimulus package for the indigent and the most vulnerable in the society. This comes a few...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday night confirmed five new cases of coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory and Oyo State. The centre said...
Kogi Government Friday suspended commercial motorcycle and tricycle operations as part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The state’s Deputy Governor,...
The ailing Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Friday assured the people of the state that he was very sound and in good spirits despite testing...
Two separate families who conducted burials in Ebonyi State and the policemen who supervised them have incurred Governor David Umahi’s wrath. The governor has ordered for...
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Friday, said that Covid-19 was real. He stated this while announcing his coronavirus test result, which he said came out...
The publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore has claimed that the Nigerian Government is making plans to re-arrest him over a story exposing the Coronavirus test result...
The COVID-19 test result of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, and his Deputy, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, have been revealed after they were both forced into...
The United States government led by President Donald Trump has asked medical professionals seeking to work in America to apply for a work visa at the...
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has insisted that Abba Kyari, who is suffering from the Covid-19 disease, had been flown...
Governor Nyesom Wike in a state broadcast on Thursday confirmed that Rivers State has recorded its first case of coronavirus. The governor during the broadcast, simply...
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his efforts towards curtailing and combating the spread of the dreaded coronavirus in Lagos...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning. 1. COVID-19 cases in Nigeria rise to 65 as 14 fresh cases confirmed...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered the immediate closure of international airports and land borders for four weeks following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country....
260 French citizens left Nigeria for Paris on Thursday after Air France was granted approval to land in the country. The Nigerian government had last Saturday...
Worried by the apparent refusal of the people of Kaduna State to comply with certain measures put in place to check the spread of COVID-19, the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 14 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre, which disclosed this on its twitter...
Kaduna State government has commenced the fumigation of all markets across the state in a bid to check the spread of coronavirus in the state. Officials...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Thursday the Federal Government is tracing at least 4,370 people that had contacts with coronavirus cases...
Akwa Ibom State government Thursday announced the closure of its borders with other states as part of preventive measures to check the spread of coronavirus in...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Thursday he had tested negative for coronavirus. The minister disclosed this at a media briefing...
The suspension slammed on four members of the Lagos State House of Assembly has been lifted, the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa announced at the...
Aso Rock, the Nigerian seat of power was fumigated on Thursday over Covid-19 fears, it was learnt. It was gathered that the exercise started in the...
Former Director of Finance and Account at the Abia State Government House, Jones Udeogu, has been granted post-conviction bail by a Federal High Court in Lagos....
The Federal Government on Thursday said there are plans in the offing to ban interstate travels in the country as the nation continues to contend with...
The Abia State Government on Wednesday banned social functions, including weddings and burials, that attract more than 30 people, as one of the measures taken to...
The Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo has said that God allowed the dreaded Covid-19 to afflict the human race. The minister said...
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has suspended its legislative activities for the next two weeks, at least, in a bid to curb the possible spread...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning. 1. COVID-19 cases in Nigeria now 51 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Wednesday night confirmed six new coronavirus infections, bringing the number of cases in the country to 51. The centre disclosed...
Following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, and with the gradual increase of confirmed cases of people who have tested positive to the virus,...
