Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, Sunday suspended the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Samuel Okoronkwo, over alleged boundary security compromise and negligence....
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, Sunday appealed to persons who had tested positive for COVID-19 to report at its isolation centre for...
The Adamawa State Police Command said Sunday an angry mob had killed three suspected hoodlums in Yola, the state capital. The command spokesman, DSP Suleiman Nguroje,...
A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, said Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had woefully failed Nigerians. In a statement he posted on...
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Sunday confirmed a new COVID-19 case within its surgical services department. The hospital’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Jesse Otegbayo,...
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun State, Sunday confirmed the death of a policeman who tested positive for COVID-19 in the facility. The FMC Head...
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has demolished two hotels in the state for flouting orders by the state government to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and Kaduna State have recorded five fresh deaths over COVID-19. While three of the deaths were recorded in Abuja, Kaduna...
A legal practitioner and political adviser, Charles Adeyinka has described the nullification of the trial and conviction of former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, as a licence...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said that 64 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. He stated this in a post on his Twitter...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has warned against the imposition of another total lockdown in the country over the spread of...
Thursday, May 14, 2020, will mark Leah Sharibu’s 17th year of existence on earth. By that day, she will also have gone deeper into her 3rd...
SANUSI LAMIDO Barely a month after his son Aminu and his wife, Zainab, welcomed a baby girl, the family three of dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi...
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have rescued a Lebanese Nollywood actor, Bilal Nosse, popularly called Mr B. Nosser was kidnapped on Friday, 8th May...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Federal Government to show transparency, accountability and probity in its school feeding programme. The group...
The Kano State Government has announced the death of three COVID-19 patients in the state. The deaths, announced on the verified Twitter handle of the State...
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom has revealed that the state government has deployed the use of 3G cameras to monitor human infiltration through...
No fewer than 160 Nigerians stranded in the United States of America due to the COVID-19 pandemic are on their way home, according to the News...
An ex Super Eagles official, Ben Alaiya has challenged ex player of the team, Chinedu Obasi, to name the official who he alleged demanded bribe from...
With talks ongoing to see that La Liga activities resume by next month, no less than six players in the Spanish topflight have tested positive for...
Some residents of Bauchi State have raised the alarm over strange deaths in Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state. According to...
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The Anambra State Police Command has arrested an ex-convict, Emeka Okeke for allegedly threatening a 36-year-old woman with a toy gun and thereafter raping her. The...
Former United States President Barack Obama has described President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic which has brought America to its knees as “an absolute...
The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta has confirmed recording three fresh positive cases of COVID-19, including two of its staff. This was announced...
Government soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed no fewer than 23 members of the dreaded Codesco rebel group and taken back control of...
Mrs Agnes Akpan, the mother of a Nigerian journalist, Kufre Carter, has appealed to the Department of State Security (DSS) to allow her see her son...
The Kwara State government has confirmed its first death arising from COVID-19 and has also recorded four new cases of infection in the state. This was...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Sunday morning, May 10, 2020 1. COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu vows to re-impose total lockdown over guidelines violation...
The Gombe State government on Saturday said it had discharged 20 COVID-19 patients out of the 109 cases in isolation centres across the state, saying they...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has demanded the withdrawal of the controversial Control of Infectious Disease Bill at the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Saturday warned that unauthorized vehicles entering the state in violation of restriction on inter-state movement would be impounded. It...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday hinted on plans by his government to increase the state’s testing capacity for COVID-19 from its current 850 capacity...
A pro-Buhari group, Buhari Osinbajo Solidarity Front (BOSF) has described those raising concerns over the whereabouts of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as...
The Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Baba Tella, said on Saturday a journalist working in the state has tested positive for COVID-19. Tela, who is also the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 239 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Saturday he would not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continued to violate guidelines on the...
South Korean authorities on Saturday shut down more than 2,100 nightclubs including hostess bars after dozens of COVID-19 infections were linked to clubbers. The hang outs...
The Ondo State government said Saturday all the unclaimed corpses in the state morgues would be given mass burial in the next one month. The state...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, said on Friday the Federal Government would not bow to pressure to free the Chinese and other...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, Saturday confirmed the discharge of six COVID-19 patients from isolation centres in the nation’s capital. Bello,...
Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered the temporary forfeiture of 12 landed properties linked to a former Director of Finance...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, Saturday ordered the total lock down of Ingawa local government area of the state over rising cases of COVID-19 in the...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Baba has alerted President Muhammadu Buhari on the reported mass outbreak of COVID-19 in Azare area of...
The ActionAid Resilience Programmes Coordinator, Mr. Anicetus Atakpu, said on Saturday the agency hoped to take its COVID-19 awareness campaign to 36,000 rural dwellers in Kogi...
The Plateau State government Saturday urged residents of the state not to panic following the discovery of 10 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state. The...
Several Nollywood stars including Kunle Afolayan and Fatiha Williams greeted veteran actor, Adebayo Salami aka “Oga Bello” on his 67th birthday. They took to their Instagram...
Policemen in Abia State have rescued two abducted persons in the Aba area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede, who confirmed the...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said Saturday he had no regrets revealing the identity of the state’s COVID-19 index case, Mrs. Susan Okpe. The governor, who...
