The coronavirus pandemic has been causing the Nigerian aviation sector a loss of around N21 billion every month since its outbreak. Hadi Sirika, the Aviation Minister,...
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Wednesday explained why the Federal Government will not give any COVID-19 patient to traditional medicine practitioners for treatment,...
Nigeria’s foreign reserves rose for the first time in eleven months after shedding about $11.25 billion, the latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. COVID-19: Nigerian govt grants 2-month licence waiver to broadcast stations The Minister of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to surrender the repatriated $311millon fund to the National Assembly for proper statutory appropriation....
The private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) on Wednesday strengthened the fight against COVID-19 with the handover of a fully equipped isolation centre in Port Harcourt,...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Wednesday complained about the refusal of Nigerians to comply with the ban on interstate travels in the country, lamenting...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night confirmed 195 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The new figure, according to the NCDC report released...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, Wednesday extended the state lockdown by one week. Zulum, who announced the extension of the lockdown in a statewide broadcast, described...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday night announced a cut in the ex-depot price of petrol from N113.28 per litre to N108. According to the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday approved the appointment of a former Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba as Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund....
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said Wednesday the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state had increased to 1,242. The Nigeria Centre...
At least 12 Nigerians travelling to Cameroon have been intercepted by personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Navy at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom State....
256 Nigerian returned from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos State on Wednesday evening. The flight had earlier in the...
Forensic experts are picking bodies of COVID-19 victims off the streets for burial in the Ecuadorian capital. The body of a 65 year-old was seen picked...
Serie A giants, Juventus have confirmed that forward Paulo Dybala has fully recovered from coronavirus after two tests returned negative on Wednesday. The Argentine star tested...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, claimed the composition of the Federal Character Commission was designed to favour a particular geopolitical zone in the country....
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has urged the Nigerian government to keep the receipts of the $3.4 billion emergency financial...
The Ondo State government said Wednesday three more COVID-19 patients had been discharged at the state’s Infectious Disease Hospital after they recovered fully from the disease....
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has placed mother of former Nigeria international, Rashidi Yekini, on a N10,000 monthly stipend. This was disclosed to newsmen at...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said Wednesday 700 persons had been arrested for allegedly entering the state illegally despite the ban on interstate travel. Umahi, who...
A fuel tanker loaded with petrol otherwise known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and heading to Anambra from Delta State crashed and spilled its contents on...
The Lagos State government Wednesday confirmed that an additional 37 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from isolation centres across the state. The state Ministry of Health,...
A Nigerian woman, Mrs. Kafayat Amusan, has been delivered of a baby boy aboard an Emirate Airlines flight. Amusan, who was one of the Nigerians returning...
The German Bundesliga is set to resume its suspended 2019-2020 football season in May after the German government gave its permission. The topflight will return in...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday the Federal Government had granted a two-month licence fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said Wednesday he had not encouraged self-medication by COVID-19 patients despite revealing the drugs he used during his treatment. Mohammad had...
Against previous claims of “enormous evidence” that the pandemic originated from a Chinese laboratory, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has stated that the US were...
Oyo State government said Wednesday two COVID-19 patients had absconded from the state’s isolation facility. The state governor, Seyi Makinde, who disclosed this on his Twitter...
Equities on the Nigerian stock market rose for the eight consecutive session Wednesday amid investors’ relentless interest in blue-chip stocks. Buy pressure on large-cap and mid-cap...
The Federal Government Wednesday decried the continued violation of the new guidelines set up as part of measures to check the spread of COVID-19 in the...
The Plateau Commissioner for Health, Mr. Lar Ndam, said Wednesday that 11 family members who had contact with a COVID-19 patient had been traced and placed...
There is apparent tension in Abia following the reported interception of a cattle truck with Almajiris hidden inside, on its way to the state. It was...
A US based Chinese professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said to have been on the verge of “very significant findings” related to...
The Nigerian government will extend its embargo on both local and international flights by four weeks as part of measures to contain the spread of the...
The Adagunodo ruling house in Iwoland on Wednesday said the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi cannot be removed from the throne. The ruling house also...
The founder of Living Faith Worldwide, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has lamented the fact that people can be allowed in markets for six hours,...
Two friends, who recently murdered a businesswoman, Mrs. Evelyn Ebere, after collecting her N400,000 have revealed why they committed the crime. The deceased contracted the two...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday accused the Federal Government of displaying double standard in the relocation of Almajiri kids from different parts of the...
The move by the Federal Government of Nigeria to use foreign airlines to evacuate Nigerians stranded across the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has described the leader of Ohanaeze Youth Council Worldwide, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, as an impostor and disowned his group. Isiguzoro and his group had...
The Ondo State government led by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has sent back no fewer than 25 Almajiris who reportedly sneaked into the state from Sokoto. Ondo...
A chartered plane conveying Nigerian returnees from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly made a u-turn as a pregnant woman went into labour. The incident...
The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A at Ikeja, Lagos, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has destroyed imported poultry products worth N20.7m which was earlier...
The Police Command in Lagos State has said that it dragged 325 persons to court for alleged violation of COVID-19 directives on Tuesday, May 5. In...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Twitter builds technology to control cyber bullying on its app...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has revealed why his administration designated the Enugu Medical Diagnostic Centre as a COVID-19 isolation centre. The governor, who gave the explanation on...
The evacuation date of scores of Nigerians stranded in the United States of America which was earlier scheduled to take place on Sunday, has now been...
A possible tragedy was averted Wednesday morning by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), when a tanker loaded with fuel spilled its content on the Niger...
A middle age man has been sentenced to five strokes of cane by a mobile court in Kano for violating the COVID-19 lockdown order in place...
