The Zamfara State government led by Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 in the state. Governor Matawalle in a series of...
Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday took sample from the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against countries issuing “immunity passports” as there is ‘no evidence’ that recovered coronavirus patients are protected from reinfection. WHO...
The main opposition party in Burundi, the National Congress for Liberty (CNL), has decried a crackdown against its members by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s government. Party spokesman,...
And it came to pass that on the 22nd day of the fourth month in the year 2020 in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic, Governor Dave...
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has responded to the spread of the COVID-19 disease to the state by imposing a dusk to dawn curfew in the...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urges Nigerian governors to urgently provide information on spending details on COVID-19 in their state, and to immediately redirect...
YOMI OBILEYE The Nigerian movie industry dubbed Nollywood was thrown into another round of mourning following the unfortunate death of veteran actor, Yomi Obileye, who passed...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market, mainstream business activities while...
The two policemen caught on camera flogging a lady, Alimat Azzez, in Iwo, Osun State for allegedly flouting the COVID-19 lockdown order in the state, have...
The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, against playing politics with the COVID-19 pandemic in the...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has slammed the Nigerian government for allegedly sending rotten rice, as Covid-19 palliatives, to South West states. The former...
The four family members of Katsina State COVID-19 index case, Dr. Aliyu Yakubu, who died as a result of the disease, have been discharged after testing...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Sunday morning, April 26, 2020 1. Anambra govt relaxes COVID-19 lockdown, orders reopening of churches, markets...
The Lagos State Government on Saturday announced that six COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation Centre, Idi-Araba, after recovery...
The Lagos State government has lamented the congestion of mortuaries in the state due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown imposed to check the spread of the...
The Minister of Power, Alhahi Saleh Mamman has explained why it would not be possible for the Federal Government to give free electricity to Nigerians for...
The death of Abba Kyari, the former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has elicited a great deal of controversy, but the posterity demands that...
The Chairman of Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos, Mr. Valentine Buraimoh, on Saturday dismissed reports on the alleged widespread cases of COVID-19 in the...
John Hopkins University said on Saturday the global coronavirus death toll had now reached 200,000 with 2.8million confirmed infections. The university released the latest figures just...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 87 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The latest figure has increased the number of...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of Osaze Ethan Uzamere as his Chief of Staff. The Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie,...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, Saturday evening confirmed four new COVID-19 cases in the state. The governor, who disclosed this in a statement, said the four...
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, Saturday relaxed the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. However, the governor said the state’s borders would remain closed and asked religious...
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world, Arsenal’s players are set to return to light training sessions from next week. According to the Premier League club,...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has postponed the entrance examination into Air Force Comprehensive Secondary Schools and Air Force Secondary Schools until further notice. The NAF...
The Deputy Coordinator of Kano State COVID-19 Response Team, Dr. Sabitu Shuaibu, Saturday dismissed reports that the state recorded 640 deaths in two days. Kano, the...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, ordered the state secretariat to reopen for workers from level 13 upward to resume work on Monday. Makinde, who...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, said the compulsory use of face masks by residents takes effect from Monday as part of measures to check...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command Friday confirmed the arrest of a bricklayer, Godwin Jeremiah, for allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter, Miss Emem Godwin Jeremiah. Jeremiah...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Saturday confirmed 74 new cases of coronavirus in the state. Ganduje, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Kano, said...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Saturday confirmed another case of COVID-19 in the state. Akeredolu, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle, said the new case...
The Osun State government Saturday confirmed 12 fresh cases of coronavirus in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, disclosed this in a...
The Lagos State government Saturday confirmed another COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the total fatality in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre to 19. The state Ministry...
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has said that the Federal Government has collaborated with network providers to launch free e-learning for primary and...
The Anambra State Police Command said Saturday its officers had commenced an investigation into the alleged killing of one Mr. Godwin Ezeofor by his son, Chigorom...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, said on Saturday the number of COVID-19 cases on the continent had increased to...
The Defence Headquarters said Saturday troops of Operation Hadarin Daji killed 89 bandits and rescued five kidnapped victims along Gidan Jaja in Zurmi local government area...
The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Olajide Oduwoye, said on Saturday residents of the state defying the COVID-19 lockdown were...
The Kaduna State government Saturday confirmed one new case of coronavirus in the state. With the new case, the number of active cases in the state...
The Buhari Media Organization (BMO) has frowned at the refusal of some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to submit their Biometric Verification...
Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has described as fake news, report that it would not pay corps members their April and May allowances....
If there is any programme of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration that has enjoyed the most attention, spiced with unfair criticisms – hinged mostly on beer...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to scale down the total COVID-19 lockdown order imposed on Lagos, Ogun and...
A statesman and Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has described the rest of Nigeria as being slaves to the northern part. This followed his comment at...
In its effort to avert food scarcity during the lockdown, the federal government, Friday, directed that agricultural products be allowed to move unhindered within in the...
The Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ebonyi State, has declared that it would henceforth boycott all activities by the Ebonyi State...
Can Africa really afford lockdowns, and can they be effective? Put differently, given the social and economic circumstances of Africa and the impending ‘economic pandemic’, can...
Former Nigeria international, Daniel Amokachi has narrated his experience at the Synagogue Church of all Nations in Lagos, owned by Pastor T.B. Joshua. The ‘Bull’ as...
