The Niger State Police Command is now on the hunt for a councillor in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State who allegedly absconded with 30...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday said the Federal Government plans to establish treatment centres close to the nation’s legal border entry points...
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has alleged that face masks imported from China, to prevent COVID-19, were contaminated. He therefore...
The Adamawa State government led by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has relaxed the COVID-19 order earlier imposed on the state about two weeks ago to check the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a number of measures and strategies targeted at building a more resilient and more self-reliant national economy in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. NCDC confirms 11 fresh cases of COVID-19 in Lagos as Nigeria’s figure rises...
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chike Ihekweazu, on Tuesday said the major challenge the nation is facing at the...
Whenever man is confronted with a terrifying aspect of the world in which he lives, his natural instinct is to seek to understand the new phenomenon...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari to address the issue of palliatives as the COVID-19...
The house to house search for potential COVID-19 patients by the Lagos State Government may have started yielding results, as 119 people have been discovered to...
Exactly one hour after the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the discovery of 19 cases of coronavirus in some parts of the country, the...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, declared that the state would be on total lockdown for the next 14 days. The governor, who made the...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, granted pardon to 72 inmates of the Kaduna and Kafanchan Correctional Centres as part of government’s efforts at checking...
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, has recovered from the coronavirus. The Service Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, disclosed this in a...
At least 25 persons were killed and several others injured in a bloody clash between Shomo and Jole ethnic groups in Lau local government area of...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Tuesday ordered the total lockdown of the state following the rising cases of coronavirus among the people. Ganduje, who disclosed this...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday night confirmed 19 new cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
The United Nations on Tuesday evening delivered ventilators and other medical supplies to Nigeria. The medical supplies were received by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika,...
Kano State Ministry of Health Tuesday confirmed an additional case of coronavirus in the state. The ministry, who stated this on its Twitter handle @KNSMOH, dismissed...
The Defence Headquarters Tuesday dismissed reports of the alleged killing of civilians during airstrikes by Air Task Force component of Operation Lafiya Dole at Shokotoko Village...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was attended by the Senate President,...
The Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, Baba Madugu, said on Tuesday two Nigerians temporarily living in the Alpine nation had declared their desire to be evacuated to...
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Tuesday described claims of maltreatment of Nigerians in China as half-truths. Several video clips showing some Chinese citizens kicking...
The British Mission in Nigeria said on Tuesday evacuation flights for its citizens who wished to return to the United Kingdom as a result of the...
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has said the 500,000 N-Power enrollees across the country would begin getting their monthly entitlements from...
A Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Tuesday granted bail to two pilots of Caverton Helicopters, Samuel Ugorji and Samuel Buhari, who were detained...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Tuesday funds donated by the private sector towards fighting coronavirus were meant for the development of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tuesday confirmed the discharge of eight more COVID-19 patients who had been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. Sanwo-Olu,...
At least four members of a family died in a building collapse at Saberi in Gwale local government area of Kano State on Monday, the state...
Resuming from a 2-day Easter holiday, the Nigerian stock market appreciated by N258.451 billion on Tuesday, marking the fourth daily gain in a row. Today’s positive...
A pastor in Virginia identified as Bishop Gerald O. Glenn who had vowed to keep his church open despite lockdown orders has died of Covid-19 complications...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday commended the European Union for boosting the country’s effort to tackle the coronavirus pandemic with N21 billion (€50 million). He said the...
The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has confirmed the death of a 56-year-old Nigerian man who passed on due to COVID19-related complications at...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday announced more measures to ensure compliance to the state regulations to control the spread of #COVID-19. The governor imposed...
The management of the University of Lagos, (UNILAG) has reacted to a report that the crew of Air Peace that brought into the country the Chinese...
Afraid that people who returned from COVID-19 infected states might be with the virus, Katsina State government has begun house-to-house search for returnees. The returnees are...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday forecast that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would contract by 3.4% in 2020 after expanding by 2.2% last year. In...
Author and media personality, Toke Makinwa, has reacted to the decision by the Federal Government led to extend movement restriction in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal...
Two payment service providers have been sacked by the Federal Government for delaying the processing of the N20,000 the government approved as palliatives for the COVID-19...
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has reviewed its restrictions on public transportation over fears of the spread of the COVID-19 virus which...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been granted the sum of €50 million to help the country in its ongoing fight...
The Federal Government on Tuesday said Nigerians returning to the country through government’s arranged evacuation would be compulsorily quarantined on arrival. According to the Chairman of...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has asked people of the state to remain at their homes for another two weeks as government continued to make efforts...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Nigeria’s 54gene closes a $15-million Series-A round. Nigerian healthcare startup,...
The novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is ravaging the earth as economic and social restriction continues with no end in sight. As of April 14, Covid-19 has infected...
Journalism in Nigeria is on the decline, and its credibility is steadily being destroyed. The solution lies in the hands of practitioners. They can reverse the...
The conundrum: Do we sustain the lockdown to contain coronavirus and risk the upsurge of insecurity and citizens’ unrest or do we lift the restrictions and...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has assured troops of the Nigerian Army fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East that...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, extended his good wishes to the people of Chibok, Borno State, as the people held prayers and thanksgiving services to mark...
