The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday commended Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, describing him...
A total number of 8,000 Nigerians have lost their lives and another 260,000 other victims displaced within 10 years due to the rising spate of insecurity...
The Kano State government has agreed to allow Friday and eid-el-fitr prayers to hold across the state despite the extension of the COVID-19 lockdown in the...
The Federal Government on Monday explained that three returnees from Dubai have tested positive for COVID-19, and that this is one of the reasons it cannot...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning, May 19, 2020 1. COVID-19: Nigerian govt dispatches team of experts to Cross River...
The government of Kaduna State said it arrested an army general for alleged failure to obey the lockdown order in the state over COVID-19. The state...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the announcement made by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, of an extension of...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Monday advised members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa to remain strong and...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night confirmed 216 COVID-19 cases in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that the...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) said on Monday it rescued 18 crew members on board a Chinese vessel, MV HAILUFANG II, from pirates’ attack. The Commander Nigeria...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said Monday he was considering the reopening of religious centres in the state. In a chat with journalists at the Government...
The United Kingdom broadcast regulator, Ofcom, has sanctioned Loveworld Limited following the broadcast of Christ Embassy founder, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s claim on 5G and the COVID-19...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday met behind closed doors with a former Minister of Defence, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma (retd), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Monday the pilots of the impounded aircraft owned by a British company, Flairjet, have been quarantined for 14...
The Oyo State police command Monday paraded seven suspected kidnappers of the two-year-old twins of a popular Ibadan cleric, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold. The state’s Commissioner of...
The Bauchi State government Monday confirmed two new COVID-19 deaths in the state. The fresh fatalities brought to five the number of persons that had died...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has suspended five traditional rulers in the state over alleged complicity in land disputes in their domains. Those suspended were two...
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, said on Monday the Federal Government had dispatched a ministerial team of experts to Cross River State to...
The Taraba State government Monday directed the resumption of religious activities in the state. The Deputy Governor of the state, Haruna Manu, gave the directive in...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday N338.94 billion was generated as Value Added Tax (VAT) in the first quarter of this year. The...
The Federal and Ondo State governments have agreed to return one of the suspected killers of Pa Fasoranti’s daughter, Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, to the custodial centre...
The Lagos State House of Assembly Monday confirmed two additional nominees presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the state’s Audit Service Commission. The lawmakers confirmed the...
The Nigeria bourse posted gain on Monday after closing flat on Friday, driven by appreciation in some big-cap and mid-cap stocks. While other sectorial indices depreciated,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Monday agreed to fund the feeding and accommodation of Nigerians evacuated from foreign...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said Monday the state may soon have its own cure for COVID-19. Akeredolu, who disclosed this while giving update on the...
The Gombe State government said Monday the First Class ruler of Tangale chiefdom in the state, Dr. Abdu Buba-Maisheru II, has recovered from COVID-19. The monarch...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Monday swore in Alhaji Waziri Bulama as the new acting National Secretary of the party....
The Zamfara State government Monday received 45 Islamic education pupils (Almajirai) comprising 28 females and 17 males repatriated from Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Women,...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday enjoined the 36 state governors to work closely with the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to engender coordination in the daunting...
The Federal Government Monday extended the lockdown in Kano State over COVID-19 pandemic by two weeks. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 made the announcement...
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State Monday inaugurated a Special Committee for Research into local care for COVID-19. The governor mandated the committee to come up...
The President of China, Xi Jinping says Beijing has always been transparent about the outbreak of COVID-19 and will support a probe led by the World...
The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Mohammed Bello has been accused of buying what the Federal Government describes as “uncompleted carcass” building...
The Lagos State government has stated that it was set to send its officials to evaluate the preparedness of churches, mosques and companies in the state...
Reports emanating from the UK say Chelsea and England winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has been bailed having been arrested earlier on rape allegation. The 19-year-old, who was...
Abia State government on Monday announced that the state had recorded five new COVID-19 cases. The state Governor Okezie Ikpeazu revealed this during a press conference...
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A patient who was recently treated of COVID-19 and discharged in Delta State has said that the matter of the virus is a scam in Nigeria....
The Managing Director of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria Limited, Mr. Michael Yigao, said on Monday that the 15 Chinese medical experts that...
The gradual easing of lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari two weeks ago has been extended by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 for additional...
The Oyo State Government on Monday said anorher eight staff of a company it shut down in Ibadan South West Local Government have tested positive for...
The founder and Senior Pastor of Port Harcourt based Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomi has joined the growing list of top Nigerians casting doubts on the...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has stated why it should take over the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives to poor and vulnerable Nigerians. NIMC labour union...
Contrary to expectations, the Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari would not make any COVID-19 update broadcast. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to...
Global oil and gas firm, Total, Monday announced it was turning back from the acquisition of Occidental Petroleum’s assets in Ghana. Total and Occidental Petroleum had, sometime...
Social media platform, Twitter was sent into a meltdown following a response by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu over a comment made by ‘Billionaire’ crooner, Teni, about Ondo...
The long arm of the law has caught up with two soldiers identified as Kehinde Elijah “m” 45 years old and Ezeh Frank Joseph who have...
The Bauchi State Government on Monday announced the discharge of 20 COVID-19 patients from the state isolation centres after fully recovering from the disease. The state...
Oil prices advanced by over $1 per barrel Monday morning on the back of production cuts and hints of measured recovery in demand as the coronavirus...
The Nigerian Military said its troops of 130 Battalion have killed 20 members of the Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists. A...