The size of trade during the week, which ended Friday, was worrisomely low, partly occasioned by the necessity to trade away from the Nigerian Stock Exchange...
The Kwara state government has revealed the reason behind the recent increase of persons who have been infected with the dreaded COVID-19 virus. Speaking with newsmen...
At least 23 migrant workers in India have been killed in a truck crash around Nothern India on Saturday while trying to return home despite the...
The African Development Bank (AFDB) has debarred China Zhonghao Limited for 18 months, for fraudulent practices. over corrupt practices. The Chinese company is the employer of...
A former member of the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has questioned why Nigeria seemed to be succeeding in the treatment of...
Benue State COVID-19 index case, Mrs Susan Idoko, has threatened the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with a lawsuit if she is not released within...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described Chief Raph Uwazuruike and the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) as inconsequential, knowing...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has confirmed 7 fresh cases of COVID-19 infections in Abuja. This was confirmed in a Twitter post on Saturday by...
The Yobe State government has announced that it has received no fewer than 58 Almajiris evacuated by the Adamawa State government to stem the spread of...
Traders in the black market segment of the Nigerian foreign exchange (forex) market are battling the most severe crunch so far this year as the recovery...
Tragedy struck in the quarantined Complexo do Alemao neighbourhood in Brazil when police seeking a gang leader raided a cluster of poor neighbourhoods in Brazil’s Rio...
Nigeria’s weekly capacity for COVID-19 is set to increase by 9,100 following Federal Government’s readiness to repurpose the tuberculosis GeneXpert machines that have been deployed in...
Chinese authorities on Friday admitted to destroying COVID-19 samples in unauthorised laboratories early in the outbreak for safety reasons. The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo...
A senior lawyer Mr. Femi Falana on Friday accused the various levels of government in Nigeria of lack of transparency and accountability in the handling of...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Saturday morning. 1. COVID-19: Why more Nigerians are dying The Nigerian government on Friday explained the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto Zonal Office has arraigned two Chinese men, Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi, who offered N100 million bribe...
The Kwara State government has foiled a move by some COVID-19 patients who attempted to escape from the Ilorin isolation centre on Friday after testing positive...
The ban placed on religious gatherings in Ebonyi, due to COVID-19, has been lifted by the state Governor, David Umahi. As part of measures to curb...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader in Rivers State, Princewill Osareojiji, who was recently declared wanted by Governor Nyesom Wike has spoken up from hiding....
The Sokoto State government has announced the discharge of 13 COVID-19 patients who had been treated and recovered from the virus. A statement by the state’s...
The Nigerian government on Friday explained the possible cause of rising cases of reported deaths since COVID-19 started spreading in the country. Minister of Health, Dr...
The spike in the number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria shows no signs of abating after medical personnel discovered 288 new cases across the country Friday....
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, said on Friday the Federal Government would submit the list of all participating vendors...
The Delta State index COVID-19 case and four other patients have been discharged from the state isolation facilities after they were given a clean bill of...
The Plateau State government Friday rejected the claim by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that the state recorded an additional five cases of COVID-19....
The Kano State Police Command said on Friday at least 197 persons had been arrested for suspected kidnapping, armed robbery and other crimes in the state....
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, Friday extended the COVID-19 lockdown in the state till May 24. Abiodun, who disclosed this at a media briefing at his...
The Nigeria Immigration Service has suspended the transfer of five of its officers for participating in #Bopdaddy challenge on social media. The NIS, which announced the...
Facebook said on Friday it had acquired the animated graphics start-up GIPHY and would integrate the company in its Instagram visual social network. The company said...
The Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19 Friday discharged 11 persons after they were certified medically fit to rejoin society. The Deputy Chairman of the task...
Justice Ifeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the House of Representatives to maintain status quo on the Infectious Diseases Bill which has...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Friday the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), had received N792...
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, said Friday a 33-year-old COVID-19 patient had been delivered of a baby boy at the hospital. The Chairman of...
The operators of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Primero Transport Services Limited, said on Friday it was still looking for driver of the bus that crushed a...
Friday, the Nigerian equities market closed flat, the first time this year, following a balance of power in buy and sell strain after two days of...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said on Friday the man in a recent video that went viral on social media was not a suspected COVID-19 patient....
Newly appointed Health Minister, Nelson Teich has tendered his resignation, Friday, after spending less than a month in office, over the president’s handling of the escalating...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Friday shared N606.196 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of April. The Director of Information...
The Adamawa State government Friday confirmed the discharge of eight additional COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centre after they recovered fully from the disease. The...
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, said on Friday the state had recorded four fresh cases of COVID-19. The commissioner,...
The Police in Lagos on Friday arraigned one Sulaiman Maiyegun at the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting his wife and boasting about the incident on...
The Ondo State House of Assembly said Friday it had commenced investigation into the N4.3 billion reportedly recovered from an alleged secret account in a commercial...
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shuaibu, said Friday the state government planned to ease the COVID-19 lockdown in the state after reviewing progress made towards...
The Ogun State government has treated and discharged 11 more COVID-19 patients. The state government announced this in a tweet on its official Twitter handle, @OGSG_Official....
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, Friday approved the appointment of Alhaji Lawal Maradun as his new Principal Private Secretary (PPS). The Press Secretary to the governor,...
The Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, Major. Gen. John Enenche, said Friday at least 11 members of the Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP)...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a property forfeited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke to the Lagos State government....
The government of Slovenia (a mountainous nation of two million people) has declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, thus becoming the first European country to...
The Delivery Boy’- a Boko Haram inspired story written and directed by Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe and produced by Something Unusual Studios is set to premiere on...
Nigerian government officials sign most loan documents from China not really understanding what they are signing, a House of Representatives member has claimed. The Reps member,...