The Kwara state government led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of infections in the state to...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kano State chapter has said members must wear face mask to worship in churches. It also said that all churches...
Kaduna State government said two COVID-19 patients were treated and discharged on Friday. It also said that 10 more persons were confirmed positive with the dreaded...
The Cross River State government said on Friday the nurse that died in the state had tested negative for COVID-19. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr....
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night confirmed 245 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The NCDC, which announced the new figure on...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Friday urged Muslim faithful to observe the Eid-el Fitr prayers at home. The Jama’atul Nasril Islam headed by the...
The Federal Road Safety Corps has deployed a ‘special patrol’ team to enforce the Federal Government’s ban on interstate movement across the country. The FRSC Corps...
The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) said on Friday the 15-member Chinese medical team had been focusing only on assigned duties in Nigeria. The company,...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar IV, said on Friday the Ramadan fasting would continue on Saturday. The National Moonsighting Committee of the Nigeria Supreme Council...
The former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Developments in Kano State, Alhaji Muazu Magaji, was on Friday discharged from the state’s isolation centre after he recovered...
The Oyo State Joint Security outfit codenamed Operation Burst has arrested seven suspected members of an armed robbery gang in Ibadan, the state capital. The newly...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Friday the state government would unveil a four-page “Register-to-Open” guidelines in preparation for the reopening of economic activities in...
The Kano State government on Friday gave the approval for the conduct of Eid-el-Fitr prayers in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman...
Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, said on Friday the state had received 61 Quranic education pupils (Almajiris) repatriated by the Kano State Government. The children were...
Nigeria will know its fate regarding a new $1.5 billion credit facility request from the World Bank in late July as it seeks funds to deal...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Friday extended the COVID-19 lockdown in the state by another week. Abiodun, who disclosed this to journalists in Abeokuta, said...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) on Friday advised a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Alhaji Buba Galadima, to seek immediate psychiatric help in order to regain...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Prof. Adamu Kyuka Usman as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). A letter dated May...
The Canadian government has formally confirmed its refusal to allow Air Peace to evacuate Nigerians stranded in that country back home. The Nigerian High Commission in...
A new report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has listed Lagos as the most economically vibrant state in the country after it recorded N398.7billion...
A British court on Friday dismissed a $1billion bribery suit filed against oil giants— Royal Dutch Shell and Eni —by the Nigerian government. The judge, Christopher...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday granted financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary across the 36 states of the country. Buhari granted the autonomy after he...
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a housewife who allegedly killed her husband in Issele-Uku, Aniocha North local government area of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof Godswill Obioma as new Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO). The Head of Information and...
Sri Lanka lifted ban on wedding ceremonies in the country on Friday to ease coronavirus restrictions with new guidelines stating that couples are not expected to...
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has signed an executive bill empowering the state’s transport ministry to impound vehicles and impose a N50,000 fine on travellers who...
The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation Friday cautioned Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) against tampering with the 2020 Appropriation Act. The Chairman of the committee,...
The Osun House of Assembly on Friday passed an amendment bill which will prevent councillors in local councils in the state from impeaching their chairmen. The...
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu, said on Friday the sample of a suspected COVID-19 case in the state had been sent...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of COVID-19 issues as an “unpardonable manifestation of leadership failure.” The opposition party was responding...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged government officials and other Nigerians not to pay him the usual Sallah homages. Government officials, political leaders and other Nigerians usually...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has once again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to respect the rule of law and constitutionalism of the country,...
The senator, who represented Kaduna North in the 8th Senate, Suleiman Hunkuyi has appealed his suspension by the Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party...
A Pakistan plane Airbus A320 carrying nearly 100 people en route from Lahore has crashed in a residential area near the airport in the ever busy...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has denied being engaged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute Senator Godswill...
A family court in Akure, the Ondo State capital has ordered an Islamic cleric, Alhaji Yusuf Lateef to stay away from a 16-year-old secondary School student...
The federal government of Nigeria is making moves to reopen the economy which has been on lockdown for over a month due to the outbreak of...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it had dismantled a clandestine laboratory, where hashish oil, a derivative from Cannabis sativa, was produced...
Nigeria’s capacity for rapid and increased testing for COVID-19 may receive a boost soon as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has successfully validated the...
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State met practically deserted local government secretariats when he visited secretariats of six local government areas on Thursday. The chairmen and...
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Naira traded at N460 to the U.S. dollar on the parallel market Thursday, having stayed at the same rate of exchange for two days without budging,...
Contractors yet to be paid the N17 billion balance of the jobs awarded them by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2018 are...
The Katsina State Government on Thursday said 51 COVID-19 patients have so far been discharged in the state while 13 others have died in connection with...
Ex- governors, their deputies and ex- speakers in Imo State have been stripped of receiving pensions and other entitlements after the state House of assembly on...
The government of Edo said the number of persons to have died as a result of COVID-19 in the state had risen to six. The state...
A young housewife in Bauchi, 18-year-old Salma Hassan of Itsas Gadau in Bauchi State has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband, Mohammed Mustapha, 11 days...
Brazil is fast approaching Russia to become the world’s second COVID-19 hot spot, behind the United States, with 20,000 deaths and more than 310,000 infections recorded...
The opposition party in Burundi, National Freedom Council (CNL) has lamented the arrest of no fewer than 200 members of its party during Wednesday’s general elections...
The Federal Government on Thursday said speculations in some quarters that schools nationwide would reopen in two weeks time were not true. The Minister of State...