A clinical research organization in South Africa, TASK, is testing the potency of a tuberculosis vaccine, BCG- Bacille Calmette-Guerin against Covid-19. The vaccine, popular as an...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Tuesday the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill would undergo public hearing. The Speaker stated this...
Nigerians would never forget the achievements of late former President Umaru Yar’Adua’s short-lived administration, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said. In a tribute issued on Tuesday...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Tuesday the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region had increased to over 46,500 as at May...
Alhaji Kabiru Muhammed Inuwa Tuesday emerged the new Emir of Rano Emirate Council in Kano. Inuwa, who was the District Head of Kibiya, succeeds Alhaji Tafida...
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Tuesday an additional 60 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation centres. The governor, who disclosed this via...
The American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa, has sacked about 400 of its staff. The Vice President for University Relations, AUN, Prof. Abba Tahir, disclosed...
The Lagos State government Tuesday confirmed the death of another one COVID-19 patient in the state. The state Ministry of Health, which disclosed this on its...
The Presidency said Tuesday the $311 million recovered from the family of the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, had been allocated to the...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said on Tuesday it had impounded over 100 vehicles that violated the state government’s social distancing directive. The General...
The Chairman of Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Sunusi Muhammad Bala, said Tuesday one of its members had died from COVID-19....
The Jigawa State government said on Tuesday 32 out of the 57 samples taken from contacts of infected persons in five local government areas of the...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday described late Umar Musa Yar’Adua as a President like no other in Nigeria. He stated this in his tribute to...
Reports from Gombe State suggests that covid-19 patients have embarked on a protest outside the state’s isolation centre in Kwadon. Although details are yet to be...
A National Health Emergency Bill on Tuesday passed first reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill, which is a quarantine law, is similar to the Infectious...
The death of a former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hamza Idris Malikawa, has been confirmed in Kano State. Malikawa’s demise was confirmed on Tuesday by his...
The Enugu State Government on Tuesday said it has arrested a COVID-19 patient, who escaped from an isolation and treatment centre in Delta State. According to...
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has ordered the palace of the Emir of Daura to be shut over concerns occasioned by the spread of the...
A society which eats, debases and abuses its young is a coven run by witches. The almajiri children are innocents socialised into a culture and system...
The Nigerian government is revising its 2020 budget to assume an oil price benchmark of $20 a barrel, Zainab Ahmed, the Finance Minister, said Tuesday during...
A driver with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has tested positive for the COVID-19 disease in Nasarawa, the state Governor, Abdullahi Sule said on...
Nigeria singer BM baby is in the state of mourning as she lost her brother due to medical negligence. The singer alleged that due to the...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Intel moves to buy urban mobility platform Moovit in a...
The Benue State government has recorded its second case of the novel COVID-19 disease six weeks after its index case was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre...
At least 1,275 inmates at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday with 461 of them being staff and...
The Kano State Government on Tuesday announced the discharge of three patients being treated for the dreaded COVID-19 disease in the state. The patients were said...
The founder of Love World Incorporated, aka Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has reacted to an order to close all churches amid the outbreak of the...
The Senate has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the planned deployment of the Fifth Generation Network across the...
The Nigerian House of Representatives on Tuesday succumbed to public outcry and accepted to subject the Infectious Diseases Bill to public hearing. The House also denied...
While the nation, and the world at large, are taking steps, and doing everything possible to end the covid-19 pandemic, the Enugu State government is at...
For several months, beginning August, 2019, Ripples Nigeria took on the task of ranking Nigerian governors based, among others, on policy initiatives and execution. In March,...
A Union Bank staff on Monday died after contracting the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The development was confirmed in an internal memo by the Chief Executive Officer...
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 22-year old man identified as Cletus Chisom who was on Monday stabbed to death by...
Defence Headquarters on Monday said that no less than 134 Boko Haram terrorists and Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) have been killed by troops of...
The Zamfara State government has impounded 101 vehicles and prosecuted their drivers for flouting the border closure order declared in the state. The prosecuted transporters were...
Suspected thugs on Monday attacked some traders at Onitsha Bridge Head Drug Market, Anambra State. The traders were in a meeting of the leaders of the...
The Edo state Government on Monday explained how it went about the N1 billion it claimed it has spent in combating the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic in...
In the middle of March 2020, information on the use of chloroquine in curing the coronavirus disease went viral, mostly spurred by the contribution of the...
The Anambra State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday said herdsmen and Boko Haram killings are more dangerous than the dreaded COVID-19...
A sudden surge in number of people dying mysteriously, has been recorded in Jigawa State, following on the heels of a similar occurrence in neighbouring Kano...
The Nigerian Police on Monday night confirmed the death of a Mobile Police Commander (MOPOL 9) and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Atiku Nagodi. Nagodi was the...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a tailor, Afeez Ayodele for allegedly stabbing his colleague, simply identified as Obiora to death over the use of...
Oil prices rose further early Tuesday after the gains recorded at the previous session as more countries began to ease coronavirus lockdowns and crude supply cuts...
The total figure of deaths recorded globally due to COVID-19 infections has exceeded 251,059 people, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The number of...
A group of Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) have raised concerns over the ‘Control of Infectious Diseases Bill’ being sponsored by Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the Nigerian...
The Ondo State Government has offered permanent jobs in the state’s civil service to volunteer health workers at the frontline of the management of the COVID-19...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has confirmed nineteen new cases of COVID-19 in the area bringing the total number of patients infected with the deadly virus...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday debunked reports making the rounds that it was spending N17 million monthly, to maintain the guest house and...
The Katsina State government led by Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 in the state bringing its total number of confirmed...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your day morning. 1. 245 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria as total hits 2802 The Nigeria...