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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...
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...
1. Households with verifiable evidence of livelihood adversely impacted by COVID-19 are eligible. 2. The credit is also available to enterprises with verifiable evidence of business...
With the growing cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria after the first case was reported on February 27, the government started taking measures to combat the...
The National Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday advised a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, to immediately proceed on self isolation. The NCDC...
Some stubborn masquerades have been arrested in Anambra State for refusing to observe the government’s stay-at-home order. The state government led by Governor Willie Obiano recently...
A 71-year-old farmer, has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command on Monday for allegedly beating his wife to death at Idanre town in the...
In a latest attack on Monday, some suspected herdsmen have beheaded two men and went away with their heads in the Agatu Local Government Area of...
Bank accounts totalling 300,000 were abandoned by Nigerian bank account holders in the first quarter of 2020, the latest statistics from the Nigerian Interbank Settlement Scheme...
In a bid to ameliorate the effect of the hardship of the lockdown, to curtail the spread of Covid-19, the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) Ogun...
The death toll arising from the deadly Tornadoes which hit the Southern part of the United State of America has climbed to 30 from 26 with...
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, on Monday appealed to governments at all levels to remember to protect livelihoods of the people and not just lives,...
Data recently compiled by Johns Hopkins University, USA, has revealed that no fewer than 1.92 million people around the world have now been confirmed to have...
In reaction to the current crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has expressed worries about economic sustainability and...
The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Monday gave reasons why they cannot afford to lockdown the entire Northern part of the country, insisting that the cost...
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the suspension of Engineer Bayo Dayo (backed by Buruji Kashamu) as the State Chairman...
A medical researcher, Prof. Ayodele Adeleye, on Monday said he has discovered a cure for the ravaging COVID-19 disease pandemic. According to Adeleye, his discovery has...
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded about 130 suspected hoodlums arrested in connection with the spate of attacks on innocent residents of some communities...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning. 1. Buhari extends Lagos, Ogun, Abuja lockdown for another 14 days President Muhammadu Buhari...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday granted debt relief to a group of 25 countries largely dominated by African nations. It identified the beneficiaries as...
The Kaduna State government led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai has announced that markets will partially open on Tuesday, April 14, and Wednesday, April 15, 2020 from...
Reports emanating from the United Kingdom indicate that 10 Nigerians who registered to be evacuated back home have tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease. It...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has called on the Federal Government to provide Nigerians with food if it insisted on locking them down. He argued...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s second COVID-19 pandemic speech on Monday as very disappointing. The party said the speech, “just like...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday coronavirus was 10 times deadlier than swine flu which caused a global pandemic in 2009. WHO Director-General, Dr....