Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said on Tuesday the state government would build more general hospitals in order to boost healthcare delivery in the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Tuesday 33 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the various Isolation centres in the state following their full recovery...
The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, said on Tuesday a COVID-19 patient had escaped from one of the state’s treatment centers. Aniagwu, who disclosed...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tuesday dismissed reports that it had endorsed Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, for a second...
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, said on Tuesday the state currently had eight active COVID-19 cases. He also said 69 persons were on home isolation while...
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi, Tuesday swore in a newly elected member, Ahmed Rufai. The lawmaker, who is representing Patigi...
The Lagos House of Assembly Tuesday passed a resolution for reduction of the state’s 2020 budget from N1.68 trillion to N920.5 billion due to the economic...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said on Tuesday the state government was not considering the immediate reopening of churches and mosques...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Tuesday unveiled the guidelines for worship outlets to resume activities in the country. The National Coordinator of the PTF, Sani...
President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday Nigeria would stand solidly behind the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, in his re-election bid. The...
The Katsina State government on Tuesday relaxed the COVID-19 curfew in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, who disclosed this in...
The National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Tuesday dismissed reports that it had dissolved the party executive committee in Ondo State. The party’s...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said on Tuesday, said he would seek re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, who disclosed...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....
The Oyo State Government has confirmed one death arising from COVID-19 and no fewer than 13 fresh infections of the deadly virus which has claimed over...
Some stakeholders from the Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area (KOLGA) of Bayelsa State have insisted that the person to replace the governor, Douye Diri, at the Senate...
The Nigerian Senate has called on the relevant authorities to see that rapists in the country face stiffer punishments. The Senate made the call during its...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been approached by a pro-democracy group, the Incorporated Trustees of Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative, asking it to...
The more things change… Yes, it’s been five years since Buhari began another tinkering with Nigeria. The first time, he did so all starched up in...
The Kaduna State government has announced 31 new cases of COVID-19 disease in the state recorded in Zaria, Kaduna North and Sabon-Gari LGAs. This was revealed...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of 37 nominees forwarded to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. The nominees were confirmed after the upper...
The supposed COVID-19 patient, whose relatives forcefully took him away from a treatment centre in Delta State has spoken up on the matter. The alleged patient,...
The Director of Public Health, Bayelsa State Ministry of Health, Dr. Jones Stow, said on Tuesday the state had recorded its second COVID-19 death. Stow, who...
Some aggrieved citizens on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly to demand that Senator Orji Uzo Kalu’s seat be declared vacant. The protesters, who came under the...
Freedom finally came the way of a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered his...
The Department of State Service (DSS) has confirmed that the surname of the deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo was altered in the exemption certificate...
Fresh data provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has increased the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections in Lagos State to above...
The Nigerian Senate Committee on Finance has asked the National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to explain why the cost of oil production is ‘very high’ in Nigeria....
The Kano State government has approved new working hours for markets in the state in a bid to stem the increase of the spread of the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. 416 new COVID-19 cases as Nigeria’s total rises to 10578; death toll climbs...
The Kano government has discharged 25 more COVID-19 patients in the state after they recovered from the virus. The state Ministry of Health announced this in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 416 fresh COVID-19 cases in 19 states of the federation and Abuja, the nation’s capital. In...
The Rivers State government has inaugurated a COVID-19 Free Bus Scheme to cushion the effect of the pandemic on residents and visitors to the state. The...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Monday the state had a backlog of N26 billion in unpaid gratuities to 6,274 pensioners. Makinde, who revealed this...
The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Monday forwarded the review of N91 billion Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2020 to the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation...
The Federal Government on Monday directed hotels in the country to reopen for business from June 2. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Monday the date for the resumption of international flights in the country would be announced in due course....
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, said on Monday the Federal Government had given approval for banks in the country...
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday issued an interim order restraining the Edo State government from acting on the report of...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, insisted that direct primary as approved by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday only 20 LGAs in the country accounted for 60% of cases of...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday the Federal Government had extended the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Monday the commission had set up a dedicated portal through which political...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday met behind closed doors with Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which was at the instance...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, inaugurated a 400-daily-testing-capacity mobile laboratory to enhance testing of COVID-19 cases in the state. Fayemi said the establishment of...
Oyo State has recorded 10 fresh cases of Covid-19 with eight of them linked to iSON Xperiences, a firm in Ibadan South-West area of the state....
Some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are in a meeting with the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party in Abuja....
Lagos State has lost four more patients to the cold hands of the dreaded COVID-19 disease which has spread across the country and has killed over...
The Ondo State government has confirmed three fresh cases of COVID-19 infections in the state and also informed that three patients have died after contracting the...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has declared that the silence of Muslims in Yoruba states must not be mistaken for the approval of secessionist moves for...
