The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Thursday urged all essential workers to go about their legitimate businesses unhindered. The Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha,...
The United Nations (UN) Population Fund (UNFPA) says Nigeria records 12,000 new cases of Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) yearly. The Country Representative of UNFPA, Mrs. Ulla Muller,...
The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Damian Opara, has quit the party. Opara, who resigned from the party on Thursday,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday presided over the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The forum, which was anchored from the Yellow...
The Kogi State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) lamented on Thursday that testing for COVID-19 had remained a huge challenge in the state. The...
The Nigerian Correctional Service said Thursday said at least 3,751 inmates of correctional facilities had been released in compliance with the presidential directive on the decongestion...
The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano State said on Thursday that at least 40 COVID-19-infected health workers had been discharged after they recovered fully from...
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly Thursday passed three amendment bills on Public Procurement, Fiscal Responsibility, and the Debt Management Office 2020. The bills, when assented...
The Lagos State government on Thursday approved the reduction of the state’s 2020 Budget by 21 percent. The state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr....
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has relaxed the lockdown in the state and ordered churches and mosques to open for religious gatherings. The state...
The governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, on Thursday revealed the reason the state had not recorded any COVID-19 case yet. Nigeria as at Thursday...
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it recorded four more COVID-19 deaths. The state Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on his Twitter...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy National Chairman (north), Lawal Shuaibu has described the party as a “nest of lawlessness”. He also said that the party...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, on Wednesday insisted that mosques in FCT will remain shut. The minister also vowed that he...
No less than eight medical doctors have contracted COVID-19 in Zamfara State. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the state confirmed this to Channles Television on...
The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday said it has began community policing in the state with the launch of the Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC)....
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Lagos has suspended its “sit-at-home” action barely 24 hours after it embarked on it, the association said in a statement...
Now that Gambari is on the saddle No recent appointment into President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet had drawn so much suspense. First, were the unconfirmed reports...
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has confirmed five fresh cases of COVID-19 disease bringing the total number of infections in the state...
Another set of 15 staff of an Ibadan based company, iSON Xperience have tested positive for COVID-19, the state Governor, Seyi Makinde revealed on Thursday. Makinde,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday explained why some COVID-19 patients in the country were seen in videos playing and dancing at isolation...
The Enugu State Government on Wednesday commenced the decontamination of court premises, offices and fuel stations in the state in an effort to curb the spread...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has frowned at an alleged N48 billion fraud in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The party on Wednesday, said...
The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the express approval granted Governor Seyi Makinde to borrow N20 billion loan by the...
The Kogi State Government on Wednesday explained that it suspended testing for COVID-19 in order to install a bio safety cabinet at its laboratory. This it...
Eleven trucks carrying Almajiris from the Northern part of the country have been turned back by the Cross State Government at the Gakem-Benue boundary. The feat...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has confirmed that it has recorded eight fresh cases of COVID-19 infections in Abuja bringing the total number of cases...
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has called on Imams in the state who have been allowed to conduct Friday prayers and the Eid prayer...
The Plateau State government led by Governor Solomon Lalong has confirmed that two of its health workers have tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease which...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning, May 21, 2020 1. Court to hear Kalu’s quest for freedom June 2 The...
Governor Nyesom Wike-led government of Rivers State has suspended the total lockdown in Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas (LGAs) for six days. He said...
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has advised Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters using COVID-19 pandemic to defraud...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed those behind the alleged plot to remove Governor Nysome Wike and foist emergency rule in Rivers State. Governor Wike...
The Benue State COVID-19 index case, Susan Idoko Okpe, has been discharged. Okpe, who spent 58 days in the isolation centre, was discharged on Wednesday. The...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night confirmed 284 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The centre said in its daily update on the...
Lagos State government Wednesday confirmed the discharge of 17 more COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation facilities. The state’s Ministry of Health, which disclosed this known...
Governors of the 19 northern states in Nigeria said on Wednesday they would continue with the repatriation of the Quranic Education pupils (Almajiris) to their home...
The leadership of Health Care Providers Association of Nigeria (HCPAN) Wednesday directed its members to stay at home until there was a uniform directive on movement...
A Civil Society Organization, the Niger Delta Movement for Peace and Justice (NDMPJ) Wednesday urged the National Assembly to withhold the 2020 Budget of the Niger...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, claimed on Wednesday that oil workers returning from rigs accounted for 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in the state. Wike, who...
The Senate ad hoc committee probing the alleged misappropriation of N40 billion belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has demanded a written explanation from...
Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, Wednesday lifted the ban on religious gatherings in the state. The governor, who disclosed this in a statement issued by his...
The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, said on Wednesday all the health workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would be paid their...
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the House of Representatives from inviting the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Charles Uwakwe. The President also approved the retrenchment...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has banned movement of cattle in the state capital, Abakaliki and its environs with immediate effect. Umahi, who announced this during...
Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Wednesday fixed May 29 for hearing of a substantive suit filed by 31 deregistered political parties against...
The Federal High Court, Lagos, Wednesday fixed June 2 for the hearing of an application filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu...
Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye, on Wednesday, confirmed the sixth COVID-19 death in the state. Ononye, who disclosed this in a statement in...
The Gombe State government said on Wednesday at least 91 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation centres after they recovered fully from the...
