Six staff of iSON Xperiences, a firm in Oyo State, have once more tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier, 57 members of the staff of the firm...
The Governor Bala Mohammed led government of Bauchi State has suspended both partial and total lockdown in the state over COVID-19. A statement on Wednesday by...
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, presided over the second virtual Federal Executive Council FEC meeting in Abuja, the nation’s capital, days after engaging...
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has directed doctors in the state to embark on an indefinite sit-at-home order to protest persistent...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said “some few elements” on social media were employing desperate antics of blackmail, and smear campaigns against it and...
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Jere Federal Constituency of Borno State, Engr. Satomi Ahmad, has engaged the services of 300 medical personnel...
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has launched the largest zero-contact testing centre for COVID-19 in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement on...
The Bauchi State government has decried the refusal of two positive COVID-19 patients to move into the state’s isolation center. The government said what was more...
Different Igbo groups have cried out against the alleged influx of Almajiris into the South East amid the Federal Government ban on intra-state travel. Nigerian government,...
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has announced that no fewer than 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been evacuated...
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has urged state governments to consider “giving special palliatives to imams and pastors” in order to cushion the adverse effect of...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been accused of frustrating efforts to carry out COVID-19 test on patients showing symptoms of the dreaded pandemic. The president...
The Jigawa State government has agreed to allow people of the state observe Eid-El prayer but has equally placed a ban on festivities in the state....
The purported underground moves for the impeachment of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has been described as a joke taken too far...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that the September 19 and October 10 governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states will go as...
Federal lawmakers from Rivers State condemned the formation of a parallel taskforce in Rivers state by the state police commissioner on the orders of the Inspector...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. Zamfara demands NCDC’s apology over false claim on COVID-19 cases The government of...
The Nasarawa State government has lifted a ban on worship centres for two weeks to allow Friday and eid-el-fitr prayers to hold across the state. This...
The Nyesom Wike-led government of Rivers has accused some Abuja-based politicians of ‘evil’ plots to have the state placed on emergency rule. The state government said...
The government of Zamfara State has asked the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to tender an apology to the state over an alleged false claim...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has rescinded the order restricting the movement of essential workers during the nationwide curfew from 8pm to 6am. Medical...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has warned political office holders in the state to desist from diverting palliatives meant for the needy and vulnerable in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday confirmed 226 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The new discoveries, according to the daily update on the...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, Tuesday slashed the salaries of all political officeholders in the state by 20 percent due to dwindling oil prices...
The Sokoto State government said Tuesday at least five COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. The state’s Ministry of Health, which confirmed...
The All Progressives Congres (APC) on Tuesday picked June 22 and July 20 for its governorship primaries in Edo and Ondo States. In a notice issued...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday the Federal Government would not reopen the nation’s economy fully until it was...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, Tuesday attributed the growing COVID-19 fatalities in the country to self-medication. Mustapha, who disclosed this...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Tuesday the 15-member Chinese medical team came into Nigeria on the bill of the Chinese Civil Engineering and...
Reports emerged Tuesday night that some workers on essential duty, especially doctors, nurses and journalists in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCTA) were barred from...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of Mr. Usman Mohammed as the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The Minister of Power, Mamman...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Tuesday the state government had established an exclusive testing center for Christians in the Sabon Gari area of the...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Tuesday he would personally monitor activities at the Kaduna-Kano borders on Eid-il-Fitr day to ensure that no one sneaked...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said Tuesday the National Assembly would re-work its Legislative Agenda to reflect the current realities in the...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, said Tuesday a medical doctor had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The development brings to two the number of...
A bill seeking the amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 scaled second reading in the Senate on Tuesday. The bill...
Delta State government said on Tuesday it had commenced moves to establish a security force to check rising insecurity in the state. The Secretary to the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, presided over a virtual meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), anchored from the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Director-General...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Tuesday inaugurated an 18-man House Committee on COVID-19. The committee is headed by Haruna Mshelia, a medical...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday that only one test had been carried out in Kogi Statesince the outbreak of COVID-19 in...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called for the immediate review of the privatization exercise of the power sector by previous administrations. Lawan gave the...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Task Team on Enforcement of COVID-19 Restriction Tuesday sealed off the Pacific Hotel and Guest Inn for violating the ban...
Former United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon Tuesday described the new Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, as a great asset to Nigeria and...
The Senate on Tuesday told the Federal Government to suspend the planned electricity tariff hike over hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The...
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, said on Tuesday the agency would begin to prosecute pirates under the...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Tuesday swore in four newly appointed High Court judges in the state. In his address at the event, the governor said...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the Federal Government for its alleged denials and cover-up on the whereabouts and activities of the Chinese medical experts...
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Mohammed Umar has reacted to allegations of “serious misconduct” during his tenure as the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of...
Ibrahim Gobir, a Senator of the All Progressives Congress representing Sokoto East Senatorial District has cast aspersions on the Nigerian military by claiming that it was...
The House of Representatives has frowned at the response President Muhammadu Buhari-led executive gave on the whereabouts of the Chinese doctors in Nigeria. At its plenary...
