It was good news for twenty-three members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, as they all tested negative for COVID-19. There had been a scare...
The Federal Government has been asked to immediately reopen the Yaba Vaccine Production Centre to facilitate the production of vaccines locally. The House of Representatives made...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Senate to screen and confirm a new Director General and full time commissioners for the Security and Exchange Commission...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has informed that the allowance for security personnel deployed in the enforcement of the COVID-19 lockdown was receiving attention...
The Governor Abdullahi Ganduje-led government of Kano State has said it would deploy the state’s Sharia Police to places of worship during Sallah. The lockdown in...
Forty-one confirmed cases of COVID-19, who have been treated and fully recovered, have been discharged fron the Buachi State isolation centre located within the Federal Medical...
The Akwa Ibom State government led by Governor Emmanuel Udom has threatened to withdraw the licence of any school in the state, either public or private,...
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has confirmed 19 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 disease in a yet-to-be-named firm, based in Ibadan, the capital...
A Lagos based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has said there was nothing wrong with virtual proceedings for court matters. Following the outbreak of COVID-19...
The Kano State Government on Tuesday said residents of the state would have a four hour free window three days per week as the Federal Government...
The Taraba State Government on Tuesday said all active COVID-19 cases in the state have fully recovered and they have been discharged. The state government stated...
Scenes around the National Assembly are never short of being boisterous. Last week, evidence of a people in a hurry to get something done showed in...
The federal government of Nigeria has accused universities, of deliberately accommodating dead members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the payroll forwarded to...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday commended Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, describing him...
A total number of 8,000 Nigerians have lost their lives and another 260,000 other victims displaced within 10 years due to the rising spate of insecurity...
The Kano State government has agreed to allow Friday and eid-el-fitr prayers to hold across the state despite the extension of the COVID-19 lockdown in the...
The Federal Government on Monday explained that three returnees from Dubai have tested positive for COVID-19, and that this is one of the reasons it cannot...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning, May 19, 2020 1. COVID-19: Nigerian govt dispatches team of experts to Cross River...
The government of Kaduna State said it arrested an army general for alleged failure to obey the lockdown order in the state over COVID-19. The state...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the announcement made by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, of an extension of...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Monday advised members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa to remain strong and...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night confirmed 216 COVID-19 cases in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that the...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) said on Monday it rescued 18 crew members on board a Chinese vessel, MV HAILUFANG II, from pirates’ attack. The Commander Nigeria...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said Monday he was considering the reopening of religious centres in the state. In a chat with journalists at the Government...
The United Kingdom broadcast regulator, Ofcom, has sanctioned Loveworld Limited following the broadcast of Christ Embassy founder, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s claim on 5G and the COVID-19...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday met behind closed doors with a former Minister of Defence, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma (retd), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Monday the pilots of the impounded aircraft owned by a British company, Flairjet, have been quarantined for 14...
The Bauchi State government Monday confirmed two new COVID-19 deaths in the state. The fresh fatalities brought to five the number of persons that had died...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has suspended five traditional rulers in the state over alleged complicity in land disputes in their domains. Those suspended were two...
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, said on Monday the Federal Government had dispatched a ministerial team of experts to Cross River State to...
The Taraba State government Monday directed the resumption of religious activities in the state. The Deputy Governor of the state, Haruna Manu, gave the directive in...
The Lagos State House of Assembly Monday confirmed two additional nominees presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the state’s Audit Service Commission. The lawmakers confirmed the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Monday agreed to fund the feeding and accommodation of Nigerians evacuated from foreign...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said Monday the state may soon have its own cure for COVID-19. Akeredolu, who disclosed this while giving update on the...
The Gombe State government said Monday the First Class ruler of Tangale chiefdom in the state, Dr. Abdu Buba-Maisheru II, has recovered from COVID-19. The monarch...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Monday swore in Alhaji Waziri Bulama as the new acting National Secretary of the party....
The Zamfara State government Monday received 45 Islamic education pupils (Almajirai) comprising 28 females and 17 males repatriated from Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Women,...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday enjoined the 36 state governors to work closely with the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to engender coordination in the daunting...
The Federal Government Monday extended the lockdown in Kano State over COVID-19 pandemic by two weeks. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 made the announcement...
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State Monday inaugurated a Special Committee for Research into local care for COVID-19. The governor mandated the committee to come up...
The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Mohammed Bello has been accused of buying what the Federal Government describes as “uncompleted carcass” building...
The Lagos State government has stated that it was set to send its officials to evaluate the preparedness of churches, mosques and companies in the state...
Abia State government on Monday announced that the state had recorded five new COVID-19 cases. The state Governor Okezie Ikpeazu revealed this during a press conference...
A patient who was recently treated of COVID-19 and discharged in Delta State has said that the matter of the virus is a scam in Nigeria....
The Managing Director of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria Limited, Mr. Michael Yigao, said on Monday that the 15 Chinese medical experts that...
The gradual easing of lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari two weeks ago has been extended by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 for additional...
The Oyo State Government on Monday said anorher eight staff of a company it shut down in Ibadan South West Local Government have tested positive for...
The founder and Senior Pastor of Port Harcourt based Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomi has joined the growing list of top Nigerians casting doubts on the...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has stated why it should take over the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives to poor and vulnerable Nigerians. NIMC labour union...
Contrary to expectations, the Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari would not make any COVID-19 update broadcast. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to...
