The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday admitted it made a mistake in its report on the COVID-19 infections in Akwa Ibom State. The centre...
The Ogun State Mobile Magistrate Court on Saturday sentenced 67 people to four hours of community service for violating the state government’s stay-at-home directive. The convicted...
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed three new COVID-19 deaths in Lagos State. The centre, which disclosed this in its Situation 77 report...
The Bayelsa State government said Saturday two coronavirus patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities after they recovered from the disease. The Deputy Chairman...
The Lagos State government Saturday discharged 67 COVID-19 patients including two Indians and a Chinese national from the state’s isolation centres. The state Ministry of Health,...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said on Saturday it was yet to release a set of post-COVID-19 travel guidelines for air travellers. The General...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State said on Saturday it would not merge or enter into any alliance with any political party ahead of...
The Borno State government said Saturday it had uncovered some fraudulent activities of some pensioners in the state. The state’s Head of Service (HoS), Simon Malgwi,...
The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, said Saturday that 24 medical officers in the state had tested positive...
The Osun State government Saturday confirmed the discharge of another COVID-19 patient from its isolation centre after the case recovered fully from the disease. The state...
The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, said on Saturday at least 41 persons had died of Lassa fever...
The Defence Headquarters said on Saturday several Boko Haram terrorists had been killed by airstrikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD)...
The Kaduna State Government Saturday said a four-month-old baby was one of the 20 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the sate on Friday. This was disclosed...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said he would first ‘listen to science’ before accepting Madagascan herb to be used as cure for COVID-19. He stated this...
The Plateau State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has suspended eight members of the party in the state for forming a rival State...
Members of Boko Haram terrorist group who were involved in exchange of gunfire during the heat of military offensives in Ngala town in the Gamboru-Ngala Local...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said its operatives have intercepted 10 Nigerians traveling to Cameroon, not minding the coronavirus pandemic. The agency said that after intercepting...
The Governor Kayode Fayemi-led government of Ekiti has approved a draft supplementary for downward review of the state 2020 budget. The review had the budget slashed...
The Kwara state government has revealed the reason behind the recent increase of persons who have been infected with the dreaded COVID-19 virus. Speaking with newsmen...
The African Development Bank (AFDB) has debarred China Zhonghao Limited for 18 months, for fraudulent practices. over corrupt practices. The Chinese company is the employer of...
A former member of the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has questioned why Nigeria seemed to be succeeding in the treatment of...
Benue State COVID-19 index case, Mrs Susan Idoko, has threatened the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with a lawsuit if she is not released within...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described Chief Raph Uwazuruike and the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) as inconsequential, knowing...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has confirmed 7 fresh cases of COVID-19 infections in Abuja. This was confirmed in a Twitter post on Saturday by...
The Yobe State government has announced that it has received no fewer than 58 Almajiris evacuated by the Adamawa State government to stem the spread of...
Nigeria’s weekly capacity for COVID-19 is set to increase by 9,100 following Federal Government’s readiness to repurpose the tuberculosis GeneXpert machines that have been deployed in...
A senior lawyer Mr. Femi Falana on Friday accused the various levels of government in Nigeria of lack of transparency and accountability in the handling of...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Saturday morning. 1. COVID-19: Why more Nigerians are dying The Nigerian government on Friday explained the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto Zonal Office has arraigned two Chinese men, Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi, who offered N100 million bribe...
The Kwara State government has foiled a move by some COVID-19 patients who attempted to escape from the Ilorin isolation centre on Friday after testing positive...
The ban placed on religious gatherings in Ebonyi, due to COVID-19, has been lifted by the state Governor, David Umahi. As part of measures to curb...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader in Rivers State, Princewill Osareojiji, who was recently declared wanted by Governor Nyesom Wike has spoken up from hiding....
The Sokoto State government has announced the discharge of 13 COVID-19 patients who had been treated and recovered from the virus. A statement by the state’s...
The Nigerian government on Friday explained the possible cause of rising cases of reported deaths since COVID-19 started spreading in the country. Minister of Health, Dr...
The spike in the number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria shows no signs of abating after medical personnel discovered 288 new cases across the country Friday....
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, said on Friday the Federal Government would submit the list of all participating vendors...
The Delta State index COVID-19 case and four other patients have been discharged from the state isolation facilities after they were given a clean bill of...
The Plateau State government Friday rejected the claim by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that the state recorded an additional five cases of COVID-19....
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, Friday extended the COVID-19 lockdown in the state till May 24. Abiodun, who disclosed this at a media briefing at his...
The Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19 Friday discharged 11 persons after they were certified medically fit to rejoin society. The Deputy Chairman of the task...
Justice Ifeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the House of Representatives to maintain status quo on the Infectious Diseases Bill which has...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Friday the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), had received N792...
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, said Friday a 33-year-old COVID-19 patient had been delivered of a baby boy at the hospital. The Chairman of...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said on Friday the man in a recent video that went viral on social media was not a suspected COVID-19 patient....
The Adamawa State government Friday confirmed the discharge of eight additional COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centre after they recovered fully from the disease. The...
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, said on Friday the state had recorded four fresh cases of COVID-19. The commissioner,...
The Ondo State House of Assembly said Friday it had commenced investigation into the N4.3 billion reportedly recovered from an alleged secret account in a commercial...
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shuaibu, said Friday the state government planned to ease the COVID-19 lockdown in the state after reviewing progress made towards...
The Ogun State government has treated and discharged 11 more COVID-19 patients. The state government announced this in a tweet on its official Twitter handle, @OGSG_Official....
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, Friday approved the appointment of Alhaji Lawal Maradun as his new Principal Private Secretary (PPS). The Press Secretary to the governor,...
