About 200 Nigerians stranded in Canada are to be evacuated from the North American country on Thursday, the Nigeria High Commission in Canada said in a...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has hit back at those criticising the state government for relaxing the total lockdown imposed on the state by President...
A former member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Mrs Rebecca Apedzan has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in Makurdi. A stalwart of...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has confirmed no fewer than 13 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the state as the deadly disease continues to...
The Akwa Ibom State government has ordered an immediate closure of all livestock markets in the state with immediate effect to stem the spread of COVID-19....
The Kano State government on Monday recorded six more cases of COVID-19 deaths and also announced that the total number of infections in the state had...
A truck conveying 30 Almajiris has been intercepted by operatives of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE). The truck was intercepted on Monday at the Joju...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Tuesday morning. 1. Buhari orders PTF to get Madagascar’s COVID-19 herbal drug President Muhammadu Buhari Monday...
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of dumping Almajiris and Nigeria’s poor and vulnerable after using...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Monday, the evacuation of Nigerians from different countries across the world is reaching its saturation point. Onyeama,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 242 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the country. Nigeria, according to the report published by the...
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Monday cautioned the judiciary against the granting of frivolous injunctions while adjudicating cases. The governor, who made the call in...
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday the Federal Government had enrolled the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Kaduna, and Sokoto States...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said Monday the Catholic Church in Nigeria had offered its 425 hospitals and clinics nationwide...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to go for Madagascar’s herbal drug, “COVID-Organics,” for the possible treatment of COVID-19 patients in...
Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court, Lagos, Monday dismissed a suit filed by the Registered Committee of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday dismissed reports on purported plans by the telecommunication industry to switch to Fifth-Generation (5G) network on May 12. The...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the final forfeiture of $300,000 belonging to a Chinese national, Li Yan Pin, to the Federal Government. The...
The Nigeria Correctional Service Monday explained why the former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, has not been released from the Kuje custodial facility almost four days...
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said Monday the Federal Government has paid Nigerian students on scholarship abroad. Nwajiuba, who disclosed this at the...
The Chairman of the Gombe State Taskforce on COVID-19, Prof. Idris Mohammed, said on Monday the state had recorded its first COVID-19 death. Mohammed, who disclosed...
Tunde Bakare, the General Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, also known as Latter Rain Assembly, has urged fellow pastors to support the government to...
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, said Monday the state government had expanded its COVID-19 isolation centre from about 50...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said Monday over 600 Nigerians evacuated from various countries abroad were already at the isolation centres in Lagos and...
The Lagos State government Monday evening confirmed that another batch of 33 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. The state Ministry of...
Imo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Damaris Osunkwo, said Monday the state government had commenced the tracing of contacts of the state’s third COVID-19 case. Osunkwo,...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, granted an order of interim forfeiture of N510million allegedly owned by the former Commander, Presidential Air Fleet (PAF), AVM...
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, Monday dismissed reports that he had tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement issued by his Chief Press...
The Kebbi State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Jafa’ar Mohammad, said Monday the state’s index case had tested negative for the disease and would be discharged soon....
No fewer than 10 doctors and nurses working at the Gwarinpa General Hospital, Abuja, have been asked by the FCTA to go into self-isolation after a...
The Imo State government led by Governor Hope Uzodinma has confirmed one new case arising from the deadly COVID-19 disease in the state which now brings...
A doctor who is based in Lagos State has tested positive for COVID-19 in Osun State. The doctor had travelled to Osun to spend the weekend...
Ondo State has announced its first death as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The development was made known to newsmen on Monday by the state Commissioner...
The reports of influx of Almajiris from the northern part of Nigeria into other parts of the country have been frowned at by the leaders of...
Nigerian Government on Monday inaugurated the Ajaokuta Presidential Project Inauguration Team (APPIT). This came as government moved to revamp the company following a recent agreement it...
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom has declared that churches in the state will remain closed until efforts to stem the spread on the...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed on Sunday ordered a total lockdown of Katagum, Giade and Zaki Local Government Areas of the state over increasing number of...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has temporarily lifted the total lockdown he imposed on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt local government areas of the state over COVID-19...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lamented that governments at all levels in Nigeria are not doing enough to protect COVID-19 frontline health workers...
The Federal Government has been saved the sum of N361 billion through the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the Office of...
The Governor of Bauchi State Bala Mohammed has cleared the air over the actual number of strange deaths recorded in Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local...
The Kano State government has announced 26 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the state and has also confirmed five deaths caused by the deadly virus....
To keep students and the university communities safe from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has ordered vice Chancellors not to reopen federal, state and private...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Monday morning. 1. Lagos govt shuts hotel, night club for violating COVID-19 safety guidelines The Lagos...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said he was shifting away from being an effective partisan politician. The former leader said he started doing that after...
The government of Sokoto State has confirmed the death of two more persons as a result of covid-19 pandemic. The fresh deaths recorded in the state...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of destroying Nigeria with his ‘incompetence’ and ‘backseat’ style of governance. The party stated this on...
A coalition of Niger Delta agitators on Sunday pleaded with the Federal Government and the International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the region to extend to...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 248 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Resources and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, said Sunday the state government had freed 210 Quranic Education students (Almajiris) after...
