Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, Sunday charged the people of the state to adhere strictly to regulations put in place by the government to check the...
The Lagos State Government Sunday shut a hotel and night club in Badagry West Local Council Development Area of the state for contravening new guidelines on...
The Kaduna State government confirmed Sunday security agents had successfully tracked down two COVID-19 patients who fled shortly after they were notified of their test results....
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Sunday charged his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai to stop politicizing the evacuation of the Almajiris who had tested positive for...
The Clerk of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bode Adeyelu, said Sunday the assembly would resume legislative duties on Tuesday. The assembly embarked on indefinite...
The Delta State Police Command Sunday confirmed the death of a 60-year-old United States citizen due to suspected complications arising from COVID-19. The state Commissioner of...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Sunday confirmed the recovery and discharge of 21 more COVID-19 patients in the state. Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in a...
Concerted private sector actions will help significantly in combating the coronavirus pandemic in Africa, Sahara Group Limited, an international energy and infrastructure conglomerate, has said. Temitope...
The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), on Sunday, confirmed the recovery and discharge of six COVID-19 patients in its isolation centre. The Deputy Chairman, Medical...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, Sunday suspended the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Samuel Okoronkwo, over alleged boundary security compromise and negligence....
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, Sunday appealed to persons who had tested positive for COVID-19 to report at its isolation centre for...
A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, said Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had woefully failed Nigerians. In a statement he posted on...
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Sunday confirmed a new COVID-19 case within its surgical services department. The hospital’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Jesse Otegbayo,...
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun State, Sunday confirmed the death of a policeman who tested positive for COVID-19 in the facility. The FMC Head...
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has demolished two hotels in the state for flouting orders by the state government to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and Kaduna State have recorded five fresh deaths over COVID-19. While three of the deaths were recorded in Abuja, Kaduna...
A legal practitioner and political adviser, Charles Adeyinka has described the nullification of the trial and conviction of former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, as a licence...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said that 64 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. He stated this in a post on his Twitter...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has warned against the imposition of another total lockdown in the country over the spread of...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Federal Government to show transparency, accountability and probity in its school feeding programme. The group...
The Kano State Government has announced the death of three COVID-19 patients in the state. The deaths, announced on the verified Twitter handle of the State...
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom has revealed that the state government has deployed the use of 3G cameras to monitor human infiltration through...
No fewer than 160 Nigerians stranded in the United States of America due to the COVID-19 pandemic are on their way home, according to the News...
Some residents of Bauchi State have raised the alarm over strange deaths in Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state. According to...
The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta has confirmed recording three fresh positive cases of COVID-19, including two of its staff. This was announced...
The Kwara State government has confirmed its first death arising from COVID-19 and has also recorded four new cases of infection in the state. This was...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Sunday morning, May 10, 2020 1. COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu vows to re-impose total lockdown over guidelines violation...
The Gombe State government on Saturday said it had discharged 20 COVID-19 patients out of the 109 cases in isolation centres across the state, saying they...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has demanded the withdrawal of the controversial Control of Infectious Disease Bill at the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Saturday warned that unauthorized vehicles entering the state in violation of restriction on inter-state movement would be impounded. It...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday hinted on plans by his government to increase the state’s testing capacity for COVID-19 from its current 850 capacity...
A pro-Buhari group, Buhari Osinbajo Solidarity Front (BOSF) has described those raising concerns over the whereabouts of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as...
The Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Baba Tella, said on Saturday a journalist working in the state has tested positive for COVID-19. Tela, who is also the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 239 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Saturday he would not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continued to violate guidelines on the...
The Ondo State government said Saturday all the unclaimed corpses in the state morgues would be given mass burial in the next one month. The state...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, said on Friday the Federal Government would not bow to pressure to free the Chinese and other...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, Saturday confirmed the discharge of six COVID-19 patients from isolation centres in the nation’s capital. Bello,...
Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered the temporary forfeiture of 12 landed properties linked to a former Director of Finance...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, Saturday ordered the total lock down of Ingawa local government area of the state over rising cases of COVID-19 in the...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Baba has alerted President Muhammadu Buhari on the reported mass outbreak of COVID-19 in Azare area of...
The ActionAid Resilience Programmes Coordinator, Mr. Anicetus Atakpu, said on Saturday the agency hoped to take its COVID-19 awareness campaign to 36,000 rural dwellers in Kogi...
The Plateau State government Saturday urged residents of the state not to panic following the discovery of 10 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state. The...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said Saturday he had no regrets revealing the identity of the state’s COVID-19 index case, Mrs. Susan Okpe. The governor, who...
The Edo State Police Command said suspected hoodlums Friday attacked policemen attached to Auchi Division in Edo and killed an officer enforcing the nationwide curfew imposed...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, Saturday signed two bills —the Imo Waste Management Agency Bill and the Consolidation of Land Use Charges Bill —into law. In...
Osun State Government on Saturday said that a male Kano State returnee, who sneaked into the state has tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease. According...
Senator Ishaku Abbo has slammed the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri for claiming credit for projects he had no part in attracting to the state....
The Nigerian Government has hinted on using herbs and other homegrown drugs for COVID-19 treatment in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora...
