These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your morning. 1. Contradicting Kano govt, Presidential Technical Team confirms mass deaths in Kano caused by COVID-19...
As easing of the COVID-19 lockdown begins Monday (today), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Nigerians to intensify personal strategies to protect themselves. The party...
The Presidential Technical Team sent to Kano State by President Muhammadu Buhari has raised the alarm that the rate of community transmission was high in state....
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 170 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has ended weeks of conflicting rhetorics with regards to the origins of the coronavirus after he claimed on Sunday that...
The Leader of the Presidential Technical Team deployed to Kano State to support the state committee on COVID-19 response, Dr. Nasiru Sani Gwarzo, said on Sunday...
Kwara State government Sunday imposed a curfew on the state as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the people. The governor’s media...
Following the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown in Abuja, Ogun and Lagos, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged residents of the state not to flood...
The Ogun State police command said on Sunday it would aggressively enforce the nationwide curfew imposed by the Federal Government in the state. President Muhammadu Buhari...
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, Sunday directed all the categories of civil servants in the state to return to work on Monday. The governor, who...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said Sunday all the persons that attended the burial of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari,...
The Lagos State government Sunday confirmed the death of another three COVID-19 patients in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed...
The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has ordered the closure of the state’s House of Assembly following the death of a member of the House from...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Musa Bello, on Sunday warned civil servants living in Nasarawa and Niger States but working in the...
The Nasarawa State government Sunday evacuated 788 Quranic education pupils (Almajiri) to their states of origin in a bid to check the spread of COVID-19 in...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives Sunday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reverse the decision to relax the...
The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Mohammed Ahmad Asha, is dead. The monarch died while awaiting the result of his COVID-19 test. Asha’s death came...
The Nasarawa State government led by Governor Abdullahi Sule has announced the death of a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, who died after...
As the nation strives to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, resident doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, in Ogun State...
A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has taken a look at the nation’s economy and proffered solutions he said would...
Jarman Kano, Professor Isa Hashim is dead. He died Sunday morning following a brief illness. Hashim, who is a senior counsellor in the Kano emirate council,...
The Lagos State Government has issued new guidelines for the re-opening and operation of markets and shopping malls across the state from Monday 4th of May,...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to “urgently instruct the Attorney General of the Federation...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said he was optimistic that Nigeria and Nigerians as a people will come out of the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has warned people of the South East region of impending hunger in the land...
The head of communications of UNICEF field office in Kano state, Rabiu Musa, has died following a brief illness. The death of Musa, 60, was confirmed...
Kaduna State government has confirmed that the state recorded 16 more positive cases of COVID-19. The state, however, said that out of the 16 cases, 15...
Former lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has warned Nigerian leaders of an impending violent revolution by the poor due to the effect of the ongoing lockdown occasioned...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Saturday, revealed that he was the index COVID-19 case in Kaduna, who infected four others in the state. El-Rufai who...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has responded to suggestions made by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on measures to be taken by the administration of President...
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has confirmed two fresh cases of the novel COVID-19 disease which has claimed no fewer than 86...
Two children have been confirmed positive for the COVID-19 virus in Enugu, the state Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday night. The two children are part...
The Sokoto State government has recorded 13 new cases of the COVID-19 disease in the state and one death arising from the virus which has fast...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Sunday morning. 1. COVID-19: Patient absconds from Kebbi hospital, dies at home The Kebbi State government...
The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Maihaja has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. Consequently, the President appointed Air Vice Marshal Muhammadu...
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that Nigeria, just like the rest of the world, would...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it suspected a sinister move in the alleged plan to pass a bill on infectious disease control at the...
No fewer than 16 health workers have tested positive to the novel COVID-19 disease which has fast spread across the country, according to the Borno State...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 220 COVID-19 cases in the country. The latest figure has further increased the number of COVD-19...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Saturday night he had secured the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to relax the 14-day lockdown imposed on the...
Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje, Saturday called for compliance with the lockdown in the state. The governor had earlier on Saturday eased the lockdown in the...
The Osun State government Saturday confirmed the discharge of the state’s index COVID-19 case. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed this in...
The Kebbi State government Saturday announced the death of a COVID-19 patient who reportedly absconded from the hospital after his samples were taken for COVID-19 test....
The Taraba State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Innocent Vakai, said on Saturday one Mrs. Hanatu Idris had escaped from the state quarantine centre in Jalingo. Vakai,...
Lagos State government on Saturday dismissed a report on the resumption of schools for third term activities. The Head, Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Mr. Kayode...
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Saturday announced the relaxation of the lockdown in the state. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday ordered two-week total lockdown of...
The Lagos State government Saturday confirmed four more COVID-19-related deaths in the state. The state Ministry of Health, which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, however,...
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Baloni, on Saturday, confirmed the first COVID-19 death in the state. Bolani, who disclosed this to journalists in...
Ekiti State government Saturday officially confirmed the three new COVID-19 cases announced Friday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The state Commissioner for...
The Lagos Railway District Manager, Mr. Jerry Oche, said on Saturday the Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) in the state would not resume yet despite the...
