The Senate will resume plenary on Tuesday, the clerk of the upper legislative chamber said on Monday. Nelson Ayewoh, who disclosed this in a statement in...
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Monday, confirmed six index cases of COVID-19 in the state. The governor, in a state-wide broadcast from the Government House,...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Monday called for unity in the fight against the COVID-19 in the country. The chairman of the task force,...
A pregnant COVID-19 patient has been delivered of a baby at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The hospital disclosed this on its Twitter handle Monday...
The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano on Monday explained that he relaxed the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the state in order to avoid starvation in...
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and and his wife Senator Remi Tinubu have both tested negative for covid-19. A...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has charged the Federal Government to immediately intervene in the mass deaths going on in Kano State. In a statement issued...
President Muhammadu Buhari will today (Monday) address Nigerians by 8pm over the covid-19 lockdown order. Many Nigerians had been apprehensive as debates had raged over whether...
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has ordered senior civil servants and political appointees in the state to forfeit 50 percent of their salaries to fund...
The Kaduna State government has confirmed that it has recorded five new cases of the deadly COVID-19 disease in the state on Sunday. In a statement...
The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, on Monday revealed that the Governor’s Office in the state that was abandoned by his predecessor, Emeka Ihedioha,...
One of the Covid-19 patients, who escaped and went into hiding after testing positive in Borno State, had been found. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr...
The Kano State government on Monday said two more people had died from covid-19 in the state, bring the total number of deaths from the virus...
Management of the hospital where the first coronavirus infected patient died says it will shut down for two weeks, a statement revealed. The management of Lafia...
Governor Abdulahi Ganduje of Kano State has accused the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, of abandonment in the face of its efforts...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its comments on the COVID-19 pandemic and the reported increase of deaths in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports that it would shift the conduct of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. It would...
The Directorate of State Security in Edo State, on Monday said it did not invade the home of the former Chief of Staff to Edo State...
The Benue State government led by Governor Samuel Ortom has discovered what it said are questionable deals at the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the claim that the Federal Government shared expired rice to some states as Covid-19 palliatives. The party said...
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has demanded for detailed information on the strange deaths and mass burials reportedly happening in Kano. The Senior Advocate...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director General (DG), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that the country was in desperate need of Covid-19 testing kits. He...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Monday morning. 1. Nigeria records 91 new cases of COVID-19 as total hits 1273 The Nigeria...
Indications have emerged that the Nigerian government will name the recently completed Warri Railway Station after the immediate past Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan. Rotimi Amaechi, Minister...
The administration of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said that some of the 1,800 bags the Federal Government sent to Ondo State were expired and not healthy...
A class action suit has been filed against the Peoples Republic of China for not being transparent enough on the novel COVID-19 disease and the adverse...
The Bauchi State government led by Governor Bala Mohammed has recorded three new positive cases of COVID-19 in the state. This was disclosed to journalists on...
Emerging reports Sunday evening say men of the State Security Services (SSS) invaded the residence of the former Chief of Staff (CoS) to Governor Godwin Obaseki,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 91 new cases of COVID-19 in 15 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory...
The Clerk of the House of Representatives, Patrick Giwa, said on Sunday the House would resume plenary on Tuesday Giwa said in a statement the guidelines...
The Kano State Government Sunday decried the rising death rates in the state capital but declared that none was caused by coronavirus. The state Commissioner for...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Sunday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Borno High Powered Committee on Coronavirus (COVID-19) has urged residents of Maiduguri to be on the alert after two positive patients went into hiding in...
The Kaduna State government Sunday extended the COVID-19 lockdown in the state by 30 days. The governor’s media aide, by Muyiwa Adekeye, disclosed this in a...
The Oyo State government Sunday confirmed three new COVID-19 cases in the state. The state Governor,Seyi Makinde, disclosed this on his Twitter handle. The latest confirmation...
The management of the University of Lagos Sunday announced the temporary closure of its Medical Centre after the facility was exposed to a COVID-19 patient. A...
The Lagos State government Sunday confirmed the discharge of six COVID-19 patients from the state’s treatment centres after they recovered fully from the disease. The state...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, Sunday confirmed two coronavirus-related deaths in the state. The governor, who disclosed this at a press briefing at the Government House...
The Borno State Government said on Sunday it had quarantined 70 travellers for defying the lockdown in the state. The state’s deputy governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur...
Farmers under the auspices of Concerned Members of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (CMAFAN) Sunday wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and accused the...
The Lagos State Police Command said on Sunday at least 620 people have been arrested for violating the government’s stay-at-home directive. The Command spokesman, Bala Elkana,...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), Sunday asked the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, to publish the full report of a medical team put together...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested seven interstate commercial buses with its 95 passengers, and 39 strippers who violated the lockdown and social distancing directives...
The suspected COVID-19 patient who fled from the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo, has returned to the hospital. The Chief Medical Director of the...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, Sunday confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 in the state. Masari disclosed this while briefing journalists in Katsina. He said: “We...
The Nigerian Court of Appeal has set up special panels with mandates to preside over time-bound matters during the period of the COVID-19 lockdown. In a...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said on Sunday it had received 13 Nigerians that arrived from Lome, Togo, at Seme-Krake joint border post. The spokesman of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded for an immediate investigation into the alleged mass deaths in Kano State. The Kano State government admitted that about...
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the Senate Minority Leader, representing Abia South has warned the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari not to extend the ongoing COVID-19...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi on Sunday said he cannot order a total lockdown of the state due to covid-19 pandemic because of its economic peculiarities...
