The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned the Federal Government of Nigeria against any further extension of the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. COVID-19: Governors agree to enforce 14-day inter-state lockdown The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)...
The Federal Government said on Wednesday it had secured the release of 60 out of the 73 Nigerians serving various jail terms in Tanzanian prisons. The...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night confirmed 91 new cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met on Wednesday in Abuja and agreed to implement inter-state lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. Nigeria...
Kano State government said on Wednesday two health workers had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The Coordinator of the state Task Force Committee on...
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) Wednesday charged Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, and other power-brokers in the state to stop the harassment and intimidation of...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, dismissed as outright falsehood claims that a strange disease has killed an unspecified number of people in the state....
The Federal Government Wednesday dismissed reports that it had postponed the resumption of schools in the country till November. The Federal Ministry of Education in a...
The Borno State government has Wednesday announced a second death from COVID-19 in the state. The Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, disclosed this while giving an...
The Federal Government Wednesday banned inter-state movement of COVID-19 patients in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce...
The Lagos State Government Wednesday arraigned the General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries for Africa, Bishop Samson Benjamin, at the Igbosere Magistrate Court for allegedly violating...
Edo State recorded its second COVID-19 death on Tuesday. The state Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia, who confirmed the development to journalists Wednesday, said the dead...
The Ekiti State government said on Wednesday the state had recorded its first COVID-19 death. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade,...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Wednesday it had rejected the submission of Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a condition for payment of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) COVID-19 test centre in Kano has suspended operations. This suspension was done due to shortage of test kits. The...
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has banned two journalists from entering the government house and covering state functions over alleged negative reports. The governor,...
The national heirarchy of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has been charged to immediately seek a suitable candidate as Chief of Staff to President Muhamamdu...
The Governor Ben Ayade-led government of Cross River has lamented lack of funds to battle coronavirus pandemic in the state. The state cried out over its...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has recovered from the dreaded COVID-19 disease. The governor, who was off public glare for the past four weeks...
The Northern Governors’ Forum has expressed fears over the risk posed by the Almajiri system in this period of Covid-19 pandemic. The governors, have therefore, vowed...
In the morning of last week Saturday, Nigerians woke up to the news of the demise of Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari....
Adoration Ministry, Enugu, has claimed that the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic ravaging almost every country in the world is a fulfillment of the prophecy given by the...
Nine people, including a Polish were on Wednesday discharged by the Lagos State government as they tested negative for the deadly covid-19, after undergoing treatment. The...
The Taraba State government led by Governor Darius Ishaku has issued a directive for the immediate closure of mosques and churches in the state after imposing...
Adamawa State government has now recorded its COVID-19 index case which has been moved to the isolation centre at the state Specialist Hospital in Yola Though...
The Osun State government led by Governor Gboyega Oyetola has moved to ensure total compliance with its lockdown directive by mounting barricades at all boundaries and...
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NACIA) has asked Muslims to ensure they observe social distancing while they search for the moon in the forthcoming...
Governor Hope Uzodinma has reacted to reports that he had planned to rename Imo State University after Abba Kyari. The governor denied ever saying such or...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that a terrorist such as Abubakar Shekau required to be killed and not allowed to surrender. Shekau...
The Minster of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnibe Mamora on Tuesday explained that the number of people tested for COVID-19 disease in Nigeria has remained low...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to further slash fuel pump price to N60 or N70. Following the drop...
The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed concerns over the rising cases of COVID-19 in the Northwest state of Kano. The Minister of State for Health, Dr...
The Kaduna State government on Wednesday announced the discharge of another COVID-19 patient in the state, bringing the total number of discharged patients to five in...
The Ondo State government has ordered the release of no fewer than 26 inmates of the Olokuta Correctional Centre Akure, the state capital. This was reveald...
A Court of Appeal in Abuja has held that Musa Wada was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi State governorship election...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq , has disclosed that the list of information the Federal Government of Nigeria will access to...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. Buhari orders payment of varsity lecturers’ withheld salaries President Muhammadu Buhari has approved...
Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Frank Okiye, who recently contacted Covid-19 disease has shared how he overcame the dreaded virus. Okiye, among other things, said...
The interim management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an interface with its auditors and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for adoption of measures that being about, speedy dispensation of justice and decongestion of custodial centres in the country in view...
The Minister of Aviation on Tuesday, disclosed that the Federal Government had denied requests for flight approval from five state governors in the country. The minister...
The number of people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria increased to 782 on Tuesday night after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 117 new...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of the withheld February and March salaries of university lecturers who had not been captured in the Integrated...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Tuesday ordered the deployment of Ms. Janet Agbede as the new Commissioner of Police in Abia. She replaced Mr. Okon...
Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Tuesday, called for the immediate release of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife....
The Nasarawa State government said on Tuesday at least 43 persons who returned to the state from Lagos have been placed in isolation. The state government...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said Tuesday another staff of the World Health Organization (WHO) had tested positive for coronavirus in the state. The development brought...
The Abia State government on Tuesday shut two private hospitals where the state’s two index coronavirus cases were initially admitted. The state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu,...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Tuesday, presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N242.28 billion to the state House of Assembly. Diri, while presenting his maiden...
