President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday held a teleconference with members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 from his office at the State House, Abuja. The president’s...
A yet to be identified young man has been shot dead as women and some youths protested the lockdown over COVID-19 in Sapele, Delta State. The...
The Federal Government on Wednesday said foreigners with valid visitors’ pass as at the time the nation’s airspace was closed to international flights would be granted...
The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday said that the matter of maltreatment of Nigerians in China has been settled. The speaker stated this...
Nigerians with more than N5,000 in their bank accounts will not be included among the beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s palliatives intended to mitigate the effects...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared its inability to cater for over 2000 Nigerians in diaspora who have indicated their interest to return home following...
The Federal Government on Tuesday denied claims by a positive COVID-19 disease case, Susan Okpe that she was being wrongly detained by government. It would be...
Wearing of face masks by members of the public without has been recommended by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC said wearing of...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration on Wednesday announced the discharge of nine COVID-19 disease patients who had recovered from the disease. This was announced on...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, on Wednesday confirmed that the state had lost a 7th patient due to COVID-19 pandemic. He said...
The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday announced that one of the six confirmed cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease has been discharged from its Infectious Disease...
A report by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has indicated that Nigeria’s security agencies have killed 18 Nigerians over measures to protect them from COVID-19...
The Kano State government on Tuesday said five new cases of the deadly Covid-19 had been recorded in the state, bringing the total in the state...
Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered compulsory wearing of face masks by Abia residents and visitors. The order which takes effect from Wednesday (today), according...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has extended the coronavirus lockdown in the state for another two weeks after the end of the first two weeks to...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari’s minister for saying that claims of China’s maltreatment of Nigerians in their country was half-truths. He...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the past week, approved the employment of 774,000 Nigerians into the Special Public Works programme, supposedly, as part of a stimulus package to ameliorate the effect...
The senator representing Borno South at the Senate, Ali Ndume has accused the Presidential Committee on the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives of corruption. Ndume, who is...
The Lagos State government has introduced a new scheme as part of measures to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown extension in the state. This...
The Niger State Police Command is now on the hunt for a councillor in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State who allegedly absconded with 30...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday said the Federal Government plans to establish treatment centres close to the nation’s legal border entry points...
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has alleged that face masks imported from China, to prevent COVID-19, were contaminated. He therefore...
The Adamawa State government led by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has relaxed the COVID-19 order earlier imposed on the state about two weeks ago to check the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. NCDC confirms 11 fresh cases of COVID-19 in Lagos as Nigeria’s figure rises...
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chike Ihekweazu, on Tuesday said the major challenge the nation is facing at the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari to address the issue of palliatives as the COVID-19...
The house to house search for potential COVID-19 patients by the Lagos State Government may have started yielding results, as 119 people have been discovered to...
Exactly one hour after the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the discovery of 19 cases of coronavirus in some parts of the country, the...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, declared that the state would be on total lockdown for the next 14 days. The governor, who made the...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, granted pardon to 72 inmates of the Kaduna and Kafanchan Correctional Centres as part of government’s efforts at checking...
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, has recovered from the coronavirus. The Service Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, disclosed this in a...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Tuesday ordered the total lockdown of the state following the rising cases of coronavirus among the people. Ganduje, who disclosed this...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday night confirmed 19 new cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
The United Nations on Tuesday evening delivered ventilators and other medical supplies to Nigeria. The medical supplies were received by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika,...
Kano State Ministry of Health Tuesday confirmed an additional case of coronavirus in the state. The ministry, who stated this on its Twitter handle @KNSMOH, dismissed...
The Defence Headquarters Tuesday dismissed reports of the alleged killing of civilians during airstrikes by Air Task Force component of Operation Lafiya Dole at Shokotoko Village...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was attended by the Senate President,...
The Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, Baba Madugu, said on Tuesday two Nigerians temporarily living in the Alpine nation had declared their desire to be evacuated to...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Tuesday described claims of maltreatment of Nigerians in China as half-truths. Several video clips showing some Chinese citizens kicking...
The British Mission in Nigeria said on Tuesday evacuation flights for its citizens who wished to return to the United Kingdom as a result of the...
A Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Tuesday granted bail to two pilots of Caverton Helicopters, Samuel Ugorji and Samuel Buhari, who were detained...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Tuesday funds donated by the private sector towards fighting coronavirus were meant for the development of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tuesday confirmed the discharge of eight more COVID-19 patients who had been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. Sanwo-Olu,...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday commended the European Union for boosting the country’s effort to tackle the coronavirus pandemic with N21 billion (€50 million). He said the...
The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has confirmed the death of a 56-year-old Nigerian man who passed on due to COVID19-related complications at...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday announced more measures to ensure compliance to the state regulations to control the spread of #COVID-19. The governor imposed...
The management of the University of Lagos, (UNILAG) has reacted to a report that the crew of Air Peace that brought into the country the Chinese...
Afraid that people who returned from COVID-19 infected states might be with the virus, Katsina State government has begun house-to-house search for returnees. The returnees are...
Two payment service providers have been sacked by the Federal Government for delaying the processing of the N20,000 the government approved as palliatives for the COVID-19...
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has reviewed its restrictions on public transportation over fears of the spread of the COVID-19 virus which...
