The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has warned state governors against hastily relaxing the lockdown and ban on gatherings put in place to contain the spread of...
The response by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, that he did not know if doctors treating COVID-19 patients were receiving hazard allowance, got Femi Gbajabiamila...
Following videos and reports online that Nigerians in China were being harassed by Chinese officials, the Federal Government has summoned the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, Friday announced that the second COVID-19 case in the state had tested negative for the virus and discharged from the isolation...
The Federal Government on Friday gave food palliative to Lagos State government as part of measures to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on residents....
The Presidential Task Force for the Control of Coronavirus (COVID-19) said on Friday it had successfully traced at least 8,932 people of interest and was still...
The Federal Government on Friday appealed to state governors to stop playing politics with directives issued in order in order to contain the COVID-19 disease pandemic...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deceiving Nigerians and asked him to tender an unreserved apology to the entire nation. The...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over a recent allegation against its acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, by a United States (US)...
The Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has ordered the arrest of a bus driver and eight passengers for flouting the state’s border closure directive aimed...
The Rivers State government has temporarily relaxed the restrictions on large religious gatherings to enable Christians carry out their religious obligations during the Easter period. Governor...
“I can tell you for sure, I never knew that our entire healthcare infrastructure was in the state in which it is,” Boss Mustapha has said....
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammed Musa Bello has approved daily hazard fees for COVID-19 frontline health workers in Abuja. The acting Health Secretary, Dr...
The Consul General of the Nigerian Embassy in China, Cyril Anozie, has accused Chinese officials of maltreating Nigerians over the COVID-19 disease pandemic in the Asian...
Mr Gwottson Fom, a member of the Plateau State House of Assembly has picked holes in Governor Simon Lalong’s lockdown of the state over COVID-19. The...
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo and erstwhile Managing Director of the World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have joined other world leaders in demanding a debt relief in...
The Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, has extended the lockdown in the state for two more weeks. At an enlarged meeting with members of the state’s COVID-19...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Friday morning, April 10, 2020 1. NCDC confirms 14 new cases of COVID-19; Nigeria’s total now...
The Christian Association of Nigeria has accused the Federal Government of not being transparent in the distribution of relief materials and payments of stipends to Nigerians...
Professor Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health in Lagos State has sent a message of hope to residents over the control of COVID-19 in the state. The...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has said he does not have any prior knowledge of campaign posters and fliers linking him to a bid for...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) said on Thursday it has set up a team to monitor the spending of the COVID-19...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday said it would leave any form of punitive action against Professor Alakija Salami, a Senior Consultant at...
Nigerian doctors, under the auspices of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Thursday insisted that the country had no need for the services of Chinese medical experts...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, Thursday confirmed the second case of coronavirus in the state, saying the patient died soon after presenting self at isolation centre....
The Katsina State Government on Thursday lifted suspension of Sunday Church service in the state with immediate effect. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Mustapha...
The United States Mission in Nigeria has evacuated 997 Americans home to be reunited with their families and friends as the world continues to battle the...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus cases in the country. The new discoveries bring the number of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday the total number of confirmed Lassa fever cases in Nigeria had increased to 963. The centre...
The Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Thursday all the resources gathered in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in the...
The leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday dismissed reports that it labelled the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs) a failure as misleading. The NASS leadership...
Human rights activist, Segun Awosanya, popularly known as Sega, and the President’s Special Assistant on Digital/New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, on Thursday disagreed over the cost burden...
Kwara State government on Thursday imposed a total lockdown on the state. The directive which is aimed at checking the spread of coronavirus in Kwara State,...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has fully recovered from coronavirus. The governor tested positive for coronavirus last month and immediately went into isolation. Mohammed, who announced...
The Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) said on Thursday the two months free electricity for Nigerians was proposed by the Federal Government. The Executive Director of the...
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, and members of his family have tested negative for coronavirus. The Director of Press and Public Affairs in the state, Dr....
The Federal Government on Thursday commenced the disbursement of N20,000 to over 15, 000 indigent residents of Osun State. The residents are some of the beneficiaries...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, Thursday gave the approval for church services to be held in the state on Easter Sunday. The services, according to a...
The Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd), said on Thursday Nigeria and The Republic of Chad had agreed to sustain the onslaught on the...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Ita Enang, Thursday urged the Nigerian government to capitalise on the decline in the...
Sentor Dino Melaye has described as leadership irresponsibility, Nigerian government’s importation of Chinese doctors into the country amid public outcry. Melaye, a former Kogi West senator,...
Aviation unions in the country have issued a strongly worded letter condemning the arrest and detention of two pilots working with Caverton Helicopters and workers of...
Governor Hope Uzodinma has relaxed the lockdown of Imo State for one day to allow for Easter celebration shopping. The state, like many other states in...
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, may have stirred another controversy, as he was caught in a video making the round on social media that...
The Government of Kogi State on Thursday lifted the ban placed on large gatherings, specially religious gatherings in the state in the wake of the spread...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday announced plans to have health workers move round Lagos homes in search of people with symptoms of COVID-19. The...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday announced that the state had treated and discharged seven more COVID-19 patients. He wrote in a series of tweets...
The sharing of money to some people in Anambra State, by the Federal Government on Wednesday, has been described as laughable, deceitful and a soured joke...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has given conditions before stranded Nigerian nationals abroad who wish to return home can be evacuated. In a form entitled: “COVID-19...
No less than 2,600 inmates will regain their freedom, as the federal government moves to decongest various prisons across the country in the wake of the...
