The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said on Tuesday, that Nigerians should not see the COVID-19 as a...
The COVID-19 tests results of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, and eleven aides close to him have been released, after they all submitted...
The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states was legal. He suggested that...
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did no wrong by ordering the lockdown of Lagos and Ogun, as well as...
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Air Force, Shehu Koko has called on the Nigerian Government to suspend the payment of electricity and water bills...
House of Representative Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu said he and his family members had tested negative to the Covid-19 pandemic. Elumelu, who made the announcement in...
The first coronavirus patient in Oyo State has recovered and has been discharged after testing negative twice for coronavirus on Monday. The Oyo State government made...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has called on DSTV and StarTimes to give Nigerians one month free subscription as their contributions...
Nigerian Military on Monday confirmed that it has recorded an index case of the dreaded Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic ravaging the world. The coordinator of the Defence...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday morning announced four new cases of coronavirus across the country. The centre revealed on its Twitter handle...
President Muhammadu Buhari acted within the purview of the law by imposing movement restrictions in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and...
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered the arrest and prosecution of those who defied the COVID-19 lockdown directive by attempting to enter the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Tuesday morning. 1. Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increase by 20, now 131 The Nigeria Centre...
Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has faulted the timing of President Mohammadu Buhari’s order for a lockdown to be observed in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun States...
In its bid to maintain social distancing over Covid-19 pandemic, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has adopted the use of teleconferencing for its meetings. The governors made...
The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Monday suspended the chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area and his deputy over their failure to carry out...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, Monday appointed Mr. Obieze Valentine Chukwuama as the state’s new Accountant-General. The governor’s Principal Secretary, Mrs. Irene Chima, disclosed this in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the Covid-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared Covid-19 a dangerous infectious disease. The signing of the Regulation, according to a statement...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Monday described movement restriction imposed on Lagos, Ogun and Abuja by President Muhammadu Buhari as “unconstitutional and a political virus for...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 20 fresh cases of coronavirus in the country. The centre said on its Twitter handle that...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, Monday ordered a two-week lockdown of the state as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the state....
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday shifted the commencement of the movement restriction in the state till Friday. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Sunday ordered...
The Director- General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Monday the agency was now tracing 6,000 people who reportedly...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Monday arraigned four supermarkets and pharmaceutical outlets at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for hiking the prices...
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said on Monday the agency had ordered the manufacturing...
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has tested positive for coronavirus. The governor disclosed this on his Twitter handle on Monday. He said: “I just received my...
Anambra State government said Monday that Governor Willie Obiano had gone on self-isolation following the growing cases of coronavirus in the country. The Secretary to the...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the military is ready to implement presidential directives to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Coordinator, Defence...
Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., through the Mike Adenuga Foundation (MAF), has donated the sum of N1.5 billion to the federal government to support Nigeria’s fight against...
The Lagos State government on Monday, said that five more patients had been discharged after being treated of the coronavirus disease. Five more patients who recovered...
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammad Illiyasu-Bashar, has declared that the outbreak of the new COVID-19 virus which has claimed many lives around the globe may...
The Nigerian Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday, stated that another Nigerian has died from the coronavirus disease. He stated this at a press...
Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday arrived Lagos for further treatment for COVID-19 treatment. Kyari, it was learnt, got transferred...
Nigerian Senators have said that they would donate 50 per cent of their salaries to support efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country....
The family of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammad, has offered the sum of N2 million to anyone who may have information on the whereabouts of Alhaji...
The German Mission has informed its citizen’s resident in Nigeria of its intention to airlift nationals wishing to leave over fears of the spread of the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday threw his weight behind the restriction of movement in some states of the federation by President Muhammadu Buhari and...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday dismissed a report that he had tested positive for coronavirus as malicious. In a statement issued by...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for locking down Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states over Covid-19. Buhari in a national...
Not waiting until there is a confirmed case of Covid-19 in Anambra State, Governor Willie Obiano has demanded for N1 billion from the Federal Government to...
A Lagos based lawyer, Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa (SAN), has described as illegal President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to lockdown Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states. Buhari had during his...
Erstwhile governor of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has debunked the reports making the rounds that he called on the...
In this third and final part, DAMILOLA BANJO went undercover to unearth the sleaze, corruption and extortion ring in some Nigerian courts and the Correctional Centres were citizens...
The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has debunked reports making the rounds on social media that there was an index case of COVID-19 recorded in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Monday morning, March 30, 2020 1. Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections rise to 111 as Lagos, Abuja...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over his national broadcast on Sunday. He described Buhari’s address as encouraging, responsible and inspiring. He...
A former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri has reacted to the speech delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari on the efforts and...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reduce the pump price of fuel from a ‘cosmetic’ N125 per liter to an...
The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, Sunday admitted that he had tested positive for coronavirus. In a letter he wrote to Nigerians, Kyari...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday night described President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on the COVID-19 pandemic as empty, saying it failed to address the yearnings of...
