Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Sunday donated his salaries from May 29, 2019, to this month to the ongoing campaign against the spread of the coronavirus...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus. The latest discoveries bring the number of people with the COVID-19...
Borno State Government on Sunday confirmed that the five suspected COVID-19 cases isolated in the state’s Public Health and Emergency Operation Centre had tested negative for...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state to check spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Ortom announced...
President Muhammadu Buhari during his first national broadcast on Covid-19 on Sunday announced a total lock down of Lagos, Ogun and Abuja. The President, however, exempted...
Address by H.E Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the COVID- 19 pandemic sunday, 29th March, 2020. 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, Sunday directed the closure of borders across the state following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. The state Director-General...
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday ordered a total restriction of movement in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for an initial period of 14 days following...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Sunday announced a donation of N200 million to aid the country’s quest to end...
The former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, and his wives have tested negative for coronavirus which has infected 97 persons in the country. The deposed monarch’s...
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, said Sunday the Federal Government would require about N2 trillion to provide financial...
The Plateau State government Sunday confirmed a suspected case of coronavirus in Jos North local government area of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State Sunday saluted Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s courage in disclosing his coronavirus status promptly. The PDP in a statement issued...
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has announced a 14-day curfew in the state, directing residents to stay at home from Monday in order to curtail...
The provost of the University of Ibadan (UI) College of Medicine, Professors Ezekiel Olapade-Olaopa and his deputy, Obafunke Denloye have tested positive for Covid-19 pandemic. Olapade-Olaopa...
No fewer than 70 Israeli nationals were evacuated from Nigeria by Air Peace airline on Saturday over fears of the spread of the deadly COVID-19 disease...
The founder and Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has tested negative to the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Africa’s richest man stated his status on the...
The Ogun State government led by Dapo Abiodun has shut its borders with neighbouring states in the South West including Lagos and Oyo in a bid...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to publish weekly details of exact funds and other resources allocated by the authorities to...
President Muhammadu will address the nation in a national broadcast on Covid-19 today (Sunday). A statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi...
The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede, revealed Sunday that he has tested positive for coronavirus disease. He also stated that he has gone into self isolation,...
The government of Gombe has announced the suspension of payment of the new minimum wage of N30,000 to workers in the state. The state said the...
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu has said his Covid-19 test came out negative. Shehu announced his coronavirus status in a post on...
The National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr. Victor Oye, said on Saturday the party has shut down its offices nationwide over the coronavirus...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Sunday morning. 1. NCDC confirms eight fresh cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, pushing overall figure...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, Saturday ordered a complete lockdown of the state following the growing cases of COVID-19 in the country. Uzodinma, who gave the...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed eight new cases of coronavirus in the country. The fresh discoveries bring the total number of...
The wife of the Kaduna State Governor, Hajiya Hadiza Isma El-Rufai, Saturday urged Nigerians to pray for her husband, Nasir, who had tested positive for COVID-19....
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, Saturday lamented that Nigeria’s health care system could not withstand a COVID-19 pandemic on the...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, ordered a dusk- to- dawn curfew after the state’s coronavirus cases increased to three. In a series of tweets,...
The Lagos State Government Saturday dismissed claims that it had imposed a curfew in the state due to the growing cases of coronavirus in Nigeria’s commercial...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. Consequently, he has embarked on self-isolation in compliance with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Saturday charged the Federal Government to print more naira notes in order to save...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday expressed shock over the explosion that rocked a community in Akure, Ondo State. An unspecified number of people were...
The Abia State government Saturday ordered the closure of all land borders as part of efforts to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus in the state. The...
The Presidency on Saturday dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N30,000 relief package for Nigerians with Bank Verification Number (BVN) to cushion the effect...
The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, Saturday banned religious gatherings of more than five persons in the state following the spread of coronavirus in the...
Taraba State government Saturday ordered the closure of its borders and restricted movement in and out of the state effective Sunday. The Chief Press Secretary to...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said on Saturday 3,778 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in 46 countries on the continent. The...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Saturday dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari may have tested positive for COVID-19 and flown abroad for treatment. The party in...
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria have risen to 89 with eight new cases reported on Saturday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, held a meeting with the Minister of Health, Prof Osagie Ehanire, and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,...
The House of Representatives has described as a mischief taken too far, the report that the lawmakers distributed official vehicles for the 360 members of the...
The Kebbi State Government has ordered the closure of all its borders with neighbouring states, effective from midnight of Saturday as part of measures to curb...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has reacted to the explosion that rocked Akure early Saturday (today) morning and left many buildings destroyed, with yet to be...
Ministers in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari have donated 50 per cent of their March salaries in support of the fight against the covid-19 disease...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Friday said it had budgeted N300 million to fight Covid-19 pandemic in ‘Biafra land’. IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba II, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the COVID-19 disease outbreak which has quickly spread...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the decongestion of Correctional Service formations in the country due to fears of the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has donated a 32-room facility to the Ogun State government for Covid-19 isolation centre. Obasanjo announced the donation of the facility, which...
