The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N836 million as additional funding for the establishment of oxygen production plants across the country. The FEC in June...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, cost 20 percent of Nigeria’s full-time workforce their jobs. This...
The Edo State Government said it had commenced investigations into alleged racketeering of covid-19 vaccination cards in the state. This was contained in a statement issued...
The Edo State government on Monday confirmed five new COVID-19 deaths and 58 new cases in the state. The Head of the state’s COVID-19 Case Management...
Popular American comedian, Chris Rock has disclosed on the microblogging site, Twitter that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The comedian and Hollywood actor revealed the...
Osun State government on Sunday directed civil servants across the state to take the COVID-19 vaccine within three weeks or be barred from entering the secretariat....
The Federal Government has lifted the ban on flights from India. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in a...
The Edo State Government has announced that it is commencing the enforcement of Covid-19 vaccine cards in order to curtail the spread of the pandemic. This...
The Federal Government has criticised the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over its lopsided enforcement of Covid-19 protocols targeted at Nigerians. This disclosure was made on Monday...
The Edo State government on Monday confirmed the death of a 33-year-old pregnant woman and 15 other COVID-19 cases in the state. The Head of the...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Union Commission (AUC) have projected remittances to African countries to fall by 5.4 per cent from $44 billion...
The frustration and inability of some Nigerians to board foreign airlines over COVID-19 tests has led to the intervention of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)....
The Edo State government on Friday confirmed the death of a nurse and other person from COVID-19 in the state. The Head of the state’s COVID-19...
The Edo State government on Thursday threatened to deny doctors that are yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine access to their patients from next week. The...
A Vietnamese court has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Le Van Tri, to five years imprisonment for breaking strict Covid-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to...
The Borno State government has commenced COVID-19 vaccination in 87 centres across the state. The Acting Director, Disease Control in the State Primary Health Care Development...
In a bid to ensure an end to the ongoing doctors’ strike, the Federal Government has pledged to do everything possible to redress their grievances. Ripples...
The Ondo State government on Friday gave civil servants in the state a two-week ultimatum to make themselves available for COVID-19 vaccination. The Permanent Secretary in...
Edo State government on Friday confirmed four new COVID-19 deaths and 28 cases in the state. The state’s Head of COVID-19 response team, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie,...
The Senate has raised concern over the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) excessive staff expenses, directing the Director-General, Mr Lamido Yuguda, to act quickly to prevent...
The Presidency has revealed how the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was able to declare a profit despite a year plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic. This...
The World Health Organisation has revealed that it is monitoring a new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday the third wave of COVID-19 was stabilising in Africa. The WHO Representative in Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo,...
The Edo State government on Monday confirmed three more COVID-19 deaths and 92 new cases in the state. The Edo State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew...
The family of the late music maestro, Sir Victor Uwaifo, has dismissed rumours that he died from COVID-19 complications. The multi-talented artiste, who was the first...
For the first time ever, India had increased its total number of Covid -19 vaccination in a day as the country vaccinated 10 million in a...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. YouTube deletes 1 million videos for COVID-19 misinformation ...
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.01 percent in the second quarter (April, May, June) of 2021, according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS)....
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has raised the alarm that about 1,094 returning travellers from red-listed countries like India, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey,...
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, has announced that the State Government will begin the vaccination of her residents against the dreaded COVID-19...
The English Premier League has recorded 16 new cases of COVID-19 following testing of players and club staff in the past week. The league conducted 3,060...
Veteran Nigerian recording artiste, Mike Okri over the weekend revealed that he has contracted coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated. In a video that he published online,...
The Australian authorities have fined the Sydney branch of Nigeria’s mega church, Chriat Embassy, the sum of $35,000 for flouting the city’s Covid-19 lockdown by holding...
World famous civil rights activist and two-time US presidential candidate, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according...
The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has announced a nationwide lockdown after the country confirmed one coronavirus case, the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday explained how the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the recent devaluation of Naira against the United States Dollar. The...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has closed its headquarters in Lagos State after one of its staff members allegedly tested positive for COVID-19. Before the...
With soaring cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant across the country, the Federal Government on Monday commenced the administration of new vaccines. This marked the start...
Osun State government on Friday confirmed seven new COVID-19 deaths in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, who disclosed this...
The Nigerian Mission in London, United Kingdom, has been shut for 10 days as two of its officials tested positive for covid-19 on Thursday. One of...
Despite the rising cases of the Delta variant of the covid-19 virus, the Federal Government on Thursday stated that there is no imminent possibility of a...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that the country is averaging more than 700 new cases daily as the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has stated that reports that Nigeria was seeking donations for COVID-19 vaccines are incorrect. Lai made this...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has placed fresh restrictions on social and religious gatherings in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the...
In order to ensure an effective vaccination campaign, the Federal Government has announced Aug. 16 as the new date of commencement of administration of the second...
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has postponed the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria. The committee’s Director of Press, Mr. Willie Bassey, disclosed...
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) said on Saturday the administration of the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine would begin on August 10. The...
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September. According to the apex...
Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in February, 2020, Chukwudi Okoroigwe’s daily earnings as a bus driver was hardly enough to cater to the needs of his family. Apart from his wife...
Health authorities in China will conduct a fresh round of tests on the residents of Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged...
