The World Health Organisation (WHO) has proposed shorter isolation days for people with COVID-19. In a statement issued on Friday, the United Nations agency recommended a...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has tested positive for COVID-19. The ADC candidate, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday,...
The outbreak of a new COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 named “Kraken” has induced concerns amongst the Nigerian populace. These concerns are connected to a pronouncement by the...
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) said on Monday over 64 million people in Nigeria had been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The Executive Director of...
The Federal Government has ordered the testing of passengers arriving in the country from abroad for COVID-19. The Director of Port Health Services, Dr. Geoffrey Okatubo,...
Nigeria recorded 35 new COVID-19 cases in the last week of December 2022. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the development in a statement...
Femi Falana, a human rights attorney and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government to check the COVID-19 status of travelers from China. Falana...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has disclosed that over 60 million Nigerians had received full COVID-19 vaccination. Dr. Adejoke Oladele of the NPHCDA...
Two years after Nigeria announced its first cases of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown, female farmers and business owners in Ijebu-Igbo in Ogun State, South-West Nigeria,...
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, on Saturday, urged world leaders to step up efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic. He made the appeal in his...
The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) seems to be falling like a pack of cards under Oscar Onyema, and his 11 years leading the company is being...
The United States First Lady, Jill Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19. The First Lady’s Director of Communications, Elizabeth Alexander, disclosed this in a statement on...
The local government election in Osin State scheduled for October 15 has been described as illegal by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)....
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that his administration disbursed N100 billion to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers, with healthcare investors also benefiting from the fund. Buhari had financed...
The Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Abubakar, said bandit attacks on farmers haven’t affected the level of food production in the country, and blamed COVID-19 on the...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted learning for about 50 million children because of school closure when it lasted....
A former Big Brother Naija housemate, Boma Akpore, has recounted a life-threatening experience with COVID-19. In a lengthy post on his Instagram on Thursday, Akpore said...
South African investment company, Southern Sun Africa, has concluded plans to leave Nigeria’s hospitality business amid financial troubles. The firm is expected to sell off one...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that it has assisted Nigeria with over $6.8 billion following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday predicted slow economic growth for the continent in 2022. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday announced a...
American business magnate, Bill Gates, has tested positive for the dreaded Corona Virus disease. He announced this in a post on Twitter, saying that he was...
Ten people have been confirmed dead on Sunday in the coastal city of Bandar Abbas in Iran after drinking locally made alcohol believed to have the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday the COVID-19 pandemic killed 14.9 million people globally in the last two years. In a statement in Geneva,...
The United States Vice President, Kamala Harris, has tested positive for COVID-19. Harris’s press secretary, Kirsten Allen, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Washington...
Netflix reported a disappointing first quarter earnings after failing to surpass its 2021 Q1 net income this year, with the company informing shareholders that its revenue...
The Italian government on Monday donated three million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria. Nigeria had earlier received 17 million doses from the European Union Member...
The World Bank has predicted tougher months ahead as household real disposable incomes in Nigeria are expected to face an “exceptional squeeze”. Shubham Chaudhuri, the World...
Rwanda is one of the few countries in Africa to vaccinate over 60 percent of its population for CCOVID-19, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)....
The interest rate forbearance given to individuals and businesses seeking loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been extended by the financial regulator –...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Thursday warned Nigerians that the COVID-19 pandemic was not yet over. Abayomi, who gave the warning...
The Federal Government said on Monday fully vaccinated inbound travellers would no longer be required to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test. The Chairman of the Presidential...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that 330,128 women have been given a sum of N159.21 billion to support their household and Micro, Small...
The United Kingdom government has removed the COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination requirement for Nigerians and other foreign nationals entering the country. The government said...
As cases of COVID-19 plummets in the US, former President Barack Obama announced on Sunday that he had tested positive for the virus. Obama, who disclosed...
Global death toll from COVID-19 as the pandemic enters its third year, has surpassed 6 million, according to a report released by Johns Hopkins University. In...
World Health Organization on Thursday warned Nigerians to continue to keep to safety protocols on the COVID-19 pandemic. The WHO Representative in Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi,...
The Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in eight days. This development came just five days...
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President, has stated that the blame for the number of out of school children cannot all...
The Buckingham Palace has announced that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for Covid-19 after days of experiencing mild cold-like symptoms. The announcement by the palace...
The Cook Islands, a collection of small islands located in the South Pacific Ocean, has confirmed its first ever case of the Coronavirus infection, almost two...
After weeks of endless protests that shut down land movement between Canada and the United States, the Ambassador Bridge, touted to be the busiest border crossing...
In the midst of a pandemic that has ravaged the entire globe killing hundreds of people, governments all over the world put several measures in place...
The Prince of Wales, Charles, has tested positive for COVID-19 again and is currently in self isolation. In a statement on Twitter Thursday, Clarence House said...
Nigeria, on Monday received a donation of two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Finland, Greece and Slovenia. The delivery was reportedly...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again reminded Nigerians and African leaders of his administration’s plans to lift Nigerians out of poverty. Speaking on Friday virtually at the...
Green card racketeering coupled with the negative effects of social media messages have been identified as the major setbacks in the smooth administration of the COVID-19...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that it has so far disbursed N369.78 billion to Nigerians since the outbreak of COVID-19. The money, CBN...
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele has said the plan of the United States to raise yields rate won’t affect the Nigerian...
Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed has alleged that the Social Investment Programme as being implemented by the Federal Government was nothing but a conduit pipe...
The 2022 Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, April 3 in Las Vegas, United States after it was postponed from it’s initial date, January...
