The Akwa Ibom State government has relaxed the COVID-19 lockdown in the state and has also imposed the wearing of face masks in public places. Governor...
The Nigerian Government has been criticized by a popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, over its decision to ease the lockdown imposed on parts of the...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has kicked against the decision of the Federal Government to ease the total lockdown imposed on Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal...
The Federal Government on Friday issued guidelines for the ease of lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. The lockdown imposed on parts of the...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has described as incredible that Kano State Governor Abdullahi would be demanding for the relaxation of lockdown in the state....
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has appealed to the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to ease the COVID-19 lockdown in...
The Jigawa State Government has confirmed the death of one person who tested positive for the feared COVID-19 disease in the state. Dr. Abba Zakari, Chairman...
The senator who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, on Wednesday, described Nigeria as a “debtor and a beggar nation.” The former senator...
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it does not have any date in mind yet for schools in the country to reopen despite the gradual relaxation...
The Delta State Government has declared a partial lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in the state, beginning from Thursday, 30th April, 2020. This was disclosed...
The trial of Kenny Martins over alleged fraud in the N7.74 billion Police Equipment Fund may no longer hold on Tuesday (today) as earlier fixed. A...
The global economy is in a tailspin. IMF and the World Bank have both predicted a contraction of the global economy with developing economies likely to...
The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano on Monday explained that he relaxed the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the state in order to avoid starvation in...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has implored Britons to patiently adhere to the restrictive measures aimed at containing further spread of the coronavirus in his first...
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the Senate Minority Leader, representing Abia South has warned the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari not to extend the ongoing COVID-19...
The two policemen caught on camera flogging a lady, Alimat Azzez, in Iwo, Osun State for allegedly flouting the COVID-19 lockdown order in the state, have...
The Minister of Power, Alhahi Saleh Mamman has explained why it would not be possible for the Federal Government to give free electricity to Nigerians for...
In its effort to avert food scarcity during the lockdown, the federal government, Friday, directed that agricultural products be allowed to move unhindered within in the...
Can Africa really afford lockdowns, and can they be effective? Put differently, given the social and economic circumstances of Africa and the impending ‘economic pandemic’, can...
The Borno State government is set to prosecute no fewer than three Imams for flouting the COVID-19 lockdown order by holding Friday congregational prayers. Babakura Abba...
Nigerians who may be hoping that the Federal Government would relax the lockdown imposed on parts of the country have been told to forget the thought,...
The Adamawa State government led by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has immediately ordered a total lockdown in the state for two weeks, days after recording its COVID-19...
Deji Adeyanju, the convener of a pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians, has said there was currently a “leadership vacuum” in Nigeria. He said President Muhammadu Buhari was...
The immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Dr. Abdul Aziz Yari, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari not to...
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has warned the Nigerian government not to extend the current lockdown beyond 27th April, saying the decision is...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned the Federal Government of Nigeria against any further extension of the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The...
The Osun State government led by Governor Gboyega Oyetola has moved to ensure total compliance with its lockdown directive by mounting barricades at all boundaries and...
The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who was not wearing a face mask, caused a stir on Tuesday when he coughed repeatedly while speaking to his...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Monday ordered a total lockdown of the state following the death of the state’s COVID-19 index case. The patient,...
Ghanaian president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has announced Sunday night, the lifting of the three weeks lockdown imposed on parts of the country on March 30, to curb...
The Yobe State government led by Governor Mai Mala Buni has extended COVID-19 lockdown in the state by two weeks in a bid to curb the...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has imposed a daily curfew on the state starting from 7pm to 7am in the morning. Umahi, who made the pronouncement...
Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana has told the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that contrary to its position, 21 Nigerians were killed and not 18 during the...
Two of the 210 people who had contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ogun State have tested positive, the state government said on Thursday. This was...
A taxi driver, Emmanuel Imhoudu has been sentenced to six months in jail by an Abuja magistrate court for flouting the lockdown order by President Muhammadu...
The Niger State Government on Wednesday turned back a truck carrying about 50 persons and headed for Kano for flouting the lockdown order in effect in...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has released new guidelines on the lockdown in Abuja to avoid further spread of the deadly disease which has been...
A yet to be identified young man has been shot dead as women and some youths protested the lockdown over COVID-19 in Sapele, Delta State. The...
Hundreds of protesters on Tuesday evening took to the streets of Mumbai, India to protest the nationwide lockdown extension announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
A report by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has indicated that Nigeria’s security agencies have killed 18 Nigerians over measures to protect them from COVID-19...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has extended the coronavirus lockdown in the state for another two weeks after the end of the first two weeks to...
The Lagos State government has introduced a new scheme as part of measures to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown extension in the state. This...
Whenever man is confronted with a terrifying aspect of the world in which he lives, his natural instinct is to seek to understand the new phenomenon...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has asked people of the state to remain at their homes for another two weeks as government continued to make efforts...
The novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is ravaging the earth as economic and social restriction continues with no end in sight. As of April 14, Covid-19 has infected...
In a bid to ameliorate the effect of the hardship of the lockdown, to curtail the spread of Covid-19, the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) Ogun...
A medical researcher, Prof. Ayodele Adeleye, on Monday said he has discovered a cure for the ravaging COVID-19 disease pandemic. According to Adeleye, his discovery has...
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded about 130 suspected hoodlums arrested in connection with the spate of attacks on innocent residents of some communities...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has called on the Federal Government to provide Nigerians with food if it insisted on locking them down. He argued...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has condemned the extension of the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari. The president had called for an extension to fight...