Year: 2020
Coronavirus: Gombe lifts ban on worship centers
Gombe State Government has announced the conditional suspension of the ban imposed on places of worship to curb the spread…
CoS: APC governors laud Gambari’s appointment
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), under the platform of the APC, has lauded the appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the…
Edo discharges 20 Coronavirus patients, loses 1
Edo State Government on Thursday announced the discharge of 20 Coronavirus patients who have attained full recovery and have tested…
Burundi expels 4 WHO officials over coronavirus warning
Burundi government has kicked out the national head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and three members of his team…
NUC grants Ekiti varsity full accreditation
Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, says the National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted full accreditation to the institution to…
Coronavirus: NCDC warns against self-medication
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned Nigerians against self-medication while dealing with the new Coronavirus.
JUST IN: Oyo Commissioner for Environment is dead
The Commisioner for the Environment and Natural Resources in Oyo State, Kehinde Ayoola is dead.
Coronavirus will birth indigenous pharmaceutical companies – NAFDAC DG
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General, National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the Coronavirus pandemic will give birth…
Coronavirus: Malaysia to allow 88 mosques reopen for Friday prayers
Malaysian authorities will allow 88 mosques to hold Islamic Friday prayers this week in a relaxation of curbs imposed on…
Lockdown: Our Mortuary is full to capacity – FMC Yenagoa
Mortuary officials of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Yenegoa have raised an alarm that their mortuary is full to capacity…
Adamawa wanted councillor surrenders to police
Mr Wakana Enan Ngari, the Councillor who was declared wanted over alleged cattle rustling and other criminal activities in Adamawa,…
Stanbic IBTC offers advice on looming post-COVID recession
As the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to ravage various economies across the globe, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a…
Coronovirus: MOSOP calls for transparency in palliatives distribution
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has faulted the approach of both the federal and state…
Governors move against NASS, demand stoppage of Infectious Diseases Bill
The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, has moved against the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020 currently before the National Assembly,…
EU says COVID-19 vaccine possible in a year
The European Union (EU) Medicines Agency said on Thursday that a vaccine to counter the new coronavirus could be approved…
Atiku: Nigeria’s budget cut huge joke, Buhari & co must forego luxury
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Federal Government's N71 billion reduction in the 2020 budget as grossly insufficient.
Vietnam struggles to avoid first COVID-19 death
Vietnam is determined to save the life of its most critically ill coronavirus (COVID-19) patient, a British pilot who works…
Atiku attacks Buhari: Nigeria can’t afford luxuries during austerity
Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has attacked the government of President Muhammadu Buhari for not slashing the budget by…
Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor LGAs: Wike extends total lockdown by 4 days
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has extended the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas by…
Gov. Matawalle commends EFCC for exposing Chinese fraudsters
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for exposing Chinese nationals who tried…
Ogun transition chairmen to get 3 months tenure extension
The Ogun State House of Assembly has acknowledged a letter from the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun requesting for a…
Coronavirus: Ogun assembly canvasses loan repayment holiday for SMEs
The Ogun State House of Assembly has invited the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker and her Special Duties…
Sen. Gyang seeks investigation of UniJos student’s killing
Senator Istifanus Gyang who represents PDP-Plateau North has called for a thorough investigation into the killing of a 300-level University…
Lagos gives farmers maize seedlings
Lagos State Government has today given no fewer than 650 farmers one ton of Downy Mildew Resistant (DMR) and Leaf…
Lagos man who beat wife, boasted about it on Facebook, arrested
A man who beat his wife mercilessly and boasted about it on Facebook has been arrested by the police in…
Lagos govt restates zero-tolerance on illegal physical development
The Lagos State Government has restated its policy of Zero-tolerance on illegal physical development as the Commissioner for Physical Planning…
How police, judiciary contribute to prison congestion in Nigeria
To discourage citizens from engaging in criminal activities and to deter other would-be lawbreakers, governments all over the world set…
Smokers and ex-smokers at greatest risk of contracting severe coronavirus
A new study said smokers and former smokers, face twice the risk of contracting severe cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus…
Presidency raises alarm over fake social media accounts of new CoS
The Presidency has raised alarm concerning numerous fake ‘Professor Ibrahim Gambaris’ that have surfaced on social media, bearing the name…
‘Trump administration cranky’: China blasts back over vaccine research theft
Global Times, the megaphone of the Chinese ruling party has lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump administration, suggesting it…