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Cuba welcomes coronavirus-hit cruise ship Braemar others rejected

Cuba on Wednesday allowed passengers aboard a British cruise ship, Braemar to disembark, after being stranded for more than a…

American dies of Coronavirus in Nigeria

An American has been suspected to have died of Coronavirus in Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria, the Ekti State Government disclosed on…

Ogun bans all gathering above 50 people over Coronavirus

The Ogun State Government on Wednesday banned all high-density gatherings that would bring together 50 or more people in the…

Coronavirus: Northwest schools shut for 30 days

Northwest governors met on Wednesday and took a decision to shutdown all schools in the region for 30 days to…
Petrol

Official: Petrol price slashed to N125 per litre

Petrol price has been slashed from N145 to N125 per litre, the Nigerian government has announced.

Coronavirus: Lagos bans religious gathering of over 50 people

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday banned all religious gathering of over 50 people within the state in a bid…

Coronavirus: Senate asks Buhari to brief Nigerians now

The Senate on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately brief Nigerians on efforts by the government to address the…

UK, US export coronavirus to Nigeria, six-week old baby positive

Nigeria is increasingly exposed to the deadly coronavirus virus. That is the stark reality that confronted Nigerians on Wednesday as…

Nigeria records five new coronavirus cases

Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday revealed that the nation has recorded five new cases of the deadly Coronavirus.

Coronavirus: Nigeria imposes total travel ban on US, UK, others

The Federal Government has issued a travel ban on 13 countries as a new precautionary measure adopted to curtail the…
Abule Ado Fire; Bystanders at the location

Lagos explosion scene comparable to aerial bombardment – ERA

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) said the impact of Sunday’s explosions at Abule Ado, a Lagos…

T.B. Joshua reveals when coronavirus will end

Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua, on Tuesday, declared that coronavirus, which has caused worldwide panic will vanish before the end of…
NYSC: Only those vaccinated against COVID-19 will serve from next year

NYSC suspends on-going orientation course, shuts camps nationwide

The management of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme has suspended the ongoing orientation exercise in all camps nationwide. In…

Coronavirus: Nigeria bans travels to UK, China, USA, France, 9 others

The Nigerian government has banned its officials and civil servants from undertaking foreign trips because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus effect: PEAC paints gloomy picture of economy in briefing to Buhari

The Presidential Economic Advisory Committee(PEAC) painted sobering scenarios of what could happen to the Nigerian economy, if the COVID-19 pandemic…

Coronavirus: Sanwo-Olu at Lagos Airport, says VIPs must be screened

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, made a surprise appearance at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) to…

Coronavirus: Buhari must suspend stamp duty on all accounts now – Atiku

Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has told the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the policy on stamp…

Coronavirus: Italy records 31,506 cases, 2,500 deaths

Italy’s national tally of cases of novel coronavirus contagion has increased to 31,506, with 2,503 deaths, the Civil Protection Agency…

Coronavirus: Airlines groan under refund requirements – IATA

Airlines are no longer able to comply with current rules on refunds for cancelled or late flights as the coronavirus…
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

JAMB candidates, baby kidnapped

Three candidates after writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been kidnapped in Kaduna by bandits.

Coronavirus pandemic may last 2 years, says German Health Institute

Lothar Wieler, President of Robert Koch Institute in Germany on Tuesday said coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic might go on for…

Coronavirus: We recommend paracetamol, not ibuprofen – WHO

People, who suspect they have caught the novel coronavirus, should not take the popular drug ibuprofen without consulting a doctor,…

Photo News: Buhari meets Bayelsa Gov., Diri in Abuja

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the new Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri at the State House, Abuja.
FILE PHOTO: Court orders resident doctors to suspend strike and return to work immediately.

Abuja Resident Doctors embark on indefinite strike

Members of Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD-FCTA) have embarked on an indefinite strike over non-payment of…

Abule Ado explosion beyond pipeline accident – Gani Adams

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has urged the Lagos State Government and Federal Government to conduct a thorough…
Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Developmen

Coronavirus: Nigerian govt postpones National Sports Festival

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the National Sports Festival due to Coronavirus pandemic.

Another Coronavirus case recorded in Lagos

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said another case of the deadly Coronavirus has been recorded in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Oshiomhole

Appeal Court returns Oshiomhole as APC National Chairman

The Appeal Court on Monday ordered a stay of execution of the Abuja High Court's judgment suspending Adams Oshiomhole as…

Buhari meets Sanwo-Olu over Abule Ado explosion (Photos)

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the Abule Ado explosion in…

Photo News: Aftermath of Abule Ado Explosion

Residents of Abule Ado, Ojo, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, were on Sunday 15th March 2020, destabilised by a massive explosion that…