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Coronavirus: Health workers want support for nurses

Adeniji Alani, President, National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), has called on Federal Government to support the nurses…
UBTH

Coronavirus: UBTH equips isolation center

The Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has equipped a 10-bedded Isolation Centre ahead of the first…

Nigeria loses two cultural giants

Two cultural giants, Francesca Yetunde Emanuel and Professor Akin Euba, have died, several days apart in April
Traders in Abia and Imo lament says two-day sit-at-home across the South-East crippled their businesses, caused them huge financial losses.

Lockdown: Ilorin residents decry high cost of consumer items

Some residents of Ilorin have expressed worries over the sudden rise in the cost of consumer items following the lockdown…

Coronavirus: Osun residents rush to banks, markets ahead of lockdown

Residents of Osun on Thursday rushed to banks and major markets ahead of lockdown in the state.
Governor Douye Diri:, imposes curfew on Bayelsa waterways as part of measures to check cases of insecurity along the creeks in the state

Coronavirus: Bayelsa yet to begin palliatives distribution

Bayelsa Government is yet to commence the distribution of donations from corporate bodies and individuals, to cushion the effect of…

Coronavirus: Kaduna private school teachers fear job loss

Fear of job loss has griped private school teachers in Kaduna State as school owners may not cope with payment…
Rihanna, Jay-Z and Jack

Rihanna, Jay-Z, Jack support Coronavirus relief funds with $6.2M

American musicians, Rihanna, Jay-Z, and co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey through their foundations have teamed up to launch…
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Abducted Oyo monarch’s wife, daughter freed

The kidnapped wife of a traditional ruler in Oyo State, Funbi Ojo, has regained freedom from her abductors.
Femi Falana

FG’s School Feeding, Cash Transfer programmes questionable – Falana

Foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has described the Federal Government’s plan to continue with the School Feeding programme…

Coronavirus: Ogun sets up state-owned molecular laboratory

Ogun State has become the first State in Nigeria to set up a molecular laboratory for testing suspected cases of…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State

Coronavirus: Nigerians react to death, 12 new cases in Kano

Some Nigerians have reacted to the accelerated increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases in Kano as the…
Testing for coronavirus in Johannesburg: South Africa has the largest number of cases on the continent

Coronavirus update around the world in the last 24 hours

Confirmed cases of the coronavirus crossed 2,082,372 globally at 0800 GMT on Thursday.More than 134,000 people have also died. The…
NYSC donates preventive kits

COVID-19: NYSC donates preventive kits to Rivers Govt

As part of efforts to prevent the dreaded COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in the Rivers State and in the country, the…

House of Reps defaults in donating to COVID-19 fund

Members of the House of Representatives have defaulted in contributing their March salaries in aid of COVID-19 fund.

Kano records first Coronavirus death

The deadly Coronavirus pandemic has claimed its first victim in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria.

Coronavirus lockdown: Police shoot two dead in Anambra

The Police in Anambra have confirmed killing of two boys at Nkpor near Onitsha during a protest by irate youth…

Akwa Ibom discharges 3 Coronavirus patients

The Akwa Ibom Government said that three out of the six confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state have…

Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases jump to 407, with 34 new cases

Nigeria has recorded another 34 new cases of Coronavirus, with the total figures jumping to 407.
NSCDC Operative deployed to combat coronavirus.

NSCDC confirms killing of Abia motorist by its operative

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abia State Command has confirmed news that one of its operatives, Richard…
Coronavirus code-named Covid-19

JUST IN: Abuja discharges three more Coronavirus patients

Another three Coronavirus patients have been discharged in Abuja after they tested negative twice,
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Tinubu to FG: Pay emergency relief funds to households through BVN

National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has urged the Federal Government to make cash payments to households…
Scientists collate 55 after effects of COVID-19

Coronavirus strikes medical doctor dead in Lagos

A medical doctor who attempted to manage a Coronavirus patient at a private hospital has been struck dead by the…

Tedros replies Trump, says WHO not only about coronavirus

From Agency Report Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, said the agency regretted the decision of President…
Gov. Samuel Ortom says he will not challenge the victory of his opponent, Titus Zam of APC in the Benue North-west Senatorial seat election

Ortom stretches lockdown by two weeks

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Wednesday extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on residents by two weeks.

Impounded vehicles to be released after lockdown – LASG

Lagos State Government has declared that all impounded vehicles would be returned to their owners after the lockdown.
Testing for COVID-19 in Nigeria

NCDC establishes 7 more COVID-19 testing labs(The list)

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control now has 13 COVID-19 testing labs. The NCDC announced this Wednesday night.

Customs impounds cannabis-filled Volkswagen in Kaduna

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) intercepted a Volkswagen Golf 3 car with Reg no. ABC45LP laden with 5 bags of…
Chief Judge Kashim Zannah

Chief Judge Zannah extends suspension of court sittings in Borno

The Chief Judge of Borno, Justice Kashim Zannah, has extended the suspension of court sittings to May 1, 2020.
Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (NNPCL)

Nigerian releases N200b to power sector

Nigeria has made payment of over N200 billion to the power sector towards improving electricity supply