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Obey stay-at-home order or face consequence, Police warn Ondo residents

Ondo State Commissioner of Police, CP Undie Adie, on Wednesday, warned residents to adhere to the stay-at-home directives of the…

Coronavirus: Buhari orders release of 70,000mt of grains for the poor

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of  70,000 metric tonnes of grains to be shared among the poor…
Coronavirus code-named Covid-19

Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases at a Glance

Nigeria's Coronavirus cases have jumped to 151, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
Ogun targets 15,000 pregnant women for free delivery programme"Ibidero" as part of measures to improve the state's maternal mortality index.

4th Ogun coronavirus case 30 year-old lady

Ogun State said its fourth case of coronavirus is a thirty year old daughter of the 62 year-old returnee from…

Iwu raises hope on readiness of Coronavirus drug

Maurice Iwu, a Nigerian professor of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has raised the hope of readiness…

Buhari rice coming to Lagos, Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the release of 70,000 metric tonnes of rice from the nation's strategic grain reserves as…

JUST IN: American who tested positive for Coronavirus in Lagos evacuated to US

An American who tested positive for Coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria, has been evacuated to the United States.

COVID-19 Lockdown: Poor masses and their empty stomachs

The next few weeks will be challenging for the poor masses in Nigeria. Not because of the immediate lockdown and…
Coronavirus code-named Covid-19

Nigeria’s coronavirus cases jump to 151 with 12 new cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 12 new cases of Coronavirus, with total number of cases in the…

Coronavirus: Committee seeks life insurance for health workers

Prof Titus Ibekwe, Chairman National Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development of the Nigerian Medical Association has advocated…
Okezie Ikpeazu

Coronavirus: Ikpeazu cautions against self-medication

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has warned the people to avoid adopting any form of self-medication for preventive and curative…
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Lockdown: Cooking gas sales excluded

The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) says selling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas,…
10 quick facts about Senate Majority Leader Opeyemi Bamidele

Ekiti: Senator donates N10m to fight coronavirus

Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, has donated N10 million toward fighting…
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: Bauchi residents engage in panic-buying

Bauchi residents are rushing to stock food items and other essential products barely some hours to the total lockdown of…

Coronavirus: Nigeria must break the chain of spread – NAQS DG

Nigeria must break the chain of the spread of coronavirus in the country to avert the likely scenario of being…
Jason Njoku, CEO, iROKOtv

Coronavirus: iRoko TV boss recounts mother’s ordeal

Co-founder and CEO of iROKOtv, Jason Njoku in a recent tweet thread narrated the painful ordeal his mother who tested…

Coronavirus: Stanbic IBTC Bank offers customer relief initiatives

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has introduced customer relief initiatives aimed at reducing the…
Coronavirus treatment in Iran

Countries ban coronavirus pandemic jokes on April Fools’ Day

Today is April Fools' Day, the global day for pranks. But some governments have warned citizens not to fool around…

Coronavirus: Ogun govt calls for more support

A call has gone to well-meaning individuals in the country, as well as, corporate organisations to support the government in…

Coronavirus: Rivers NUJ shuts down press center

As a result of the growing concerns on the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the entire world, Rivers State Council of the…
L-R Dr Alero Roberts (2nd Vice Chairman APHPN), Dr Shakir Balogun (AFENET) and Dr Everistus Aniaku (NCDC) at the handing over of handsets, sims and data to assist contact tracing and surveillance

Coronavirus: nTel provides NCDC communication supplies for contact tracing

nTel, Nigeria’s first 4G/VoLTE Network recently donated a wide array of communication supplies to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,…
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Ex-district head Danlami Barde, brother killed in Kaduna

Gunmen on Monday night killed a former district head, Mr Danlami Barde and his brother in Jagindi Tasha in Jema'a…

Coronavirus: Abiodun Donates Food Items to Widows, Single Mothers

In continuation of her good gestures towards the welfare of women and widows, in particular, the wife of the Governor…
Coronavirus code-named Covid-19

Covronavirus: Kogi community cancels annual cultural festival

Less than three weeks to the 2020 edition of Ogori Ovia Osese Cultural Festival, the Coronavirus global pandemic has forced…
COVID-19 Vaccine: Fauci assures Nigerians of booster shot’s efficacy

U.S. virus expert Fauci predicts another coronavirus in September

America's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci has predicted there will be another coronavirus outbreak from fall, that is…

Flashback: How another pandemic virus killed 500,000 Nigerians 102 years ago

In 1918, a pandemic virus, called the Spanish flu blew across the world like the current coronavirus and killed at…
Yemi Alade

Yemi Alade blasts Lagos Govt over relief materials

Award-winning, Afro-pop singer, Yemi Alade has slammed the Lagos state government over the content and quality of relief materials shared…

Tragedy in Lagos: Truck crushes 6 to death

Despite lockdown, tragedy struck in Lagos on Tuesday as Dangote Cement silo truck crushed six persons to death after Epe…

US in trouble: 240,000 Americans may die from Coronavirus

United State's President, Donald Trump has warned of a "painful" and "tough" two-week ahead as he extended nationwide distancing measures…

Meet Freedom, Nigerian job scammer slammed 10-year jail term

Freedom Inah, a Nigerian job scammer has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Sokoto High Court.