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Lockdown: Enugu to reopen Ogbete Market

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Enugu State government has directed a partial and gradual reopening of the Ogbete Main Market on May 4 following the…

Borno COVID-19 team shuts out journalists

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Borno State High Powered Response Team on Covid-19 has suspended its daily briefing to the media on its activities for…

Gilead Science donates 1.5m vials of coronavirus drug to U.S. Hospitals

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Gilead Science Inc, maker of the coronavirus drug remdesivir said it will be donating 1.5 million vials of the drug…

Kidnappers gang-rape, kill student of UNIPORT

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

A criminal gang which kidnapped three students of the University of Port Harcourt(UNIPORT), on 7 April, gang-raped the female among…

Over 1,000 Lagosians are now infected with Coronavirus

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Coronavirus infections in Lagos have reached 1,006 after the state recorded 30 new cases on Friday.

NNPC reacts to tanker fire in central Lagos

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commiserated with families of the victims of Friday’s fuel tanker fire incident at…

Islamic scholar Halima Abdusalam dies in Kano, Buhari mourns

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the famous Islamic scholar and preacher, Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdallah Muhammad over the death of…

Kano breaks Lagos’ record, ramps up 92 new Coronavirus infections in single day

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Kano State has broken the record set by Lagos, as it ramps up 92 new cases of Coronavirus in a…

Breaking: Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases surpass 2,000, with 238 new infections

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Nigeria's Coronavirus infections have surpassed 2,000, with 238 new cases recorded on Friday.

Oyo’s COVID-19 endowment fund now N334m

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The Oyo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo, says cash donations to the State COVID-19 Endowment Fund have reached…

COVID-19: Lagosians besiege NIMR testing centre

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director General, Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), on Friday appealed to Lagosians to adhere to the…

Gradual easing of Ogun lockdown to begin May 9 not May 4

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Ogun Government says gradual easing of the lockdown in the state will begin on May 9, as against the May…

Police exhume corpses of 3 kidnapped UNIPORT students, arrest kidnappers

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The bodies of three students of University of Port Harcourt(UNIPORT), kidnapped since 7 April, were exhumed by the police today.

Kaduna Govt. shuts entry points from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The Kaduna State Government has announced that all entry points into the state are to be shut from 6:00 p.m.…

Coronavirus: 35 nations with best records, Nigeria missing among Africa’s 7

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The United States is the worst-hit by coronavirus on Earth, but it is also one of the countries with a…

IITA develops cassava weed management kit

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) said it has worked with researchers to develop an integrated weed control package…

WHO to identify animal source of COVID-19

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), said the agency will work with relevant organizations to identify the…

COVID-19: NCDC records highest daily test of samples

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing…

Dokpesi, wife, three children test positive for Coronavirus

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communications Plc, owners of Raypower FM and Africa International Television (AIT), his wife and…

Raymond Dokpesi tests positive for coronavirus

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Raymond Dokpesi, the owner of DAAR Communications Plc, has tested positive for coronavirus.

COVID-19: Sanwo-olu unveils 118-Bed Gbagada Isolation Centre

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday unveiled a 118-bed Isolation and Treatment Centre located within the premises of Gbagada…

Gov. Makinde slashes salaries of political appointees

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has slashed the salaries of senior political appointees by 50 percent.

Kogi directs workers on GL 12, above to resume May 4

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has directed civil servants on Grade Level 12 and above in the state to…

Workers’ Day: Atiku’s company fires 46 workers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Gotel Communications Ltd, based in Yola, Adamawa State and owned by Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has sacked 46…

COVID-19: UNIBEN clarifies directive on resumption

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has advised members of staff to continue to work from home until…

Video: Fuel tanker explodes in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

A fuel tanker conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, has exploded in Obalende area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

COVID-19: Ekiti govt lifts ban on movement of corpses

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The Coordinator of the State Covid 19 Task Force, Prof. Bolaji Aluko, announced this in Ado Ekiti while giving an…

Breaking: 26 more Coronavirus patients recover in Lagos, discharged

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

No fewer than 26 Coronavirus patients were on Friday discharged in Lagos after they recovered from the virus by testing…

May Day: Buhari gives conditions before employers can sack workers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday gave conditions before employers can lay-off workers occasioned by economic downturn due to Coronavirus…

May Day: Edo Rep salutes frontline health workers battling COVID-19

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

A member of the House of Representatives from Edo State, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama has commended health workers across Nigeria in the…

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