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COVID-19: Status Of 20 Governors Unknown
The COVID-19 status of 20 out of the 36 states governors in the country is not known. It would be recalled that the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode…
Coronvirus : Ronaldo, Messi donates €1million to hospitals
As the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, world’s best footballers; Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, have each donated €1million to different hospitals.According to Mundo Deportiv…
Fuel Scarcity Looms As NUPENG Hints Sit-at-home Order From Friday
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has expressed concern over the coronavirus outbreak. The cases of the global pandemic in the country have risen to 46 in Nigeria. The b…
Boko Haram kills 92 Chadian Soldiers Near Nigerian border
Boko Haram has killed no fewer than 92 Chadian soldiers. The terrorists also destroyed dozens of vehicles and stole weapons. The assault occured in Boma, Lac Province, which borders Niger and Nigeria…
COVID-19: FCT Minister orders closure of markets, neighbourhood centers in Abuja over Coronavirus
Following the outbreak of Coronavirus outbreak in Abuja, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Malam Muhammad Bello, has ordered the closure of shops in markets and neigbhourhood centers to…
Minister of health threatens to publish names of people violating the self isolation directive
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has threatened to publish the names of those who failed to comply to the directive to isolate themselves to help the quest to prevent the spread of Coronavi…
Coronavirus hits 43 countries in Africa
The World Health Organisation, WHO, Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has disclosed that there are now 1,396 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 43 countries across Africa. T…
Boko-Haram : Soldiers kill more terrorists, seize gun-trucks in Borno
The Defence Media Operations, said military operations in the ongoing counter insurgency war has killed scores of terrorists and recovered several weapons including gun trucks at Gorigi in the Allaga…
Breaking : Buhari Tests Negative, Abba Kyari Is Positive for coronavirus
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus), following a test for the disease that was carried out yesterday on the president by the Nigeria Centre f…
COVID-19: NMA not with us in the fight, says health minister
Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire has accused the umbrella body of medical doctors in Nigeria, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), of not showing interest or supporting the government in the fi…
Covid 19: Edo confirms 1 case as Obaseki douses tension
Edo State Government, yesterday, said the state has recorded its first case of coronavirus, just as it said measures have been put in place to curtail its spread.Governor Godwin Obaseki gave the assu…
JAMB arrests 149 candidates for UTME fraud
JAMB published the names and states of the 149 candidates in its weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent with Imo, Anambra and Enugu States topping the list with 26, 12 and 12 candidates respec…
Senators worried over Covid-19 status of 35 colleagues
FEAR heightened on Monday over the fate of about 35 senators who have not complied with the measures to determine their Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) status. The senators last week returned from a t…
14 year old student raped by her teacher in Ogun state
A twenty-three-year-old secondary school teacher in Ogun State, Azunyere Chima, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command, for forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 1…
Coronavirus: New cases reported in Lagos, Abuja
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria. The update was posted on NCDC Twitter handle, Monday night. Four new cases of #COVID19 have been conf…
COVID-19: Miyetti Allah orders herdsmen to close all cattle markets, return to the bush
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore-Fulani Socio-Cultural Association has directed its members to close their markets and return to the bush following the spread of Coronavirus.The National President of th…
Covid-19 : Abba Kyari writes Speaker over returning reps refusing screening at airports
The Chief of State to the President, Abba Kyari, has written to the Speaker of the House of Representatives expressing displeasure over the alleged refusal of some members of the House of Representat…
China embarks on clinical trials for virus vaccine
China has started the first phase of a clinical trial for a novel coronavirus vaccine, records show, as the world's scientists race to find a way to combat the deadly pathogen. It comes after US heal…
German Chancellor Goes Into Self-Isolation After Contact With Infected Doctor
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is to self-quarantine, her spokesman Steffen Seibert announced on Sunday evening, after coming into contact with a doctor with coronavirus.After giving a press c…
Gunmen abduct Enyimba, Abia Comet players in Ondo
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday evening abducted two football players plying their trade with clubs in the eastern part of the country. The two footballers, Dayo Ojo and Benjamin Iluyomad…