The Nigerian Senate has announced the decision by Distinguished Senators to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to the efforts to re...
Monday, 30 March 2020
Sunday, 29 March 2020
Coronavirus: Buhari to Address Nigerians At 7pm
Nedu Echianu
March 29, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari will make a nationwide broadcast this evening at 7 pm, the State House has said . “President Muhammadu Buhar...
Friday, 27 March 2020
COVID-19: NBC Directs Pay TV Platforms To Release All Local Channels To Nigerians For Free
Nedu Echianu
March 27, 2020
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has directed all GOTV, DSTV, NTA Startimes, FreeTV and other pay TV platforms in Nigeria to d...
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Six patients being treated for the coronavirus have recovered and will soon be discharged by the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lagos. ...
A coronavirus vaccine trial in the United State, has given a dose to its first participant. The study aims to enroll a total of 45 healt...
Gunmen Kidnap Bauchi Governor’s Brother
Nedu Echianu
March 26, 2020
Some suspected gunmen have kidnapped the elder brother of Bauchi state governor, Alhaji Adamu Mohammed Duguri, in Bauchi metropolis. The...
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
The Leadership of the National Assembly on Wednesday held a meeting with some Ministers and Heads of agencies from the Executive arm of G...
Osinbajo Tests Negative For Coronavirus
Nedu Echianu
March 25, 2020
Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo has tested negative to coronavirus, according to the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters...
Coronavirus: Edo Speaker Tests Positive
Nedu Echianu
March 25, 2020
The speaker of the Edo state House of Assembly, Frank Okiye, has tested positive to Coronavirus. Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, discl...
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Vice President Osinbajo In Self-Isolation - Aide
Nedu Echianu
March 24, 2020
Reports say Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is in self-isolation. Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive for coronavirus. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mukht...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe (APC-Kwara), on Tuesday said no Senator in the 9th Senate tested positi...
Prof Akin Abayomi, Lagos state Commissioner for Health has directed that all attendees at the just concluded African Magic Viewers Choic...
Coronavirus: Senate Adjourns Plenary For Two Weeks
Nedu Echianu
March 24, 2020
The Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary till April 7 as part of measures to prevent further spread of COVID - 19 in Nigeria. The lawmak...
There are unconfirmed reports that Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has tested positive for coronavirus days aft...
Four new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria. 3 are in Lagos State and 1 in FCT. Two of these cases according...
Breaking: Cross River Senator Dies In UK Hospital
Nedu Echianu
March 24, 2020
The lawmaker representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Mrs Rose Okoji Oko is dead. She was aged 63. The late Senator Oko, who...
Monday, 23 March 2020
The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of all land borders with immediate effect. It also advised all Abuja and Lagos...
Breaking: Nigeria Records First Coronavirus Death
Nedu Echianu
March 23, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the first death from the Coronavirus in Nigeria. The NCDC through its Twitter ha...
Breaking: NCDC Confirms Five New Coronavirus Cases
Nedu Echianu
March 23, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed additional five new cases of Coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number ...
Sunday, 22 March 2020
Marouane Fellaini: Former Manchester United Midfielder Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Nedu Echianu
March 22, 2020
Former Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus. In a post on Twitter, ...
Saturday, 21 March 2020
The Federal Government says the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos; and the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja will b...
Breaking: Three New Coronavirus Cases Discovered in Abuja, Seven in Lagos
Nedu Echianu
March 21, 2020
The Federal ministry of health have announced ten new confirmed coronavirus infection in Nigeria. Seven cases were discovered in Lagos ...
Country Music Legend, Kenny Rogers Dies Aged 81
Nedu Echianu
March 21, 2020
American country music legend Kenny Rogers has died aged 81. A family representative said he "passed away peacefully at home from n...
Friday, 20 March 2020
A former Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Ben Murray-Bruce, has lost his wife to cancer. The deceased was 43-years...
Thursday, 19 March 2020
The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools nationwide o...
Katsina Releases Suspected Coronavirus Case Result
Nedu Echianu
March 19, 2020
Katsina State Commissioner for Health, Engineer Yakubu Danja, on Thursday, said the state has no case of Coronavirus. He disclosed that ...
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Pump Price Of Petrol Now N125 Per Litre - FG
Nedu Echianu
March 18, 2020
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to reduce the pump price of petrol from N145 to N125. ...
Lassa Fever Death Toll Hits 161- NCDC
Nedu Echianu
March 18, 2020
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the Nigerian agency responsible for management of disease outbreaks says Lassa fever deat...
Nigeria Confirms 5 Fresh Cases of Coronavirus
Nedu Echianu
March 18, 2020
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) on Wednesday confirmed five new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria within the last 36 hour...
The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of the ongoing National Youth Corps Service camps nationwide over coronavirus f...
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Mikel Quits Turkish Club Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Nedu Echianu
March 17, 2020
Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has mutually terminated his contract with Turkish club Trabzonspor. Trabzonspor in an offic...
Breaking: New Coronavirus Case Confirmed In Lagos
Nedu Echianu
March 17, 2020
Another case of the novel Coronavirus disease has been confirmed in Lagos State, Nigeria. According to the Punch newspaper, the new ca...
Monday, 16 March 2020
The Enugu State Ministry of Health has disclosed that the suspected patient of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state tested negative to...
