As more Nigerians get infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called on the federal government to issue an executive order ...

The Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced a two weeks break for civil servants in the state. The governor who was speaking during a live press conference ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has directed all Zonal Assistant IGs and Commissioners of Police nationwide to avoid unnecessary arrests and detentions against the backdrop of the ...

FCT Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello has inaugurated an Emergency Response Team to order to provide a formidable response and curtail the spread of the Coronavirus also known as ...

The Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods have shut 32 pharmacies and patent medicine stores for offenses bordering on the illegal operation and ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos has suspended public mass attendance by faithful. Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins, the Archbishop of Lagos said this in a statement on Sunday in ...

Nigeria has recorded the first case of death to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Monday via its verified Twitter handle. ...

The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 35. The figure rose after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced ...

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has directed the closure of all State and privately-owned tertiary institutions across Sokoto State for 30 days. This was disclosed by the ...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the closure of all universities in the country. Suleiman-Ramon Yusuf, NUC’s deputy executive secretary, who gave the directive in a notice ...

The Kaduna State Government has advised Imams not to hold Juma’at services as part of efforts to restrict religious services and all large gatherings. This is in a ...

The Nigerian government has been called upon to declare a state of emergency on unemployment and other challenges facing the Nigerian youths. This was contained in a motion ...

The Plateaus state government has ordered the closure of public and private schools from Friday, March 20, 2020. In a statement by the secretary to the government of ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the production of Chloroquine for clinical trials in the search for a cure for COVID-19. ...

The lack of available tests for COVID-19 means the world is effectively fighting the pandemic blind and may not know the true extent of infection for months if ...

An Indian staff of Onshore Construction Company, an instrumentation contracting firm with Dangote Fertilizer Limited, who had shown symptoms associated with COVID-19 and subsequently isolated, has been confirmed ...

The Senate Committee on Navy has promised to strengthen naval operations for enhanced maritime security and economic growth. Senator George Sekibo, the chairman of the committee, who led ...

The Presidency says it is doing a lot to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Reacting to insinuations in some quarters that government has not done enough ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Nigerian government will ensure that permanent peace and stability returns to the troubled Northeast. He, therefore, charged the armed forces to ensure a ...

The Presidency has rebuked the Senate for calling on the President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians in a television broadcast with regards to the Coronavirus. At plenary on ...