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Why we may not cope with virus, by EHORECON As part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has started …
Read moreLUTH begins admitting coronavirus patients
Babagana Zulum The Borno State COVID-19 response team has directed the Army to screen and test drivers at three entry points into Maiduguri metropolis namely: Njimtilo, Muna and Dalori camp. …
• Travellers pay security operatives for passage• We’re not aware, say police The police and other security agencies have been accused of profiteering from the lockdown put in place to …
Read more‘How police, military extort at COVID-19 checkpoints’
Law enforcement officials checking vehicles at the Nasarawa and Abuja boundary, to enforce government’s 14-day lockdown order to contain the spread of COVID-19…yesterday. PHOTO: NAN • Benue approves additional N100m to …
Read moreNasarawa residents defy shutdown, return to businesses
CP demotes officer for assaulting medic, apologises to NMA The Akwa Ibom COVID-19 enforcement team, led by CP Imohimi Edgal, has chased erring clerics and worshippers out of churches in …
Read moreCOVID-19 enforcement team chases erring clerics, worshippers from Akwa Ibom churches
Dr. Hadiza Balarabe SOKAPU condemns arrest, detention of district heads by police Kaduna State Government has threatened to revert to the previous 24-hour curfew in the state by closing the …
Read moreKaduna threatens return to 24-hour curfew as state records new case
Lagos NUJ seeks FG’s support for media practitioners The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu to restore discipline in the force, saying …
Read moreMRA tasks IGP on alleged brutalisation of journalists
The United Nations (UN) and Nigeria have launched a basket fund to complement ongoing efforts by the National COVID-19 Multi-Sectoral Pandemic Response Plan, initiated by the Presidential Task Force on …
Read moreUN, government, governors, others move against coronavirus
Kayode Fayemi • Provides food for vulnerable people• Fayose urges FG, religious bodies, corporate organisations to provide food for the needy Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has relaxed the stay-at-home …
Seyi Makinde ‘It is most cheering news of the year’ Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde yesterday promised the people of the state some palliative measures to ease the impacts of …
Ensure foodstuff get to the needy, Wike charges palliative committee Rivers State Government has earmarked N2 billion to procure food from farmers and fishermen that would be distributed to people …
Read moreRivers government earmarks N2b to boost food supply
Akwa Ibom gov’s aide donates food to community A group, Youth leaders of Ethic Nationalities in Niger Delta, has condemned the donation of N1.045 billion by Niger Delta Development Commission …
Read moreYouths berate NDDC over N1.045b donation to oil states
Members of Anglican and Catholic and Anglican churches in Anambra State are deserting their worship places ahead of the Easter period due to the ravaging threat of Coronavirus otherwise called …
Read moreMembers desert Anglican, Catholic churches ahead of Easter
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has declared total lockdown of the state from midnight of Thursday, April 9 to 11p.m. of Wednesday, April 15, 2020. He threatened to close …
• Fintiri wades into media/police face-off• MRA urges police to produce SARS personnel that brutalised journalists It was drama in Adamawa State where nurses, patients and residents fled hospitals and …
Read moreNurses, patients flee from COVID-19 suspects in Adamawa
EFCC cautions against sham DIY test, others Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19 has confirmed two cases of coronavirus in the state. One is the wife of the United Kingdom …
No fewer than 585 American and Canadian citizens were yesterday airlifted from Lagos and Abuja. The evacuation was in response to requests by the nationals, who felt insecure staying in …
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Monday evening confirmed six new cases of coronavirus. The number of confirmed cases of the virus in the country now stands at 238. “Six …
Read moreNigeria confirms six new cases of coronavirus, total now 238
Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora (right); Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire; Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Chief Whip, Muhammad Monguno; Deputy Leader, Peter Akpatason; and Deputy Chief …
Read moreVisiting Chinese medical team won’t meet COVID-19 patients, FG explains
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed of Mrs Nafissatou DIOUF as the Acting Director for Communications and External Relations Department (CERD) of the bank. The AfDB made this known …
Read moreAfDB appoints Senegalese DIOUF as acting director communication, external relations
The Lagos state government on Monday announced the discharge of two coronavirus patients after making full recovery from the novel virus. “Two more female patients have recovered fully, tested negative …
Nigerian government on Monday said it is seeking to borrow about $6.9bn from international lenders including the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank. Finance Minister …
Read moreNigeria to borrow $6.9bn to cushion coronavirus impact
The 18-member team of Chinese experts will be arriving soon with “globally scarce supplies” in the fight against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, disclosed this …
Nigerian Police Force has detained controversial hip-hop artiste, Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, for contravening the lockdown order imposed on Lagos State by President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the spread …
Read morePolice detains Naira Marley over Funke Akindele's house party
Abia Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of Inspector Stanley Azuh attached to Ohuru-Ishimiri Police Division at Ogbor-Hill, Aba, for allegedly killing Mr Chibuisi Godwin. The News Agency of …
Read moreAbia Police command arrest Inspector for alleged murder
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday alerted Nigerians on the circulation of falsified chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets. In a a statement the Director-General of …
Read moreNAFDAC alerts Nigerians on circulation of fake chloroquine 250mg tablets
There was gridlock on major roads in Ilorin, Kwara capital, on Monday, in spite of the lockdown across some states of the federation following coronavirus pandemic. News Agency of Nigeria …
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed The Federal Government says it has applied for $3.5 billion request from International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Development Bank …
Read moreFG seeks $3.5bn from IMF, AfDB to support implementation of 2020 budget
Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the engagement of 774, 000 Nigerians on Special Public Works programme in the country …
Read moreCOVID-19: President Buhari approves engagement of 774, 000 Nigerians
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed worries over the implications of the lockdown, due to Coronavirus pandemic, on jobs security in the country. The Lagos State Chapter Chairman, Mrs Agnes …
Read moreNLC expresses worry over huge jobs loss after pandemic