By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City The Edo state government yesterday expressed worries that the level of compliance on social distancing to avoid the spread of COVID-19 was not satisfactory and has therefore called on security agents to step up enforcement of compliance. Deputy Governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu stated this yesterday during […]

Mr. Nkereuwem Akpan has been appointed the new  Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State. A statement issued by the spokesman of the state police command, Asinm Buswat, said Akpan took over from Uche Anozia. The new Commissioner of Police has assumed office. Until his new posting, Akpan was the Commissioner of Police in Cross River. […]

Develops economic stimulus package for vulnerable persons The Edo State Government has ordered the evacuation of patients from the Stella Obasanjo Hospital, converting the facility into a full-blown holding and isolation centre to manage different stages of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19). The Deputy Governor of Edo State and Chairman, Technical Sub Committee on COVID-19, Comrade […]

Despite the raging Coronavirus, Muslim faithful in Kano State throng out in large numbers to observe the Friday (Jumaat) congregational prayers.

Ugandan police said on Friday that two men were in hospital after being shot for violating restrictions on transport in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged people to stay home but has stopped short of ordering a lockdown. Schools, places of entertainment and worship and some agricultural […]

The Osun traditional religious worshipers held a session on Friday to consult and find ways to cure the novel coronavirus in the state. Osun State has so far recorded one confirmed case of the COVID-19 while other South Western states, Lagos (44), Ogun (3), Oyo (1) and Ekiti (1). Videos by: Shina Abubakar Vanguard News […]

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has promised to protect Nigerians from extortionist tendency of some unpatriotic marketers of petroleum products in Anambra. Mr Okiemute Akpomudjere, Operations Controller, Awka Area office of DPR said this when he led a surveillance team to enforce the new government price of N125 per litre of Premium Motor Spirit […]

By Michael Eboh Hours after mobilising oil and gas firms to intervene with over $30 million in the country’s efforts at tackling the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Friday, also donated 17 items, comprising 10 ventilators, ambulances and oxygen generating plant among others, to the COVID-19 isolation centre at the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has suspended the issuance of Foreign Exchange, forex and granted a two week market holidays to the Bureaux De Change, BDC operators.

The People’s Republic of China on Friday shared COVID-19 containment strategies, drugs and vaccines with Nigeria.

PORT HARCOURT: Mysterious fire has gutted the National Youth Service Corps’ Permanent Orientation Camp in Nonwa-Gbam Tai in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State.

DELTA State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, yesterday said the decision to lockdown Delta was to guide against the outbreak or spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in the State.

Transport fares in Enugu State capital have increased by between 80 per cent and 100 per cent following government directives on a limited number of passengers to carry in commercial vehicles. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government directed that taxis should not carry more than three passengers, commercial buses not […]

The Kano State Commissioner of Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa has on Friday said nine suspected cases of Coronavirus recorded in the state have tested negative.

The Lagos State Government has projected that the numbers of COVID-19 cases in the state might reach 39, 000, if good social distancing was not adhered to by the public.