By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Presidency is keeping sealed lips over the status of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari on the Coronavirus test. Reports have it that the results of the Coronavirus tests carried out by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on President Buhari on Monday […]

By Bose Adelaja Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, Monday, said that it has received over 70 calls from Lagosians, over illegal gathering by some people. The Agency said the calls were mainly from concerned citizens who reported their neighbours for organising social functions of about 200 participants in attendance. LASEPA General Manager Dr. Dolapo […]

Muhammadu Buhari has slammed a self-isolation order on all Federal Government officials who had just returned from Germany on an official engagement. “The President has ordered all FG officials who have returned from high burden COVID-19 countries to self-isolate after some of them returned from Germany last week, refusing to embark on self-isolation. “Some of […]

Nnewi—The Christian Council of Nigeria, CCN, has directed its members and non members in the country to shun public gatherings which might expose them to coronavirus and be a possible source of  infections.

To address the difficult and cumbersome process of financial empowerment, Sycamore.ng is poised to advance the credit culture in Nigeria, by providing secured loans to individuals, micro, small and medium scale enterprises through the creation of a Peer-to-Peer Lending Platform.

ABUJA — Wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, yesterday said there should be total lock-down of the country to prevent further spread of coronavirus currently ravaging the world.

The Adamawa High Court sitting in Yola has sentenced a former executive secretary, Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Jingi Mayo, to five years imprisonment. Mr. Bello Bakori, Adamawa Commissioner, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), confirmed the development in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand claims that Thierry Henry’s goalscoring exploits at Arsenal made Ruud van Nistelrooy “sad”. The Dutchman scored 150 goals in 219 appearances for United before moving to Real Madrid in 2006, with 95 of those coming in the Premier League. Henry won the Premier League golden boot award in all […]

The announcement of a N20 reduction in the price of Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS has received mixed reactions across the country. For the petroleum industry which will feel the wider impact, it has come as a big break for the downstream marketers in the country.

By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The federal government has directed civil servants on grade level 12 and below to stay back and work from home in a move aimed at curtailing the Coronavirus pandemic. In a memo issued late on Monday night, dated 23rd March 2020 and signed by the Head of the Civil Service […]

To commemorate International Women’s Day 2020 (Each for Equal), the STEMi Makers Africa in collaboration with the U.S Consulate General, Lagos and MainOne Communications organized the inaugural “i-be-lady-o” Summit last week. The “I-be-Lady-o” Workshop program is an expression of STEMi Makers Africa and the STEMi Women initiative to raise young girls and women participation in […]

Elon Musk purchased 1,000 ventilators and donated them to California hospitals to help treat coronavirus patients, the state’s governor said Monday. “They’ve arrived in Los Angeles… It was a heroic effort,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a press conference. The Tesla boss mentioned the effort on Twitter Monday night, saying he bought the breathing machines […]

Veteran Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, has on Tuesday, asked Nigerian Pastors with supernatural powers to visit hospitals and locate those infected with coronavirus and heal them.

 A medical expert, Dr Joan Aku, has advised governors to restrict intra and inter states movement as a measure to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the country.

Scientists have enlisted the help of a supercomputer to fight back against the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus. Researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory just published the results of a project in which they tasked the massive IBM supercomputer known as Summit with finding the most effective existing drugs that could combat COVID-19. […]