To hold national mourning May 28 By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Ahead of the 2020 National Day of Mourning, rights organization, Global Rights Nigeria, Tuesday, disclosed that 1, 142 persons have been violently killed in first quarter of 2020 across the country. This was made known in a statement signed by the Country Director, Global […]

Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary, on Tuesday, insisted he is ‘confident’ Boris Johnson will ‘pull through’ his intensive care battle with coronavirus as the de facto prime minister labelled his boss a ‘fighter’, adding he was stable.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated former President of the Senate, Sen. David Mark, as he turns 72 on Wednesday , April 8.

..Says Nigeria on course to stopping COVID-19 ..Hails Sanwo-Olu, team on quick response By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, has said only President Muhammadu Buhari can decide if the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Coronavirus, pandemic will be extended or not depending on experts advice. Recall […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to announce the total removal of petroleum subsidy and under-recovery through a policy statement. The PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, described the declaration by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), […]

State to promulgate law on COVID-19 pandemic The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has said that confirmation tests for two suspected cases of the disease have come out positive. It stated that one of the two new cases was a 28-year-old woman who returned to Nigeria from the United Arab Emirate on March 22, 2020, […]

Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has said that the importation of Chinese doctors into Nigeria will be against the national interests of the country.

…says Nigeria on course to stopping COVID-19 …hails Sanwo-Olu, team on quick response By Olasunkanmi Akoni The presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said only President Muhammadu Buhari can decide if the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, over the Coronavirus pandemic will be extended or not depending on expert […]

By Atiku Abubakar BEFORE the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42 per cent of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: Even if we devote 100 per cent of our income to rebuilding our economy, it still will not be enough. COVID-19 has wreaked such […]

A member of the House of Representatives representing Epe Federal Constituency on Lagos, Hon. Wale Raji has begun the disbursement of N5,000 each to his constituent to assist them to cushion the effect of the lockdown occasioned by coronavirus pandemic.