The National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) briefing journalists after a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House Media Briefing Room, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Video below presented by: Abayomi Adeshida, May 14, 2020. Vanguard News Nigeria.

By Chinedu Adonu Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency, ENS-PHCDA, on Thursday assured the state its commitment and readiness to tackle the spread of coronavirus across communities in the state. The Executive Secretary of ENS-PHCDA, Dr George Ugwu, who made this known to newsmen in Enugu, disclosed that more than 50 per cent of […]

By Bashir Bello, Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has described the appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari as that which will help cement both local and global relationships for better. In a congratulatory statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, Ganduje said […]

By Aliyu Dangida, Dutse Jigawa state has recorded 51 new cases of COVID-19, making a total number of confirmed cases in the state to 169, and 3 deaths recorded so far. The commissioner of Health, who is also the chairman task force on COVID-19, Dr Abba Zakari Confirmed this to Newsmen, at the NYSC orientation […]

By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka Traditional rulers in Anambra State on Thursday, raised the alarm over the increasing number of youths from the northern parts of the country, popularly known as Almajirai, being dumped in the South East, calling on governors in the zone to take a serious stand on the issue without further delay. […]

By Therese Nanlong, Jos Reactions have continued to trail the killing of a 20-year-old undergraduate Rinji Bala on Tuesday evening by personnel of the Operation Safe Haven in Jos. Although the Operation Safe Haven through its Media Officer, Major Ibrahim Shittu has tried to explain the inexcusable action, the State Government, Simon Lalong has ordered […]

By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse Jigawa state has recorded 51 new cases of Coronavirus, making a total number of confirmed cases in the state to 169, and 3 deaths recorded so far. The commissioner of Health, who is also the chairman task force on Covid-19, Dr Abba Zakari Confirmed this to Newsmen at the NYSC […]

By Adeola Badru Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been saddened about the sudden death of his Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Kehinde Ayoola on Thursday morning. The late commissioner, who was reported to have died after a brief illness, was a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly during the […]

Before the Ebola outbreak, carrying a hand sanitizer around was considered a fad. Many Nigerians did not know what a hand sanitizer was, except for a privileged few who had been exposed to them abroad. Some of those early adopters even opted for the flavoured sanitizers such as aloe vera, lavender or strawberry, without paying […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja A former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife has tasked South-East governors to do everything within their reach to ensure that the Almajiris that were taken to the area especially to the South East are sent back. The former governor said that the Almajiris posed a great risk to the […]

By Emem Idio YENAGOA – A 14 seater passenger bus carrying teenagers suspected to be Almajiri was on Wednesday evening intercepted at the Patani/Bayelsa border axis of the East-West Road by men of the Bayelsa State Vigilante. The passengers who claimed to have come from Zamfara State were rounded up by men of the Vigilante, […]

*We pay highest in the country – DTSG By Perez Brisibe UGHELLI – THE Delta State chapter of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, Thursday said its members receive an average of N30, 000 as health allowances in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that its personnel are paid far lesser […]

FBI agents reportedly seized the cell phone of a North Carolina senator Wednesday as part of a Justice Department investigation into the lawmaker’s eyebrow-raising stock trades at the start of the coronavirus crisis. Sen. Richard Burr, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, handed over his phone to the agents after they […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the National Security Council, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which is expected to review security challenges in the country including the ongoing onslaught by the Nigerian military against terrorists in the North East is attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and […]

…one death …flags off distribution of facemasks to health facilities By Festus Ahon ASABA – DELTA, Wednesday night, confirmed five new cases of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic, bringing number of cases in the State to 22. The State, Thursday morning, also confirmed the death of one of the five new cases it recorded on Wednesday […]