The Enugu State Government on Tuesday expressed dismay over what it described as “total disregard and breach of the undertaking made by the Ogbete Main Market Traders Association and the Pharmaceuticals Dealers Association”. The state commissioner for information, Mr. Chidi Aroh, made the government’s position known in a statement in Enugu said: READ ALSO: COVID-19: Enugu […]

Few days ago, President Muhammad Buhari announced the ease of the COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos, Ogun States and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Thailand may see the economic impact from the Coronavirus pandemic spread over another nine months, the country’s prime minister said on Tuesday, as disruption from the global crisis drags on tourism and domestic activity. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy could lose more than 1.3 trillion baht ($40 billion) and up to 10 million jobs due to […]

The Katsina State Government has shut down the palace of the Emir of Daura as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Aminu Masari, who made the disclosure in Katsina while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in the state, said there was no ulterior motive to the decision to quarantine […]

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe was sworn into office over the weekend at a ceremony streamed on Facebook. The entire ceremony lasted an hour and 18 minutes. It took place in a hall in the capital Lome with the Constitutional Court judges presided over the ceremony. The President of the court administered the oath of office […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday said the country recorded 245 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 2,802. The centre also said that the number of fatalities has risen to 93 after recording 6 new deaths, 2,292 active cases, while 417 […]

Despite the appeal against flooding the streets, Lagos and Abuja residents, yesterday, trooped out en-masse to transact their businesses, ignoring social distancing and overloading by commercial vehicle drivers.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Anambra State chapter, has described herdsmen and Boko Haram killings as more dangerous than the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has announced a 24-hour total lockdown and a dusk to dawn curfew on Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas of the state as part of the state government’s  measures to check the spread of the coronavirus in the state.

Evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the U.S. due to the novel coronavirus pandemic is to begin on May 10, according to the Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York.

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said yesterday that over 82.9 million or about 40 per cent of the country’s population were classified as poor in 2019.

Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has given a breakdown of how the state spent over N1billion in its response to coronavirus (COVID-19) disease now ravaging the world.

The organised private sector has expressed its excitement over the appointment of one of its own, Hajiya Muheeba Dankaka, as the Chairperson of the board of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). In separate letters addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI) and Nigerian Association of Chambers […]

The federal government yesterday recovered $311.7 million Abacha loot from the United States of America and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

The Buhari Osinbajo Solidarity Front (BOSF) has described the Peoples Democratic Party’s attempt to resurrect a fake news and rehash unsubstantiated claims about a NEMA scandal as laughable and shameful, stressing that the party is out of touch with reality. The group in a statement signed by its National Coordinator Olawale Badmus also observed that […]