Nigeria

17 New Coronavirus Deaths in Nigeria; Positive Cases Now 2,388

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed 17 new deaths Saturday related to the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, bringing the...

Sylva lays Infectious Disease Hospital foundation for South-South in Yenagoa

    …commends nation’s oil and gas industry for initiative …facility ready in 18 months The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief...

Buhari appoints AVM Muhammadu Alhaji Muhammed new NEMA DG

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Muhammadu Alhaji Muhammed the new Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). According to the Office...

Kano Gov Ganduje Ease Coronavirus Restrictions As Cases Rise

    Some supermarkets, business and other close-contact services in Kano prepares to open Monday as governor Abdullahi Ganduje eased coronavirus shutdown amid...

Post-COVID-19: FG to harness challenges for economic diversification,  job creation, says Osinbajo

  …says limestone can be used for road construction instead of importing bitumen for asphalt As part of post-COVID-19 strategies, the Vice-President, Prof....

My Nigerian Father Abandoned Me As A Baby – Chelsea Star Ross Barkley

  Chelsea star Ross Barkley has expressed his desire on how badly he wants to meet his father who broke up with his...

66-year-old Nigerian coach, Rohr, lands new contract deal with NFF

….settles for Naira payment Nigeria’s Super Eagles Head coach, Gernot Rohr, has finally settled for  the Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) new contract. According...

As FG Prepares Phased and Gradual Easing of Lockdowns in Lagos, Abuja, Nigeria Records 10 New Coronavirus Death

As most of Lagos and Abuja heads into the last weekend of a shutdown, the country recorded 10 new deaths tied to the...

Lagos-Obalende filling station fire : One feared dead as UBA fire service helps extinguish inferno

  One person was feared dead in a fire outbreak that occurred at an Obalende filling station on Lagos Island on Friday evening....

Septuagenarian, two others apprehended for ‘insulting’ Buhari on social media

      Three men including a septuagenarian have been traced and nabbed in Katsina State, President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state, for allegedly...

Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Kano and throughout Nigeria with 58 deaths

  The number of coronavirus cases in Kano state surged by 80 on Thursday, jolting the statewide number of infected past 1,932 three...

FG promises nation’s media industry stimulus package

…we ‘ll revive the fourth estate of the realm …also creative, hospitality industry As part of plans to mitigate the effects of COVID-19, the...

COVID-19: We ‘ll unearth Kano mysterious deaths, says SGF

  …113 health workers mostly from private facilities test positive to virusThe Federal Government has promised that the on-going probe of the recently...

Lockdown ease: FG directs officers on GL 14 and above in MDAs to resume May 4

  The Federal Government has directed officers in the ministries,  departments and agencies on Grade Level 14 and above including those on essential...

FG begins merger, scrapping of ministries, depts, agencies, says Finance Minister Ahmed

  …Oransaye recommends pruning of statutory agencies from 263 to 161 Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the implementation of the Steve Oransaye...

NNPC says Newly-Hired Graduate Trainees Start Duty on Monday

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said that more than 1,000 graduate trainees recently recruited will assume duty Monday 4 May, 2020....