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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....

Dr. Peter Odili donates coronavirus test kits to Rivers State

  Former Governor of Rivers State, Sir, Dr. Peter Odili on Friday donated 3,000 Covid-19 testing kits and reagent to Rivers State.  ...

U.S former VP Joe Biden denies sexual assault allegation

  Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied a decades-old accusation of sexual assault leveled by a former staffer in his...

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...

Buhari gets Senate’s nod for another N850bn loan to fund 2020 budget

    President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to obtain a fresh loan of N850 billion as additional funding for some projects in the 2020...

COVID-19: 190 stranded Nigerians in UK urge urgent airlift home

  No fewer than 190 Nigerians stranded in the United Kingdom amid  COVID-19 pandemic crisis are frustrated and depressed following the delay in...

FG says States without coronavirus case aren’t running enough tests

  The Federal Government said states yet to record coronavirus case have not done enough testing. National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF),...

COVID-19: UN sets up regional information, knowledge hub to fight virus 

     In response to the COVID-19 global crisis,  the United Nations is set to inaugurate a digital hub to house information...

COVID-19: Some Nigerian lawyers slam $200bn damages on China 

    As Nigeria battles the virulent COVID-19 with several fatalities, some Nigerian lawyers have concluded plans to institute a $200 billion suit...

Nigerian Nurse dies of coronavirus while sister ‘fighting for her life’ inside same hospital

  There have been many tough phone calls for the Akinsanya family in the past one week. The phone call from the family,...

COVID-19: No sign of protest from Labour on possible lockdown extension – FG

    The Federal Government has said the letter from by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), contained no threat should there be a...

COVID-19 lockdown: Governors pressure Pres. Buhari for two-week inter-state lockdown

  The hope of a possible ease of movement of the month-long lockdown of some states was dashed yesterday as the state governors...

COVID-19 Lockdown: FG denies five governors, others approval to fly

    …PTF begins distribution of medical supplies to states   …currently in Kano to monitor situation     In a bid to enforce...

Probe Chevron’s violation of COVID-19 protocol, HEDA tells FG

  …circumventing the rules, an insult to govt, Nigerians The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) wants the Federal Government to...

COVID-19: We are responsible officials, we ‘ll not endanger lives of others, says SGF Mustapha  

Worried by allegations of insensitivity, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the...

As Covid-19 spreads, WHO says the worst of it has not hit us yet

  The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the...