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Spike in COVID-19 cases: FG directs states to establish more isolation centres

      Worried by the spike in the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases countrywide, the Federal Government has urged state governors to...

44-year-old Nigerian health worker stabbed to death in America

  Homicide detectives from the Prince George’s County Police Department in the State of Maryland have arrested a suspect in connection with a...

COVID-19: Nigeria Airlines lose N17bn monthly, says minister 

      …as airports remain closed for 30 more days By Ajuma Edwina OgiriThe Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says COVID-19 pandemic...

Nigeria extends ban on all flights for additional 4 weeks

  The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha,  has revealed that airports in Nigeria will remain closed for...

COVID-19: Man, 22, loses life to lockdown ease rules enforcer

      A young man, who allegedly tangled with a security guard for refusing his sister entry into a market for not...

Just in: Lagos COVID-19 situation: 16 medical doctors test positive

      A scary and cheerless news came from the Lagos Medical Guild on Monday as it announced that 16 medical doctors...

COVID-19 cure: FG says signing up for WHO drug trials

  …don’t reject patients seeking medical help, FG tells hospitals In the desperate search for COVID-19 cure, the Federal Government says it has...

Lagos State Announces 3 New Coronavirus Deaths

    The Lagos State Government has announced the death of three coronavirus patients in the state.   ” Three more COVID19 related...

COVID-19 claims retired civil servant as first casualty in Kaduna

… government approves daily incentives, life insurance for health workers   By Ajuma Edwina Ogiri   A retired civil servant in Kaduna State...

Woman infected with Covid-19 flees quarantine centre in Taraba

  …government launches man-hunt for her … state records eight index cases   By Ajuma Edwina Ogiri   In Taraba State, a COVID-19...

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...

Emir of Rano dead at 74

  The Emir of Rano, Alh Tafida Abubakar is dead. He died at the age of 74 The late emir, who was one...

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...

A letter to African Nations – The ‘loving you more than you’ paradox

  …a poignant tale of developing nations. By Segun Alade MBA, FCA, ACIB, ACIPM If there is any lesson the covid-19 pandemic experience...

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....

Sowore heads for Appeal Court on bail condition restricting him to Abuja

  Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #Revolution Now protests and publisher of SaharaReporters, has filed an appeal against the judgment of an Abuja...