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COVID-19 Lockdown : Two defiant pastors in court for conducting fellowship on Sunday
The long arm of the law has caught up with two pastors who violated the stay-at-home order in Kaduna State to curtail...
Senate President, Reps Speaker say “unhappy” with FG’s Social lnvestment Programme implementation
…the poorest of the poor not captured by programme …call for enabling law The implementation of the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme...
CACOVID relief fund now N21.5bn — CBN
The Nigeria Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) Relief Fund domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria has been scaled up to...
Funke Akindele’s party: Attendee Lagos Guber aspirant, Gbadamosi, arrested
…may be charged to court For attending Nollywood celebrity, Funke Akindele’s husband’s birthday party amid COVID-19 lockdown, 2019 governorship candidate in Lagos State,...
Tiger at New York zoo tests positive for coronavirus
A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Bronx Zoo, in New York City,...
SERAP asks FG, CBN to provide spending details on COVID-19 relief funds, school feeding
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to “provide spending details...
COVID-19: NUJ to FG: Reject Chinese Medical Team’s Intervention
…intervention may escalate COVID-19 crisis in Nigeria In a fit of pique, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has given a...
Coronavirus kills 2 in Nigeria as cases rise to 210
The cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria continue to rise, as do deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that two...
COVID-19 Palliatives: Beneficiaries now 2.6m people, says Minister
More than 2.6 million people have benefitted from cash transfer under the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP), the Minister...
COVID-19: FG says set to evacuate Nigerians from other countries
The Federal Government has offered a reprieve for Nigerian nationals living abroad who are desirous of returning to the country following the...
COVID-19 Lockdown: FG approves 4 hours daily for food markets in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
The Federal Government has announced guidelines for the implementation of COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions to curtail the spread of the virus...
Alleged brutality: COVID-19 Taskforce appeals to security personnels to apply caution
The Presidential Task Force on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has appealed to security personnel deployed to enforce the lockdown...
COVID-19: Fake News Antithetical, Distracting Fight, says Lai Mohammed
In spite of caution, the spate of fake news and misinformation by Nigerians is on the rise and distracting the fight against Coronavirus, Minister...
COVID-19 Lockdown : Winners’ Chapel donates ambulances, safety kits, food to Lagos, Ogun States
Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a Winners’ Chapel International has donated ambulances, test kits, personal protective device (PPE) to the Lagos and...
NAFDAC approves Chloroquine mass production after clinical trials in China
For possible clinical trial treatment of COVID-19 patients, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved mass...
COVID-19 claims Europe returnee, bringing fatalities in Nigeria to 2
A second death has been recorded in Nigeria from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Health Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire....
