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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....
29-year-old newspaper suspends print edition after its reporter contracts COVID-19
  After one of its reporters tested positive for the coronavirus, Viet Nam News, the country’s largest English-language newspaper, has suspended...
COVID-19: UCH CMD, Prof. Otegbayo, Nigeria Immigration CG, Babandede test positive
Latest report about the COVID-19 pandemic confirms that the Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, and...
What triggered Akure explosion, by Gov. Akeredolu
The multiple explosion which occurred about two kilometres to Akure Airport in the wee-hours of Saturday was triggered by a fire which...
