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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...

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...

Nigeria sees jump in coronavirus deaths with 117 new cases

  Nigeria is seeing an unsettling rise in coronavirus deaths, as comparatively lax restrictions across the country are coming under scrutiny. The number...

Without Good Friday there is no forgiveness of sin

  By Ryan Helfenbein    Our culture takes great pains in avoiding the realities of death and dying. Though the West has largely...

NASS to Presidential aide: Your insinuations unsavoury, unfair, baseless

  …official misled by some media misrepresentation of NASS comment on FG’s social investment programme The leadership of Nigeria’s National Assembly has frowned...

Arrest of pilots: FG knocks Gov. Wike, says Caverton helicopter pilots were duly authorized to fly

  … threatens to punish Police Commissioner, Air Force Base commander The Federal Government has reacted to the arrest of the two Caverton...

Osinbajo salutes Tinubu at 68, calls him visionary, transformative leader

  As Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu turns 68 today, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has joined Nigerians and the APC family to celebrate the...

Kaduna Governor El-rufai Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Is Self-Isolating

  Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, he announced Saturday. In a video announcement, El-rufai...

Lagos bans events of more than 20 people

  Lagos state government announced on Saturday that the state will adhere to guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus and...

Coronavirus: WHO recommends paracetamol, not ibuprofen

    People, who suspect they have caught coronavirus should not take the popular drug ibuprofen without consulting a doctor, the World Health...

COVID-19 : FG may suspend religious gatherings, halt Edo 2020 sports festival

• May ban religious gathering, flights from high risks countries President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate suspension of the 20th edition of...

New York, New Jersey, Washington closing bars, restaurants, night clubs indefinitely as US begins to shutdown

  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Sunday ordered licensed nightclubs to shut down operations, and all eating and drinking establishments to eliminate bar...

I’m not involved in Sanusi’s removal – AGF Malami

  Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has distanced himself from the dethronement of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu...

NASS leadership, governors, APC, PFN others celebrate Vice-President Osinbajo at 63

    …Lawan hails his exceptional loyalty to Buhari administration … Osinbajo’s exemplary conduct, strength of character admirable — PFN   Eminent Nigerians...

FG writes SERAP, demands list of ex-governors, ministers collecting double pay, life pensions

      The Federal Government has asked Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to “send the full list of former governors and...