Nigeria

FG to auction some marginal oil fields, says NNPC’s Kyari 

    In spite of the crash in crude oil prices, the Federal Government says it will auction marginal oil fields later this...

Kano COVID-19 crisis latest: 34 doctors test positive, one dies

  At least, 34 doctors in Kano State have tested positive to COVID-19, according to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). NMA said on...

Coronavirus: Nigeria records 5 new COVID-19 deaths

  A total of 98 people with COVID-19 have now died in the country.     According to the NCDC, Nigeria Tuesday recorded...

COVID-19: NTA Kastina GM, Ayinde Soaga, tests positive 

  The General Manager, NTA Kastina, Alhaj Ayinde Soaga, says he has tested positive for Coronavirus. He had personally posted his status on the...

COVID-19: N2trn stimulus to be injected into Nigeria’s economy — FG

  The Federal Government says a N2 trillion stimulus will soon be injected into the nation’s economy to cushion the effects of the...

Stop “Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020’’ now, civil society groups tell Gbajabiamila

  ….provisions draconian, inconsistent with civil rights, liberties Irked by the provisions of the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020 now before the...

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...

Nigeria sees spike in reported COVID-19 cases on day Abuja, Lagos reopen

  Nigeria reported 245 new COVID-19 cases Monday, the same day FG lifted some restrictions IN Abuja and Lagos State.   Lagos state...

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...

Lockdown ease: Chaotic, crowded public places, banks, others frightens PTF 

  …fears more cases may be recorded …wants Northern governors to halt  almajiri deportation The Presidential Taskforce on coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic says the...

Disruption of #RevolutionNow protest: Court orders FG to pay lawyer N1m

  …to also apologise in 3 newspapers for tear gassing him …judge condemns mass arrest, harassment, tear-gassing, clamping into detention of protesters For...

U.S returns $312m of Abacha loot to Nigeria

    The US Justice Department on Friday sent US$311,797,866m to the Nigerian government that had been laundered by late leader Sani Abacha...

Nigeria’s economy in dire straits, incapacitated, says Tinubu

    … lower interest rates ’ll spur domestic investment, production, create jobs and wealth …foreign borrowing has created highly imbalanced, imperfect economy...

COVID-19: SERAP to FG : Convert confiscated houses to isolation centres

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to put in motion necessary machinery to convert confiscated stolen...

Kano“mystery’’ deaths claim another professor, Isa Hashim, spiking high-profile fatalities to 18

    The mystery deaths in Kano continue unabated as another Professor, Isa Hashim, fell in the early hours of Sunday barely 24...