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May 18, 2020

BREAKING: Nigeria records 338 new cases of COVID-19, total now 5959

Nigeria has recorded 338 new cases of the Coronavirus across various states of the country. Announcing via its official Twitter handle on Sunday night, the N...

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May 17, 2020

BREAKING: COVID-19 cases in Nigeria rise to 5621

One hundred and seventy-six new cases of COVID19 have just been confirmed in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC via official...

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May 16, 2020

BREAKING: Nigeria records 288 new COVID-19 cases, total now 5,445

Nigeria has recorded 288 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 5,445. The Nigeria Centre for Disease...

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May 15, 2020

BREAKING: CJN directs Chief Judges to decongest prisons over COVID-19

As a measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad has directed all Chief Judges ( at t...

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May 15, 2020

BREAKING: COVID-19 cases jump to 5162

Nigeria has just confirmed 193 new cases of COVID19 across several states of the country. According to the National Centre of Disease Control, NCDC, Lagos ha...

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May 14, 2020

INEC reopens Edo, Ondo offices ahead of polls •Commission issues guideline for resumption after COVID-19 break

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed its offices in Edo and Ondo states to reopen, ahead of the governorship elections slated for S...

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May 14, 2020

Fed Govt cuts 2020 budget by N71.5b as N47.9b is okayed for projects

THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a revision of the 2020 Budget from N10.594 trillion to N10.523 trillion, reflecting a N71.5billion downward rev...

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May 14, 2020

FEC approves N48b for power, NPA, other projects

AT a virtual meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N47, 918,916,821.90 for projects in...

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May 14, 2020

NCDC announces 184 cases as Lagos, Jigawa discharge 33 patients

THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control last night confirmed 184 fresh COVID-19 cases as Lagos and Jigawa states announced the discharge of 33 patients. Gover...

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May 13, 2020

BREAKING: SGF announces Gambari as new Chief of Staff to President

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, has announced Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as the new Chief of Staff to Presiden...

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May 13, 2020

BREAKING: Nigeria cases jump to 4787 as NCDC confirms 146 new cases

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 146 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. According to NCDC, The newly confirmed cases are as follow...

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May 12, 2020

BREAKING: Nigeria records 242 new cases of COVID-19, total now 4641

Nigeria on Monday night recorded 242 new cases of the Coronavirus all over the country. According to a tweet released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Contr...

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May 11, 2020

JUST IN: Wike announces temporary lifting of lockdown

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced the temporary lifting of the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas for two days...

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May 11, 2020

Madagascar’s COVID-19 cure drugs sent to Nigeria

NAFDAC, others to carry out analysis before testing Governors seek volunteer health workers to battle virus The Republic of Madagascar has offered its herbal...

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May 11, 2020

BREAKING: Nigeria records 248 new COVID-19 cases, total now 4399

Nigeria has recorded 248 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Sunday n...

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May 10, 2020

We’re ready for Edo, Ondo gov polls – APC

Despite the disruption to human activities and lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday said it was re...

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May 10, 2020

JUST IN: Another monarch dies in Kano

The Dan’iya of Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Bayero, is dead. He was the district head of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area. Bayero was said to be the first distric...

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May 10, 2020

COVID-19: Nigeria records 239 new cases

TWO hundred and thirty nine fresh cases of the coronavirus were recorded across the country on Saturday according to the National Centre for Disease Control (NC...

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May 09, 2020

BREAKING: COVID-19 cases jump to 3912 in Nigeria

Nigeria has recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19 across various states of the country. Announcing via its official Twitter handle this evening, the Nigeria Cen...

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May 08, 2020

UPDATED: N7.65b fraud: Supreme Court orders fresh trial of Orji Kalu, others *Voids Dec 5, 2019 conviction

The Supreme Court has set aside the December 5, 2019 judgement of the Federal High Court, Lagos in which former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu convicte...

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