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Mar 24, 2020

Senators worried over COVID-19 status of 35 colleagues

Fear heightened on Monday over the fate of about 35 senators who have not complied with the measures to determine their Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) status....

Mar 24, 2020

Dare mourns Ifeanyi George

YOUTHS and Sports Development Minister Sunday Dare has expressed deep regret and sadness on the death of three players of Rangers International of Enugu on Sun...

Mar 24, 2020

COVID-19: No pay cut at Arsenal

Arsenal will continue to pay all of their matchday and non-matchday staff until April 30, despite there being no matches due to the coronavirus crisis. There...

Mar 24, 2020

COVID-19: India shuts down flights, big cities

India on Monday announced a halt to domestic flights and said the majority of the country was under complete lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus as the n...

Mar 24, 2020

COVID-19: Surulere National Stadium shut down

THE National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos State , was on Monday shut down over the Coronavirus pandemic currently ravaging the world. Bode Durotoye, the Liaiso...

Mar 24, 2020

Tokyo Olympics postponed due to coronavirus pandemic

THE 2020 Olympics, which were set to be held in Tokyo in July, have been postponed, IOC member Pound has confirmed. The final details over when the Games – d...

Mar 24, 2020

COVID-19: FG orders workers on grade level 1 to 12 to work from home

As part of steps to check the spread of COVID-19, the Head of Service of the Federation Dr. Folasade Yemi Esan has directed all non-essential public servants on...

Mar 24, 2020

BREAKING: Senator Rose Oko dies

Senator representing Cross River North, Rose Oko is dead. She was aged 63. She was a second term member of the upper chamber and served as the Chairman of th...

Mar 23, 2020

JUST IN: Lagos discovers three new coronavirus cases

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 pandemic on Monday. The ministry via its official twitter handle, @LSMOH, said,...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: El-Rufai announces partial lockdown in Kaduna ...civil servants to stay at home for 30 days ...only food, medicine sellers allowed in markets

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has directed a partial lockdown in Kaduna state, saying that, all civil servants from Level 12 and below, shou...

Mar 23, 2020

COVID 19: Borno bans visits to IDP camps

Borno State Government on Monday imposed a four-week ban on visitors to all Internally Displaced Persons Camp (IDPs) camps in the state. The move is the stat...

Mar 23, 2020

Power outage, shortage of clinical staff cripples UUTH

Power outage and lack of clinical staff have crippled activities at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) in Akwa Ibom State. Chief Medical Officer...

Mar 23, 2020

Sultan orders closure of all mosques in Abuja over COVID-19

The President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, who is also the Sultan of Sokoto, on Monday ordered t...

Mar 23, 2020

COVID-19: Ganduje orders immediate closure of event centers in Kano

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Monday ordered for the immediate closure of all the event centers in the state over COVID-19 pandemic, which is yet to hit th...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: Matawalle lockdowns Zamfara over COVID-19

Zamfara State Government has shut down all government offices, Ministries and MDAs across the state. Findings by the nation revealed that Governor Bello Muha...

Mar 23, 2020

Uzodinma to commissioners: I need your experience to drive my vision ...Restates committment to workers' welfare

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has charged the newly sworn-in commissioners, special advisers and senior special assistants to bring to the fore, their wea...

Mar 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Schools shut down, students vacate hostels in Imo ….Commissioners sworn in amidst crowd

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma on Monday sworn in his commissioners and other political aides amidst mammoth crowd and fear of the dreaded Coronavirus. The...

Mar 23, 2020

COVID-19: ECOWAS Parliament staff to work from home ...visitors are not to be allowed into premises

Following the spread of the deadly Coronavirus across the globe, the Economic Community of West African States Parliament (ECOPARL) has directed its staff to wo...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: Nigeria Baptist Convention postpones convention over COVID-19

The Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has announced postponement of its annual convention that attracts thousands of delegates. The rotational convention was...

Mar 23, 2020

UNILAG workers to proceed on two weeks break …Bans gatherings more than 10

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has told workers on salary scale CONTISS 1-12 to stay away for two weeks to check the spread of the COVID-19. A statement is...