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Mar 23, 2020

Aisha Buhari Seeks Total Lockdown Amid Coronavirus Threat

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, is seeking a total lockdown of the country amid the coronavirus outbreak. Aisha Buhari revealed this in a tweet on M...

Mar 23, 2020

LIVE UPDATES: Developing stories of COVID-19 across Nigeria

The Federal Government has asked Nigerians to be prepared for tougher measures to curtail the ongoing spread of Corona Virus Disease( CONVID-19). It said it...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: COVID-19: Be ready for tougher measures, FG tells Nigerians .. May use military, police for contact tracing

The Federal Government has asked Nigerians to be prepared for tougher measures to curtail the ongoing spread of Corona Virus Disease( CONVID-19). It said it...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: Ex-Head of Service, Oyo-Ita arraigned, gets N100m bail *Co-defendants get N50m bail each

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted N100million bail to former Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, following her arraignment...

Mar 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Access Bank closes branch after customer tests positive

The Ligali Ayorinde Branch of Access Bank Plc was closed on Monday after a customer who visited last week tested positive to coronavirus. An urgent update po...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: First COVID-19 death recorded in Nigeria

The first #COVID19 death has been recorded in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the case was a 67-year-old male who retur...

Mar 23, 2020

[BREAKING] Coronavirus: Edo records first confirmed case

Edo State has recorded its first confirmed coronavirus case. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on Monday via its verified Twitter handle....

Mar 23, 2020

COVID 19: Federal High Court insists on social distancing

The Federal High Court Abuja on Monday, intensified protective measures to guard against the spread of COVID 19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) observed th...

Mar 23, 2020

Spain loses 394 to pandemic in 24 hours

Spain plans to extend its state of emergency for another 15 days, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced, as the number of Covid-19 deaths soars in the country....

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 In Nigeria Rise To 35

The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 35. The figure rose after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (N...

Mar 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Aisha Buhari reacts as Atiku’s son tests positive

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has prayed for the quick recovery of the son of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former vice preside...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: President of Cameroon’s parliament tests positive for coronavirus

The President of the National Assembly of Cameroon Honorable Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has tested positive for Coronavirus. He was reported to have left France a...

Mar 23, 2020

UPDATED: FG closes Lagos, Abuja airports

The federal government has ordered the two remaining international airports in Lagos and Abuja closed to all international flights, effective from 11pm on Monda...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: EFCC arraigns ex-Head of Service Oyo-Ita, eight others on Monday

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will tomorrow arraign the immediate past Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoCSF, Win...

Mar 23, 2020

BREAKING: COVID-19: Five new cases in Lagos, FCT, Edo

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday confirmed five new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. According to the NCDC: “The five n...

Mar 20, 2020

FUOYE shuts down over coronavirus

Authorities of The Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) have ordered closure of the institution from March 23, 2020 over the spread of coronavirus. The Fe...

Mar 20, 2020

COVID-19: FG orders closure of three international airports

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has announced the shut down of three international airports to flight operations from Saturday, March 21, 2020. The t...

Mar 20, 2020

EFCC arrests lawyer “for obtaining N5m using Commission’s name”

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Office Friday said it had taken a Lagos-based lawyer into custody, following allegations that sh...

Mar 20, 2020

One killed in collapsed church building

A 14- year- old boy identified as Faith Utobo died on Thursday evening when a church building collapsed after a heavy rain storm. The rainstorm was said to h...

Mar 20, 2020

Bello orders schools to shut down, bans social gatherings

Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has ordered the indefinite closure of public and private schools in tertiary, secondary and primary levels as part of measures in pre...