The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) has called for a national lockdown of the country for four weeks owing to the increase in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. President of the academy, Professor Mosto Onuoha, in a statement, said ...

In spite of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s prediction that Coronavirus will end within 12 weeks, life has been characterised by cancellations, delays, empty shelves and long queues in most high street stores for Britons. In an attempt to end the ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that a woman infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19) had been prevented from boarding a Port Harcourt-bound flight in Abuja. Consequently, he announced that as from 6:00pm today, the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa would ...

The National Assembly leadership has met with some ministers and heads of agencies over the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the Nigerian economy. The meeting concentrated on the planned review of the 2020 budget and the Medium Term Expenditure ...

As part of the measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has ordered the immediate closure of all its enrollment centres in Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Katsina and Anambra states. A statement from ...

Enugu State government has given primary and secondary schools in the state, both public and private, up to March 27, 2020 to round off their activities and shut down. The government said the decision was part of the measures to ...

The North East Emergency Manager for World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Collins Owill, has said that insecurity and hard-to-reach areas denied 820,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) access to healthcare in North East. Owill disclosed this yesterday in WHO’s 2016-2019 Report ...

Kaduna and Kano states chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are at loggerheads over the controversial dethronement of Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano. APC chieftain in Kaduna, Yusuf Ali (Rabagardama) described the Kano chapter of the party as ...

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has condemned a fresh attack by gunmen in Gbagyi communities of Southern Kaduna. Armed herdsmen were said to have invaded Kugosi and Kajari villages in Chikun Local Council, killing three persons. The gunmen also ...

Taraba State Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku has deemed it necessary to return to the state after 87 days of prolonged absence. Ishaku was last seen performing a public function in December last year when he presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill ...