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Index contact cases test negative for coronavirus in Enugu The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Imo State has urged the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to allow them to observe the holy week of Easter. Its Chairman, Iheanyichi Godson-Ibechi, ...

The Gregory University Uturu (GUU), Abia state has commenced fumigation and decontamination of selected places in the state, as announced by its Chancellor, Professor Gregory Ibe, who had delivered 850 bags of rice to the state government to distribute 50 ...

As Nigeria battles with coronavirus pandemic, a report has indicted some universities for failure to update their websites with necessary information about COVID-19 for its students and staff members. The report titled, “Response, Contribution and Adaptation of Nigerian Universities: Internet ...

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has launched the made-in Nigeria ventilator to boost the fight against the deadly coronavirus. Minister of State for Science and Technology, Abdullahi Mohammed, while commissioning the prototype, commended the agency for ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of solidarity to the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, wishing him a quick recovery and restoration to full health. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, ...

Notwithstanding Federal Government’s stay-at-home order being enforced by officials of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), vehicular and human traffic resurfaced in parts of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) as residents have begun to flout the directive. As the directive ...

As part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, security operatives have barricaded major roads linking Nasarawa State with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The development, which lasted all day, forced a long queue of vehicles ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and other stakeholders on the World Health Day (WHD) April 7, have advocated more support for nurses and midwives, especially those fighting to contain COVID-19. The WHO said April 7, ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has charged Nigeria and other African nations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to seek debt forgiveness from their creditors. In a statement entitled, “What Africa must do to mitigate the damaging effects of coronavirus”, the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm reports that Chadian President Idris Deby personally led his troops to rout the insurgents and free Nigerian territories and soldiers seized by them in Borno State. The ...