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At least 92 soldiers from Chad have been killed in the deadliest-ever attack by the Boko Haram armed group on the country’s military forces, President Idriss Deby said on Tuesday. “We lost 92 of our soldiers, non-commissioned officers and officers,” ...

Corps members willing to travel to their various homes should be allowed to go, this was the directive given in a memo to all Area Coordinators signed by Sanusi A.R on behalf of the NYSC DG. The decision, according to ...

The speaker of the Edo state House of Assembly, Frank Okiye, has tested positive for Coronavirus. This was confirmed by the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu today while briefing journalists. He said the state is taking measures to tackle further spread ...

Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has been moved to Lagos for treatment of his coronavirus infection, media sources claim. He will be treated at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, in Yaba. University of Abuja Gwagwalada Teaching ...

Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has told all governors to go into self-isolation immediately after being exposed to contacts who have tested positive for Coronavirus. Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari and Governor Bala Mohammed ...

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Malam Muhammad Bello, has ordered the closure of shops in markets and neighborhood centers to traders across Abuja due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Anthony ...

Governor Nyesom Wike has declared all Rivers state borders shut indefinitely, barring movement in and out of the state from Thursday to guard against Corona Virus. The governor in a state broadcast Wednesday said his administration’s increasing measures have become ...

Idris Elba has hit out at accusations he was paid to announce that he’d contracted the potentially deadly coronavirus. The 47-year-old actor, who was diagnosed two weeks ago, has been in isolation with his wife Sabrina, 29, who revealed she’d ...

US President Donald Trump has said he hopes the US will shake off coronavirus by Easter, even as New York’s governor sounded the alarm that the illness is spreading faster than “a bullet train”. The president told a White House ...

There was gridlock at the Lokoja end of the Abuja/Lokoja Expressway on Tuesday as the driver of a J5 commercial bus was allegedly beaten to death for not paying N500 to produce officials on time. Eyewitnesses told Punch correspondent that ...

Hon. Justice Afam Nwobodo of the Enugu State High Court has sacked the traditional ruler of Umuogbugbuagu Autonomous Community, Ugwuoba in Oji River Local Government Area of the State, Chief Anayo Anochili. He held that Anochili was not qualified ab ...

The son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Mohammed Atiku Abubakar, has accussed the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, of lying about how he contacted coronavirus. Mr  Abubakar, in a short message shared with Premium Times via a WhatsApp platform, said ...

Divorce filings are skyrocketing from quarantine-weary and financially stressed couples, according to top matrimonial attorneys, who are experiencing a 50 percent rise in inquiries from potential clients. According to leading Manhattan family-law experts, some couples forced to spend time together ...

Sudan’s minister of defense, Lt Gen Jamaleldin Omar, has died of a heart attack in South Sudan, where he was taking part in peace negotiations between the government and armed movements in Juba, a spokesman for the Sudanese army said ...

A 16-year-old Prince, Oloyede Adeyeoba, has been approved by the Ondo state government as the Arujale of Okeluse in Ose local government area of the state. The ratification of the appointment of the Senior Secondary 3 Student was done alongside ...

A housewife, Salamat Kehinde, has been arrested by the personnel of the Osun State Police Command for allegedly setting ablaze a house belonging to her husband. The incident, which happened in Ori Eru, Iwo, saw a six-bedroom building belonging to ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has tested negative for coronavirus, 24 hours after he went into self-isolation following fears he could have physically interacted with some persons who tested positive. In a tweet by Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the ...

A police inspector, Kenneth Enamika, has committed suicide after killing a couple, Cajethan and Oluchi Aputanze, in Mgbidi, Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, told punch correspondents on ...

All markets, malls and shops in Ondo state have been ordered to shut down for seven days, as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu gave the order on Tuesday. Last week, the state closed ...

The Niger State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Makunsidi Muhammad has disclosed that seven people in the state are currently on quarantine for coronavirus. Briefing newsmen in Minna, Makunsidi said that out of the seven people, one is in Suleja while ...

  The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Tuesday, said God would save the world from the coronavirus pandemic. This is coming as the Catholic Diocese of Enugu suspended handshaking during Mass, weddings and ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday announced two new cases of the novel coronavirus increasing the confirmed cases in the country to 46. One of the two new cases was confirmed in Lagos State with the other case ...

The Federal Government on Tuesday raised the alarm over the existence of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent coronavirus Ransomware application, which claims to provide updates on COVID-19 and infections near the user. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, many governors, ministers and other top government functionaries mingled with Malam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to the president shortly before he tested positive to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Kyari, who returned to ...

The number of State House correspondents was yesterday pruned to 16 over the coronavirus pandemic. Only one of them is a newspaper reporter. The number was out of the over100 journalists accredited to cover activities of the Presidency. Presidential spokesman, ...