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The federal government has announced immediate closure of all its borders to human traffic. The announcement comes as Nigeria recorded 36 cases of COVID-19, including one death. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this ...

The Ebonyi State government has banned all forms of public gathering in the state for one month. Deputy Governor Dr Kelechi Igwe announced the ban on Monday during a town hall meeting at the International Conference Centre in Abakaliki. He ...

Passengers at most of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) terminals today scrambled for position in buses in defiance to the social distancing directive passed by the state government. In the wake of rapidly increasing cases of Coronavirus disease in the ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, arraigned the former Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, and two others before a Federal High Court, Abuja. The two others are one Garba Umar and Ubong Effiok. They were arraigned alongside six ...

The peace deal reached with bandits in Sokoto State has resulted in the surrender of weapons and recovery of over 300 cows, the State’s Commissioner for Security Matters Col. Garba Moyi (rtd) has disclosed in an interview with Dailytrust. Commenting ...

A commercial motorcyclist, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, was on Sunday crushed to death by a truck in Osogbo, Osun State. The crash occurred at the popular Olaiya junction around 5.15pm, when a truck coming from the Ogo ...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old man, Habeeb Kasali, for allegedly killing his wife’s suspected lover, Bamidele Johnson. Kasali was reported to have used a pair of scissors to stab Johnson several times in his ...

Four persons have been apprehended by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Nasarawa State for alleged involvement in examination malpractices. They were apprehended on Saturday during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Parading the suspects at ...

Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo has announced through a Facebook post that he has coronavirus and is in self-isolation. In his statement, Domingo, 79, urged others to be ‘extremely careful’ and follow the basic guidelines of hand washing and social ...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha has described the COVID-19 pandemic as deadlier than the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast and other criminal activities in other parts of the country. He made the remark ...

Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma who co-founded Alibaba Group a multinational technology conglomerate, has sent some coronavirus prevention materials to Africa. This support includes 1.1million testing kits, 6million masks & 60,000 protective suits to be distributed throughout Africa.  Already Rwanda has ...

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said that three pastors were arrested but later released on Sunday for allegedly conducting church services in deviance to the Lagos State Government {LASG}’s  order. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mohammed Ali in charge ...

Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed is now in self-isolation over fears of contracting coronavirus after his contact with the son of Atiku Abubakar, the state’s Chief of Staff, Ladan Salihu said. Through his Twitter handle this afternoon, Dr. Salihu explained that ...

Nigerians aren’t happy that former Vice-President Atiku’s son got back into the country and tested positive for coronavirus. It simply means ‘he brought it in’. Many have chastised him, while others said he might not know he had the virus. ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a State of Emergency in the country. Mr. Falana’s reaction comes amid the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country. “Last week, the Federal ...

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, should remain at home for the next 30 days, effective from Tuesday. El Rufai in ...

MTN Nigeria has said its team would start working from home as part of the precautionary measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. Mr Funso Aina, the telcos Senior Manager, External Relations, said in a statement that from March 23, ...

A housewife, Salimat Hamza, on Friday appeared in a Kaduna Upper Sharia Court, for allegedly stabbing a ‘peacemaker’, who was trying to separate a fight. The 22-year old defendant, who resides along Taiwo Road Kaduna, is charged with causing grievous ...

The Ogun state task force on sunday shut down the Apostolic church in Sagamu, and arrested the presiding pastor for flouting the order of the state government not to have more than 50 persons in any gathering. The state governor, ...

A 48-year-old farmer and petty trader, Theddius Audu reportedly impregnated his 15-year-old daughter Justina in Wuyeya, a village under Assakio, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Audu took up the sole responsibility of his daughter’s upbringing after his marriage ...

Five new cases of Coronavirus (COVID19) have been confirmed in Nigeria. This was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control around 9:40 am today. NCDC stated that the new cases include two in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), two ...

McDonald’s and two other UK restaurant chains, Nando’s and Costa Coffee are shutting down from today due to the coronavirus outbreak. They are closing all their outlets in Ireland as well, until further notice. Nando’s has around 400 restaurants across ...

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari this morning called for a total lockdown over the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. She commended the state governors for closing down schools but stated that it could be counterproductive if children stay and ...

The first coronavirus death has been recorded in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the case was a 67-year-old male who returned following a medical procedure in UK. He had underlying medical conditions- multiple myeloma and ...

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has directed state civil servants to work from home beginning from Monday, March 23. The governor in a statement said it was part of the precautionary measures to curtail the incidence of the Coronavirus COVID-19 ...