Year: 2020
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Health
Gov Abiodun declares total lockdown from Saturday
By Yetunde Fatungase Abeokuta, April 14, 2020 Gov Dapo Abiodun has declared that the state would be on total lockdown…
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Faith
Photo News: Knights of St. John International, Commandery 680, Ladies Auxiliary 592, Newark, New Jersey, USA’s activities in 2019
Knights of St. John International (KSJI), Commandery 680, Newark, New Jersey and their Ladies Auxiliary 592, Newark, New Jersey, United…
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Lead Story
6th Year: Zulum sends delegation to Chibok, releases 500 bags of rice, N5.6m to 112 missing girls parents … Receives acclaim for compassion
A delegation of commissioners and a lawmaker, sent by Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was in Chibok Tuesday, April…
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Local
Dead fishes on shore: Chevron, host communities differ on cause of scary sightings off Bayelsa coast
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has held divergent views with members of its host communities in Bayelsa on the cause of…
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Lead Story
COVID-19: Buhari meets NASS leadership
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 14, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the leadership of the National Assembly…
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Health
Lagos residents express dissatisfaction with 14-day lockdown extension
By Adaeze Iroha Lagos, April 14, 2020 Some residents in Festac area of Lagos on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the…
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Business and Economy
COVID-19 Palliative: NCDMB supports Bayelsa with 2 truckloads of relief items
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday donated two truckloads of edible items to support the Bayelsa…
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Local
Too much furore over 666 By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
In the Book of Revelation, the Bible describes 666 as the mark of the Beast or Anti-Christ. As churches conduct…
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Health
COVID 19: Mbaise Policy Roundtable activates Adopt-A-Village Initiative; Reaches out to widows, vulnerable persons
New York, April 12, 2020: The Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR) has activated its “Adopt-A-Village Initiative (ADAVI),” aimed at alleviating…
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Obi tasks FG on transparency, accountability of COVID-19 funds
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has tasked the Federal Government and other concerned…
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Arts & Entertainment
Chinese flight: Airline crew members not being quarantined in UNILAG – Management
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) management has denied a report that the crew of the airline that flew in Chinese…
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Local
COVID-19 palliative: Zinox Group staff to feed over 7000 families for two weeks
In a bid to ameliorate the impact of the lockdown occasioned by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in most states of…
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Business and Economy
Shell resumes oil export from Forcados Oil Export Terminal, lifts Force Majeure
By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, April 13, 2020 The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) on Monday said it…
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Health
COVID-19 : France lockdown extended until May 11
Paris, April 13, 2020 French President Emmanuel Macron has extended the anti-coronavirus lockdown in France until May 11, in a…
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Health
COVID-19 10 times deadlier than swine flu – WHO
By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, April 13, 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Coronavirus (COVID-19) is 10 times deadlier than…
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Business and Economy
No fee charged on COVID-19 loan application – CBN
By Mustapha Sumaila Abuja, April 13, 2020 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the bank does not charge any…
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Health
Palliative: Buhari expands Social Register from 2.6m households to 3.6m
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 13, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the current social register be expanded from…
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COVID-19: Buhari raises alarm over new community infections
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 13, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted the nation of reported large proportion of…
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Local
Enugu govt. imposes time limit on commercial tricycle operations
By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, April 13, 2020 The Enugu State Government has directed commercial tricycle operators in the state, popularly…
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We must endure a little longer- Buhari; Extends lockdown by two weeks
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN…
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Health
COVID-19 violence: IGP deploys intervention squads to Lagos, Ogun; 191 suspects arrested; Sanwo-Olu says 6 more patients discharged
In the wake of recent activities of hoodlums and street urchins in the border communities between Lagos and Ogun States,…
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Health
COVID-19 Lockdown: Enugu residents demand palliatives
By Maureen Ojinaka Enugu, April 13, 2020 Enugu residents on Monday appealed to the State Government to provide the vulnerable…
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COVID-19: Borno Govt announces total lockdown, shuts borders
By: Hamza Suleiman Maiduguri, April 12, 2020 A total lockdown has been imposed in Borno by the state government which…
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Arts & Entertainment
Zulum denies self Easter holiday, takes cash, food to 11,000 in Magumeri … Advocates on Covid-19… Visits Soldiers… Orders rebuilding of school, hospital
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum denied himself the Easter Monday holiday in order to support 11,000 vulnerable citizens, faced…
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COVID-19: BPE’s palliatives targeted at 1,200 households in the FCT – Director General, Okoh
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)’s palliatives to cushion the harsh effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) amongst vulnerable Nigerians…
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