archiveApril 2020

The Senate will on Tuesday resume plenary session after about five weeks of break as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate had in March suspended its plenary for two weeks in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease. The Upper Chamber later extended the break to...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased from 30,000 to over 31,000 in the past 24 hours. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday. “More...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has said despite progress so far made to combat the spread of the infection, the country had yet a long ground to cover. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the (PTF), Mr Boss...

The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Worldwide, Dr. Daniel Olukoya has  called on all Christians and other men of faith to join in a Seven-Day Prayer and fasting revolt against the Covid-19 pandemic, its systems and repercussions. According to a prayer programme signed by the...

The number of COVID-19 cases has risen to eight in Ondo State. A week ago, the state had only two active cases at the Infectious Disease Hospital. It was gathered one of the cases was from Abuja, who was denied access to her apartment by the landlord. The landlord was...

  Nigeria is desperately in need of testing materials to expand the daily testing capacity for the coronavirus, the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Sunday. Ihekweazu, who disclosed this on Twitter, also gave specification of the test kits Nigeria was looking for...

Many people are feared trapped as a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) gas station and about five residential buildings have been gutted by fire. The outbreak which started around 1pm at College Road, was caused by a petrol tanker allegedly discharging its content. The fire, it was gathered soon spread...

Gawat Jubril, Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says his principal’s directive compelling all residents of the state to wear face masks in public spaces is no license to defy the lockdown order currently in place. Jubril made this known via Twitter on Sunday...

    Shareholders of FBN Holdings Plc on Monday approved a total dividend of N13.64 billion declared by the company for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2019. The shareholders gave the approval at the company’s eighth Annual General Meeting (AGM) by proxy monitored live on You Tube by the...

  President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation Monday, April 27, 2020, at 8 pm. In a statement on Monday afternoon, signed by Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the president is expected to speak to Nigerians on the current Coronavirus Lockdown in place. The statement urged Television, radio and other electronic...