Lockdown: IGP Adamu sends intervention squad to Lagos releases DIG’s hotline
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has deployed an intervention squad to Lagos, Ogun states as they begin a new round of lockdown over coronavirus. In the special squad are Police Mobile…
COVID-19: 10 Nigerians awaiting evacuation from UK test positive
• 40 tested, infected persons have no symptoms – Commission • 57,000 new cases imminent in Kaduna, says government No fewer than 10 Nigerians, out of the 40 persons subjected to the mandatory COVID-19 test for those who registered…
Coronavirus death toll in New York surpasses 10,000
Coronavirus death toll in New York, has surpassed 10,000, accounting for more than half of the death in the United States. New York now has 10,056 confirmed cases of Coronavirus,…
Coronavirus: Kano residents laud Nigerian govt’s efforts
Kano residents have commended the efforts of the Federal government to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy, agriculture and educational sectors in the country.…
Northern governors ask Buhari for COVID-19 fund as granted Lagos
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has asked for special fund from the Federal Government to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the region. The chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon…
CAN demands re-opening of churches
THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for the re-opening of worship centres in the face of the coronavirus disease. The Christian body expressed concern over the shutdown of churches as part…
Trump’s developer friend Stanley Chera dies of coronavirus
A friend and donor to President Donald Trump who the president had said was in a coma and seriously ill after becoming infected with the coronavirus has died. Stanley I. Chera's death…
Senate President condoles with Speaker Gbajabiamila over mother-in-law’s death
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condoled with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on the death of his mother-in-law, Madam Mildred Bisalla. Lawan comiserated with Gbajabiamila’s wife,…
Full text of President Buhari’s address
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow…
BREAKING: Nigeria records 20 new cases of coronavirus
Nigeria has recorded 20 new cases of Coronavirus, taking the national total to 343, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. Of the 20 new cases, Lagos has 13 of them, two each in Edo,…
BREAKING: IMF grants immediate debt relief to 25 countries
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved immediate debt relief for 25 countries, most of them in Africa. In a statement by Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the IMF, the…
Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday officially endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president. "We need you in the White House. I will do all that I can to see that that happens, Joe," Sanders said to the former…
BREAKING: Buhari extends lockdown in FCT, Lagos, Ogun by 14 days
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has extended the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdownin the federal capital territory, Lagos and Ogun States by 14 days. The president disclosed this in…
Broke Arsenal want players to take pay cut
Arsenal chiefs have asked their players to take pay cut following the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the Premier League season. They laid out to players that the…
Ukraine President Offers $1 Million For COVID-19 Vaccine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a $1 million reward to the country’s scientists if they manage to develop a coronavirus vaccine, his spokeswoman said Monday. The…
Odion Ighalo explains why he preferred Ruud van Nistelrooy to Robin van Persie
Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo says he preferred former Red Devils forward Ruud van Nistelrooy to Robin van Persie because he played in a similar way to the Nigerian. Van Nistelrooy was signed from PSV Eindhoven in 2001 and…
Ohanaeze attacks Igbo Billionaires over COVID-19 Cash Donations
Apex Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed its disappointment in some billionaires of Igbo extraction for making cash donations to the federal government to fight COVID-19. In a statement to POLITICS NIGERIA on Monday afternoon,…
Russia’s coronavirus situation getting worse – Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that the coronavirus epidemic in the country was “not getting better,” according to comments carried by state media. Putin demanded that officials provide him with daily reports and…
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson tests negative for Coronavirus
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has tested negative for coronavirus before being discharged from hospital on Sunday, a government spokesman has said. He said Johnson was continuing…
BREAKING: Again, six Coronavirus patients recover in Lagos, discharged
Another six Coronavirus patients have been discharged in Lagos after recovering and tested negative twice for the virus. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Monday, saying that the six…
Rate of COVID-19 spread has slowed down – FG
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 pandemic said it had slowed down the spread rate of the virus in the country. Secretary to the Government of the…
IT, health care… businesses thriving during COVID-19 outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak across the world has ground activities to a halt in various sectors with projections that the global economy will suffer a recession. The World Bank also projects that sub-Saharan Africa’s economy will slip…
Buhari to make nationwide broadcast 7pm today
AS the two weeks lockdown declared by President Muhammadu Buhari in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State expires today, the President will by 7pm address Nigerians on the next line of action.…
South Korea sets up coronavirus vaccine task force
South Korea will set up this week a coronavirus treatment and vaccine task force made up of government-civilian members. President Moon Jae-In announced this Sunday. The task force…