The United Nations (UN) yesterday warned that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic might be jeopardized unless governments retained “the trust and participation of citizens throughout.” The admonition came as doubts about the virus grew among many Nigerians. Viral videos have since emerged purporting to show COVID-19 patients partying in isolation wards, even as #EndCovidScamNow […]

The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) on Monday, destroyed the logistics base of the Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) at Njimia on the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said […]

The allegation of over N48 billion fraud in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has exposed “monstrous corruption in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration,” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declared yesterday. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party said “the confession by the queried former permanent secretary of […]

The Corps Marshal Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered officers across the country to gear up and align completely with the ongoing enforcement on restrictions and physical distancing amongst vehicle occupants. The Corp also enjoined its personnel to carry out the Presidential directives with all vigour to contribute immensely in flattening the […]

Former Chief of General Staff and de-factor Military Vice President, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya, has lost his beloved junior wife, Chief (Mrs) Rebecca Folashade Diya, to Coronavirus. A press statement released by Olawale Adekoya, Special Adviser (Media & Strategy) to Gen Diya, said the late Mrs Diya died late Monday night at 66. “With grief […]

The Association of Resident Doctors of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex (UNIMEDTHC) Ondo State, has called off its planned strike. The Acting President of the Association’s branch, Dr Shittu Abiola, made this known in Akure on Wednesday. Abiola said the state government had met some of their demands and also urged government […]

The Nigerian Postal Service Headquarters was on Wednesday hit by an early morning fire, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. The Federal Capital Territory Fire Service personnel were, however, on hand to contain the fire, which attracted a large crowd at the busy Area 10, Garki, in Abuja. Efforts by a NAN correspondent to […]

Nineteen more workers of the Ibadan firm located in Ibadan South West Local Council of Oyo State, have tested positive for coronavirus pandemic. This brings the total number of the infected persons in the organisation to 57 cases, making the company the first to have such high number of index cases in Nigeria. The overall […]

“Our committee needs to investigate the trillions spent in the power sector. That is a lot of money. Try and find out what has happened so far. Government needs to look at this whole thing. Maybe government is not doing its own part. We need to find out. There is lack of capital. We feel […]

Life may no longer be the same again, the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF) said yesterday, as it cautioned churches, mosques and businesses to prepare for a change in the way they have always operated. At the daily briefing of the task force yesterday in Abuja, PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the […]

Has Africa seen the worse of the pandemic? We are joined by distinguished analysts as we take a look at the ongoing and gradual ease on lock-down as a result of the pandemic.

Nigerian Government on Monday extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by another two weeks. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Chairman, Boss Mustapha, announced this during the briefing of the members of the task force in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The relaxation of the lockdown will last till June while the total lockdown […]