Nigerians have lambasted pastors and Islamic clerics who flouted the government’s ban on gatherings of more than 50 persons in the wake of the increasing cases of coronavirus infections in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, also came under fire for attending a public lecture […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide-Sanwo-Olu; Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi; and Deputy, Femi Hamzat Lagos State Government has declared two weeks break for civil servants in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this during a live press conference on Sunday. According to him, civil servants from levels one to 12 are mandated to remain in […]

Lagos State Government on Sunday said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu would soon sign into law a bill to establish the Amotekun Corps recently passed by the state House of Assembly. The state Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Oyo, Ekiti and Ondo […]

Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro has disclosed that the result of the suspected case for corona virus in the state came out negative, hence, the State is still maintaining a corona virus free status. A statement by the Press Officer of the ministry, Mrs AboOluwa Famakinwa quoted the Commissioner as saying that […]

By Yinka Fabowale Against the constraints of Nigeria’s federal system, The Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI) has implored the Chairman of the South West Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) and his five counterparts in the Region to adopt the principle and ideal of the quasi-regional security outfit, code-named Amotekun […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to the former Senator representing Bayelsa East, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, over the death of his wife. Mrs Evelyn Murray-Bruce, according to a tweet by her husband on Friday, died of cancer. The President, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, […]

World Health Organisation representative in Russia, Melita Vujnovic, said WHO has received certification requests for 40 coronavirus tests, as 20 vaccines are being developed. Vujnovic made the statement in an interview with Sputnik on Friday. “As of this moment, the WHO has received 40 requests to consider and approve diagnostics tests, 20 vaccines are being developed, and […]

The Nigerian Medical Association has directed all its members currently on strike to suspend their action as part of efforts to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. The association’s president, Dr Francis Faduyile, gave the directive at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. Faduyile said that the directive was one of the NMA’s […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has come under a renewed attack on social media for refusing to address Nigerians on the COVID-19 pandemic. Buhari had refused to speak on the matter unlike his counterparts in many other countries battling the virus. The Senate had last week asked the president to address Nigerians. The Presidency bowed to pressure […]