Nigeria Update

Oshodi-Isolo residents get free meal from Lagos State government

The Lagos State Government has started giving free meals to some vulnerable residents of…

A prominent politician is set to announce he has coronavirus, says Kemi Olunloyo

Controversial Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has again stirred up reactions on the social media…

Coronavirus: Jigawa governor isolates Almajiri returnees

Jigawa State government has received in hundreds, non-indigenes Almajiri children evacuated a few days…

Iseyin monarch fights Covid-19 by appeasing deities

The Aseyin of Iseyin in Oyo State, Oba Abdul-Ganiy Adekunle, has brought the historical…

China traces 65 contacts as 72 Nigerians awaiting evacuation tests positive

Seventy-two Nigerians awaiting evacuation in Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province of China have tested positive…

Oyo confirms first COVID-19-related death, cases now 17

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that the state has recorded the…

JUST IN: Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 873

91 new confirmed cases have been recorded in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease…

Police arrest travellers from Abidjan at Ibadan Toll Gate

  Barring the restriction on inter-state movement within the South-West in the wake of…

BREAKING: Governors agree on 14 days national COVID-19 lockdown

Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the…

Two health worker infected with Coronavirus–Official

Two health workers in Kano state have tested positive to COVID-19, an official, has…

 Covid-19: FG to evacuate stranded Nigerian students in Sudan

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has disclosed that the Federal Government…

Borno records second COVID-19 death, says Deputy Governor

The Borno Government on Wednesday announced a second death from Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The…

COVID-19: Lagos emergency food markets achieved goal- Commissioner

The Lagos State Government says its 27 Makeshift Neighbourhood Food Markets have achieved the…

COVID-19: Bauchi govt to cut budget

The Bauchi State Government says it will cut down its 2020 budget to meet…

COVID-19: Shippers council tasks haulage operators on reduced freight rates at seaports

Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC)has urged haulage operators to reduce the freight rates to decongest…