File photo/ AFP The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 139 after four new cases were discovered. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…
A photo combination of Nigerian music star, Burna Boy, and Beninese singer, Angelique Kidjo. Singer and songwriter, Burna Boy on Tuesday said he felt “totally sick” after losing out at…
A file photo of soldiers travelling in a truck. The Nigerian Army has announced the redeployment and appointments of some of its senior officers. Among those affected in the massive…
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, monitors the enforcement exercise at one of the state’s borders on Mach 31, 2020. The Kano State Government has ordered the arrest of some persons…
(FILES) This file handout illustration image obtained on February 3, 2020, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 Lizabeth…
Medical supplies and beds are seen inside a tent as volunteers from the International Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse set up an Emergency Field Hospital for patients suffering from the…
An Iranian medic treats a patient infected with the COVID-19 virus at a hospital in Tehran on March 1, 2020. KOOSHA MAHSHID FALAHI / MIZAN NEWS AGENCY / AFP The…
File: President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Pinnick Everyone is vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has warned.…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has tested positive for coronavirus and is in self-isolation. The governor revealed this in a statement on his verified Twitter handle on Monday where…
A file photo of lawmakers in the Senate. The Nigerian Senate has announced the decision of the lawmakers to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to the fight against coronavirus…
President Muhammadu Buhari at his office in the Presidential Villa in Abuja on March 26, 2020. Photo: Twitter @NGRPresident President Muhammadu Buhari has commended “public-spirited” donations from Nigerians as the…
A recovered COVID-19 patient, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, has shared how she successfully beat the virus and tested positive twice following treatment at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. In a series of…
File: WHO (World Health Organization) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares that a new coronavirus is Global Health Emergency during a news conference at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Jan.…
Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria as at 09:00pm, March 30th, 2020. Photo:Twitter@NCDC Nigeria has confirmed twenty new cases of coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).…
A map showing Kaduna, a state in Nigeria’s North-Central region. The Kaduna State Government has arraigned two Islamic clerics before a Chief Magistrate court sitting in the state capital for…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the COVID-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared COVID-19 a dangerous infectious disease. This according to Femi Adesina the special adviser to the President, is in…
A file photo of Mr Festus Keyamo. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has asked direct broadcast satellite service providers in Nigeria to support the fight…
As part of plans to effectively lock down the Lagos metropolis, the police have blocked the inbound and outbound sections of the Lagos-Ibadan express way. This move follows the recent…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on December 1, 2019.Abir SULTAN / POOL / AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
A file photo of lawmakers in the Senate. Lawmakers in the Senate chamber of the National Assembly have agreed to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to the efforts to…
