Borno COVID-19 Committee Clash With Army Over Interstate Travel
The Borno State Committee on the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 on Saturday clashed with the Nigerian Army on the Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway. While the Army personnel insisted on freeing…
JUST IN: 269 Stranded Nigerians Arrive From India
This picture shows some of the stranded Nigerians who returned to the country recently. PHOTO: Twitter:@nidcom_gov The Federal Government has continued to evacuate Nigerians trapped in countries around the world…
Rivers Govt Reviews Guidelines For Reopening Of Worship Centres
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike speaks on measures taken by his administration to curb COVID-19 in the state at the Government House in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Government has reviewed…
Bauchi Deputy Governor Recovers From COVID-19 As Health Worker Dies
Bauchi state is bordered by seven states, Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east, and Kaduna to the west.…
Imo Records First COVID-19 Death
(FILE PHOTO) Professor Maurice Iwu Imo State has recorded its first COVID-19 fatality. This was revealed on Wednesday by the Chairman of the COVID-19 Taskforce in the state, Professor Maurice.…
Nigeria Records 409 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Hit 13,873
Nigeria on Wednesday June 10, recorded 409 new coronavirus cases taking the country’s total confirmed tally to 13,873. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) the new cases…
COVID-19 Spike: Ogun Govt Urges Residents To Remain Calm
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, briefing journalists about the recent development of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. The Ogun state government has asked residents to remain calm in the wake…
Army Vows To Track And Destroy BHT/ISWAP Terrorists, Bandits
The Nigerian Army says it is deeply saddened by the unfortunate incident in which suspected retreating Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists with a few sleeper cells within communities ambushed and killed innocent…
George Floyd’s Brother Asks US Congress To Act On Police Reform
Protesters demonstrate on June 1, 2020 in Amsterdam, to protest against the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd in the USA. Sem VAN DER WAL / AFP /…
Bill To Protect Rape Victims Passes Second Reading At Senate
A file photo of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during plenary at the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. The Senate is enacting critical legislation to protect victims…
Troops Kill Boko Haram Terrorists, Destroy Boko Hideout In Borno
A file photo of troops. Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole have killed Boko Haram terrorists and destroyed their hideout at Kacha Korle in the Sambisa Forest general area of…
Court Frees Girl Accused Of Murdering 51-Year-Old Man Who Attempted To Rape Her
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos has acquitted and discharged a 15-year-old girl accused of murdering her father’s 51-year-old friend who tried to rape her. Magistrate…
Frontline Health Workers To Get Hazard Allowance – FG
A health worker helps his colleague with his PPE during a community testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV. The Federal Government has…
Gbajabiamila Intervenes In Planned Strike By Resident Doctors
Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila (right), meets with top officials of the Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Medical Association and the National Association of Resident Doctors to avert the…
UK Protesters Call For Removal Of Cecil Rhodes Statue From Oxford
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest arranged by the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign, calling for the removal of a statue of British businessman and imperialist Cecil John Rhodes, from outside…
China Removes Pangolin, World’s Most Trafficked Animal, From Traditional Medicine List
FILES) In this file photo taken on June 30, 2017, a juvenile Sunda pangolin feeds on termites at the Singapore Zoo. The endangered pangolin may be the link that facilitated…
COVID-19 Deaths Exceed 400,000 Globally
Members of a Muslim burial organisation prepare the body of a man who died of COVID-19 coronavirus for burial, at the Ghietmatiel Islamia Mosque in Athlone, Cape Town, on June…
Bauchi Records 69 New COVID-19 Cases
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, addressing reporters in Bauchi on May 6, 2020. Bauchi State has recorded 69 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the highest reported in a…
‘A True Patriot’: Buhari Condoles With Burundi Over Death Of President
A file photo of President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his “profound grief and sadness” over the death of Burundi’s President, Pierre Nkurunziza. In a series of tweets…