Kwara State on Tuesday lost another COVID-19 patient, the second casualty since the pandemic broke out in the state, a statement said early Wednesday.
The patient was a 50-year-old female with serious underlying medical conditions, according to a statement by the Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19.
“We regret to announce...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received newly-posted Ambassador of Greece to Nigeria, Mr Ioannis Plotas.
He arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to meet the usual reception ceremonies, beginning about 11am on Tuesday.
Plotas came to formally present his Letters of Credence to Buhari.
However, much of the interface between the President and...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) in Ondo State is facing a crisis, with only 22 out of 150 resident doctors left due to unpaid entitlements, leading to a 14-day warning strike.
President of ARD, John Matthew, expressed concern over the...
In a tragic incident reported by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), 13 individuals lost their lives, and two sustained injuries in a fatal auto crash in Kogi. The Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, revealed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the devastating event occurred...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed said the crash in oil price on Monday was a shock to the country.
Ahmed said this at a consultative roundtable meeting organised by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Abuja on Wednesday.
The roundtable has as its theme “Going...
vows to put an end to abandoned project in Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday inaugurated the newly constructed Ado-Iyin dual carriage road project which was initially awarded by the Military administration in 1978 but abandoned shortly after.
The road which was initially designed to be a...
Money to go into safety net for the poor — AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday received another N263,327,800 funds recovered from some officials of the previous administration, saying the money would go into funding social investment programme.
That brings to roughly N373m the looted funds so far...
The Ondo State Government has issued fresh measures to curb the spread of coronavirus with the immediate closure of all markets, malls and shops in the state.
A statement by the commissioner for information, Donald Ojogo, on Tuesday said the decision followed the executive council meeting which held on Monday,...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved immediate release of N10 million to retired members of the Nigerian Armed Forces and families of fallen heroes.
The governor gave the directive on Monday in Maiduguri shortly after he was decorated with the ceremonial Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem at the...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday received the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the Government House, Maiduguri.
Governor AbdulRazaq was in Maiduguri to commisserate with Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum and the people of Borno over the killing of farmers around Zabarmari.
He was accompanied by Kwara Senators Dr. Ibrahim...
