Kwara State Government has commended the chairman of the BUA Group Abdulsamad Rabiu, chairman of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Tony Elumelu, and the United Bank for Africa for their financial support to strengthen the national and subnational campaigns against the spread of Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“The government appreciates the...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said a vehicle moving improvised explosive devices to a nearby state caused the explosion that rocked Akure, the state capital.
The explosion which occurred in the early hours of Saturday split the Akure-Owo Road into two, destroying over 50 buildings.
Akeredolu, who inspected the scene...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says he is on self-isolation based on the advice by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to governors who attended the last National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
In a live tweet chat monitored in Ibadan on Saturday, Makinde said that governors who attended the...
The Benue state COVID-19 Action Committee has announced first coronavirus case in the state capital.
This was made known to the committee after a meeting with the state governor, Samuel Ortom.
According to the committee, the state governor announced necessary measures to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the state, “Positive...
As the 24-hour curfew imposed in Kaduna State by Governor Nasir El-Rufai reached day two, residents across the state have begged the state governor to relax it to enable them search for means of livelihood.
Recall that, the state government on Thursday became hard on residents as it imposed a...
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Health, Prof Osagie Ehanire, have just rounded off a meeting at the State House, Abuja.
In attendance was the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ikekweazu.
The photographs of the meeting, just uploaded online by the State House, showed Buhari...
Nigeria's 43 Cabinet Ministers have donated 50% of their March 2020 salaries to support the Federal Government's efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, quoted the Minister of State for Transportation,...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says a total lockdown is imminent if the cases of coronavirus continue to increase.
Sanwo-Olu said this while giving an update on the situation of the pandemic in the state at the State House in Marina on Friday.
Out of the 70 confirmed cases nationwide, Lagos...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has offered his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to be used as an isolation centre for victims of the ongoing coronavirus disease.
An aide said Mr Obasanjo made the offer on Friday, and has since handed over the 32-room facility...
The Federal Government has proposed constitutional amendment that will move the Correctional Service formations from Exclusive to Concurrent Legislative List.
The government has also started working out the modalities to grant amnesty to inmates in Correctional Service Centres.
These are part of the moves of the Presidential Committee for the decongestion...
