The Federal Government has announced the cancellation of the meeting of heads of states and governments of the Chad Basin scheduled for next week.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this at a media briefing in Abuja, on Monday.
He said the cancellation was part of measures being...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, declared an indefinite strike over the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement.
The union’s National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the strike at a press briefing in its National Secretariat, Abuja.
He noted that the government...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the first coronavirus death in Nigeria.
The NCDC via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Monday, said, “The first #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67-year-old male who returned home following medical treatment in the United Kingdom.
“He had...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has announced that his son tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
He made his known via his verified Twitter handle on Sunday.
“My son has tested positive for coronavirus,” he tweeted.
According to the former Vice-President of Nigeria, his...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will tomorrow arraign the immediate past Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoCSF, Winnifred Oyo-Ita.
She will be arraigned before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja.
A statement by the Acting Head, Media and...
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq has directed civil servants in Kwara State to work from home, to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19 virus.
The directive was contained in a statement signed by governor himself.
See full statement below:
Statement by His Excellency Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Tuesday that the new case of Coronavirus came in through British Airways.
The affected person is a 30-year-old Nigerian lady, who returned from the United Kingdom on March 13.
The Ministry of Health said she is now at Mainland General...
The 2020 edition of the National Sports Festival has been postponed.
The decision was reached after a meeting with the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, his health counterpart, Dr Osagie Ehanire and a few other experts at the Health Ministry.
They reviewed the COVID-19 situation vis-a-vis Edo 2020 Sports festival towards...
Another case of the novel Coronavirus disease has been confirmed in Lagos State, Nigeria.
The new case is independent of the index case – an Italian.
The affected person is a 30-year-old Nigerian lady.
She returned from the United Kingdom on March 13.
The Ministry of Health says she is now at Mainland...
President Muhammadu Buhari and Governors of the All Progressives Congress have postponed the National Executive Council meeting of the party.
They took the decision on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after a brief meeting.
According to the Chairman, Progressives Governors Forum, Mr Abubakar Atiku-Bagudu, who spoke with reporters after the...
