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Hours after the country hit its highest daily count with 1,204 COVID-19 infections, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported a new single-day record of cases with over 1,300 fresh samples confirmed positive. A total of 1,354 new cases were recorded across 20 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) in the NCDC’s […]

The Grammy Awards will not be happening later this month as planned. The awards ceremony, which celebrates the best in music, has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a joint statement from the Recording Academy, CBS and show producers. It will now take place on Sunday, March 14, 2021, the statement […]

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, has warned that foreign visitors who failed to present their COVID-19 test certificates on arrival in the country will have their visas revoked. The immigration service boss said he has the powers as enshrined in the Immigration Act to revoke visas and confiscate passports of offenders, […]

The Lagos State Government has ordered all public and private schools in the state to reopen for the second term 2020/21 academic session from Monday, 18th of January, 2021. This was announced on Monday in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo. She noted that this is in line with the […]

The Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dr Muda Yusuf, said the government should allow economic activities to continue as much as possible. He said, “The economy is already very weak; the problem of unemployment is serious. The poverty situation is getting worse, and the only way we can fix some of these things […]

Another lockdown is likely in Nigeria with the rising COVID-19 cases, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus Control has warned. The ad hoc body working on prevention of the virus is worried that despite the second wave whose effect is deadlier than the first wave, Nigerians have continued to shun the prescribed […]

The Lagos State government has directed all public servants on Grade Levels 14 and below to continue working from home for another two weeks. It explained that the extension order to the workers who were expected to resume on Monday followed the increase in recorded cases of COVID-19 in the state. The state governor, Babajide […]

The United States on Saturday saw its highest number yet of coronavirus cases recorded in one day, with more than 277,000 infections. The hardest-hit country in the world by the pandemic, the United States has marked 20.4 million cases overall and just under 350,000 deaths. Infections have been surging in recent months, with top US […]

Nigerians who believe the government has not done enough on security should compare the situation under previous administrations, President Muhammadu Buhari said in his New Year message on Friday. “I am aware that for some of our compatriots, the progress we have registered since the inception of this administration is not nearly as fast or as sufficient […]

At least 4,176 persons infected with coronavirus in Lagos State are currently undergoing home-based treatment in the wake of the second wave infections across Nigeria, and the world at large. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, disclosed the figures on Friday via his Twitter handle, @ProfAkinAbayomi, noting that 115 cases were in isolation. Abayomi wrote, […]

The Debt Management Office says Nigeria’s debt stock has risen to ₦32.223 trillion as at September 2020. The DMO made this known in its third-quarter country debt data released on Thursday in Abuja. The statement explained that Nigeria’s debt stock grew by ₦1.214 trillion between June 2020 and end of September 2020. According to DMO, […]

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to stop celebrating people who loot the nation’s resources. Obi who featured as a guest on Channels Television’s special end of the year programme on Thursday stressed the need for true democracy in the country. He said, “I still blame the people who watch the sharing (of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Thursday, December 31, 2020, sign into law the 2021 appropriation bill passed last week by the National Assembly. A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, confirmed this yesterday to Daily Trust. Expected to attend the signing the ceremony are; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of the House […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has celebrated the discovery of COVID-19 vaccine as the year 2020 draws to an end. WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus stated this while giving a toast at the last COVID-19 news conference of the year at WHO headquarters in Geneva. In a speech posted on the agency’s website, Ghebreyesus said […]

More trouble for Nigeria as new COVID-19 cases jumped above 1,000 in the last 24 hours with 11 people struck dead by the virus. The deaths were recorded in five states and Abuja, the Federal capital. Kaduna and Delta posted three deaths each, Edo 2. Abuja, Sokoto and Plateau posted one death each, to account […]